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Video Tips from the experts
Free how to handy hints, and advice
Painting and decorating your home can be a bit daunting if you haven’t painted before. So, we have put together a selection of FREE “How to videos” to help you conquer your next painting project.
The series of videos features Dave our master painter, who explains and demonstrates a variety of common painting tools and products to show exactly what you need and how to get the most out of them.
Topics covered in these videos include preparing to paint, planning, protection when painting, paint pots, brushes, mixers and pourers, paint rollers and patching and filling walls.
This series of videos are free to download, helping you get great results on your next painting job.
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 Renovating your home? Here is a basic guide to the main types of paints available and where you would commonly use them.
For use around the home, paint is normally divided into two types – acrylic and enamel. The easiest way to remember the difference is acrylic paints wash up in water, and enamel requires turpentine for cleaning.
Both have advantages in different applications – acrylic paints dry faster, less messy clean-up, and are ideally suited for large broad wall areas inside and outside the home.
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Want to know the best way to improve the value of your home before selling it? |
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 Painting your home before you sell/auction is one of the best and most economical ways you can improve the final price you can achieve on the sale.
Painting is accessible to everyone, and even if you don’t want to “Do It Yourself”, you can still get a painter in to do this for a fraction of what other major building/construction work could cost you.
Painting your home before selling will not only freshen up the look of the house it can also make rooms look bigger (and more appealing to prospective buyers) if light colours are used where previously dark colours have been.
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How to save time and effort on your next painting job |
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 Whenever you tackle a new job around the home it always helps to have some inside tips on how you can avoid common mistakes and also save time and effort.
So you to help you on your next painting job, we have put together our top ten painting tips, some are simple ideas that you may think of yourself, no matter what your skill level in painting we’re sure you will get some value out of these handy hints on your next painting job.
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