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Traditional Painter has used and researched all manner of materials for creating decorative paint effects like this. If you have never quite found a modern equivalent of olde worlde oil glaze, this article on Glaze for Specialist Paint Effects and Faux Finishes is for you. Transparent Oil Glaze from Ratcliffes For those of you that Read More

Martin Guest in Staffordshire relates a recent period property decorating labour of love.   Martin is Traditional Painters recommended specialist kitchen and furniture painter working across Staffoldshire Contact Martin for more information Tel: 07940 111516 No, not a dodgy album by UB40 ( Ok Many rivers to cross is a classic, but Red red wine??! 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

Credit where credit is due, professional decorating tools and paint from B&Q do exist, if you look hard enough. 3 examples. Hamilton steel filling knife The name Hamilton still smacks of traditional quality. I’m not so sure the brushes have kept up with modern paints, but they still adopt a 5 star approach to making Read More