preparation

Festool and Mirka seem to be the only gig in town for dust extraction sanding for decorating, but the guys producing Flex sanders would have something to say about that. Getting the difficult bits out the way first, I have heard several negative comments from the trade about Flex sanders, and their tools in general. Read More

Beissier fillers are big in Europe, especially in prep-crazy France, but surprise surprise, they are little known in UK. A few decorators around the trade forums will have heard of Prestonnet, but after searching the internet, I am not sure how many have given their products a concerted “go”. This could be down to poor Read More

This is the second day of Darren project: a 20 year old Mark Wilkinson oak kitchen refurbished and painted. Up dated March 2024 EMAIL TRADITIONAL PAINTER FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES 0798 902 52 12 Have decided to paint this kitchen in two parts for various reasons.Yesterday was a good day with a fair amount of preparation Read More

In this post about how to restore wooden bar stools, Ireland’s Traditional Painter, Adam Bermingham of My Hand Painted Furniture revisits Castlerea & Mick & Peggy at The Cosy Bar. A furniture painter and no paint? You may remember Fireplace Refurbishment in Co. Roscommon a blog post from last year, well now I’m back for Read More

It seems that the world and his wife now have a problem-solving primer for every occasion. But for as long as I have been in the trade, the market-leading brand has been Classidur, made by a Swiss company called Claessens. By 2003, their range of easy-to-apply problem-solving paints had been applied to over 1 BILLION Read More

Traditional Painter in Ireland, Adam Bermingham, takes a look at a recent Hand Painted Kitchen, Maynooth Co. Kildare. A large project with a number of intricate features, it was in need of some care and attention, thanks to a previous occupant of the house… a cat. Hand Painted Kitchen, Maynooth Co. Kildare Around 2 months Read More

Martin Dunn revisits a painted wooden kitchen in Lichfield in a property where renovations have been going on for most of the year. IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK! No, this is not a reference to Mr G Glitter singing about his return to his old junior school, it’s about a recent visit to a kitchen Read More

Ron Taylor reveals all with his tips on exterior painting. He covers preparation, Repair Care, sanding v burning off… Interior and exterior painting requirements are different! The finish on exterior paintwork has different requirements to the finishes used for internal woodwork and kitchen cabinets. Interior paint needs to level well and put up with the Read More

A lot of good info came out as the result of a question asked by a homeowner about how to paint uPVC windows with Dulux Weathershield Quick Dry Satin. (Homeowner emails…) 2-3 Years ago I bought a tin of the above paint with the intention of using it on some white UPVC windows, with International Read More

Update from April 2011. To many in the decorating trade it is not possible to achieve a Professional finish on bare timber using water-based paint only. Discussions about painting bare timber using water-based paint only, still usually conclude with – you can’t beat oil for a base coat. True – usually. Usually, for a good Read More