Painting and decorating trade secrets – equipment
A good workman should never blame his tools, but there is no denying that reliable decorating tools and equipment are the key to high quality workmanship. However, if you want to offer the best service, standard decorating kit isn’t enough. Smart trade practice is needed to take a decorator’s service to the next level. These are some of my best decorating trade secrets!
I highly recommend buying trade quality decorating kit from independent suppliers that cater to the high end decorator.
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Apart from basic scrapers and a caulk gun, the most important tool I use is related to sanding. I rub down walls and woodwork with a Mirka dust extraction sanding kit attached to a Henry vacuum cleaner. The Mirka perforated sanding block reduces the dust in the air by about 90%, which is a huge improvement on the old-fashioned way of working in clouds of dust, sweeping up, masks and hours and hours wasted on cleaning up. I have a Mirka CEROS sander, and I have used Festools and Feins tools but for most types of
For painting woodwork, I use
Good tools should have one function and be robust. A scraper scrapes, a filling knife fills, and good steel lasts forever…