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Cleaning Painted Walls

Cleaning Painted Walls

Cleaning Tips Cleaning certain walls can pose a challenge. While it can be intimidating to tackle the task of cleaning the walls, it is a necessary household chore,  you don’t need any special wall cleaners, generally household products often do the trick! Avoid...
When Should I Paint?

When Should I Paint?

When should I paint my property? Ensuring the exterior of your property looks its best, is being able to determining when the best time to re-decorate your property is. Typically,  a property owner would need to paint the exterior of their property every 7-10 years if...
Ever Wonder – What Paint, Contractors use?

Ever Wonder – What Paint, Contractors use?

Ever Wonder - What Paint, Contractors use? With your newly painted walls completed, have you ever sat back and wondered what was in the paint that now covers your property? The combination that forms paint is a mixture of ingredients, chemicals, and pigments. While...
Painting Ceilings

Painting Ceilings

  Everyone knows ceilings are a tricky project to tackle for any level of painter, with complications of gravity and texture often factoring into the process. But you’d be surprised at how much a room can transform by adding a fresh coat of paint to your ceiling....
Commercial Painting Contractors

Commercial Painting Contractors

Commercial Painting Contractors It is only natural that you would want to do everything that you can to help your business be a success. This means you need to go beyond simply providing products and services that meet a public need and sell well. You want your...
Common Paint Colour Mistakes

Common Paint Colour Mistakes

Redecorating & choosing paint colours Common Mistakes when Choosing Paint Colours Painting your Exterior or interior walls is a cost-effective way to give your home a tremendous uplift. It’s not as simple as grabbing a can of paint and a brush and throwing some tarp...
The Psychology of Colour

The Psychology of Colour

Using Colour Psychology to Choose Paint Colours An interior painting project can seem like a daunting job with so many things to decide on, not the least of which is the actual colors you want to use. You can find plenty of guidelines on “ideal” paint combinations...
Hiring A Contractor

Hiring A Contractor

Painting is one of the more popular home improvement projects homeowners like to undertake. Whatever the scope of the project, hiring a professional contractor will save a lot of time and effort in the long run. But finding the right one is an important decision that...
Sound Painting Practice

Sound Painting Practice

Sound painting practice, paint coatings are composed of different chemicals, which combine synergistically to provide the paint with its properties. However, in order to derive the optimum paint properties and maximise the longevity of the coatings, it is of paramount...
Spalling Repairs

Spalling Repairs

Spalling occurs when the reinforcing steel in concrete corrodes. The corrosion is caused by the ingress of salt and carbon dioxide into the concrete. When steel corrodes, the rust has a larger volume than the original steel and this expansion breaks the surrounding...
How to make a room look brighter

How to make a room look brighter

How to make a dark room look brighter   Maximise light in your home with these expert tips.   Getting started A colour in a sunny room looks quite different in a dark one. So it’s best to avoid cool colours in dark rooms and instead balance the weak, natural...
Painting Tips

Painting Tips

Painting Wooden Window Frames Before Painting: Use long strips of wet newspaper and place it on the glass. The newspaper will keep the paint off the glass, and is much easier to remove than tape. Should you prefer tape, remember to remove it at an angle of 45o before...