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Professional decorating specialist and Traditional Painter, Martin Guest, explains how he tackled this hand painted kitchen in Great Wyrley, Staffs.   Tel: 07835351943 Preparing a wooden kitchen for painting On my advice, all handles had been replaced (2 hole handles instead of 1), and tiles and work surfaces had also been upgraded prior to me Read More

This is a case study of a Hand painted kitchen in Spixworth by Richard In true Richard tradition, this article has a subtitle which should become clear as you read through! STUART, ROGER, PETER & BILL? A brief introduction to Spixworth East Anglia is full of historic villages that have seen many transformations over the Read More

Richard Willott,, was contacted about Renovating a vinyl wrap kitchen in Belton. Believe it or not this contemporary hand painted kitchen used to look like this Belton has quite the history, and after some minor modifications and a thorough paint job, this kitchen will have a few more stories to tell as well. Transforming a Read More

What is the best colour for a kitchen in Kent? Good question! In our experience, colour picking tends to be the most problematic aspect of the kitchen painting process for clients.  Emma Brown, Traditional Painter for Kent, has a background in interior design and was able to draw on her extensive experience to help her Read More

Professional decorators like Owatrol. Especially in hot weather, Owatrol paint conditioners are suitable for adding to water based and oil based paint, to improve their finish. (Updated original from Dec 2012) Owatrol oil We add Owatrol to oil based paints to reduce brushmarks and also to cope with awkward ambient temperatures. Owatrol is also a Read More

Owatrol are an associate of the Traditional Painter Trade Corner and the core ingredient to their range is a mysterious product, Owatrol oil. Suffice to say Owatrol oil ensures that the exotic sounding Deks Olje D1 saturating oil does what it says on the tin Don’t ask what Owatrol oil is, exactly, as you won’t Read More

The Traditional Painter blog hit the 400 subscriber mark on Tuesday April 30th, 410 in fact. Consequently, we ran a prize draw, and Philip B. has won a 1 litre can of ESP from Owatrol UK. ESP is a reliable user-friendly product for cleaning and priming laminate surfaces ahead of painting. How come Owatrol UK Read More

Neil Callender is a traditional painter specialising in hand painted kitchens. For a client in Hampshire he prepared and painted new MDF and tulipwood cabinets using tried and tested techniques, finishing with Little Greene oil eggshell paint. To prepare and prime this kitchen, Neil used Mirka dustless sanding, Abranet abrasives, and Zinsser Coverstain. Owatrol paint Read More

As a proud member of Traditional Painter, Adam Bermingham of My Hand Painted Furniture is more than happy to help with advice and guidance about hand painted kitchens for DIY enthusiasts. Last week he received this e-mail from Des about Hand Painted Kitchens… Hi Adam, I understand you cover Ireland for Traditional Painter, so thank Read More

Another week of painting and decorating questions on the forum, as well as a few articles on the blog, and a couple of contrasting remarks about the blog content from 2 new subscribers. Forum round up Varnish over Annie Sloan chalk paint. A reader asked about how to protect a colour-washed ash table top. She Read More