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Professional Painting and Decorating
Professional Painting and Decorating – Painters and Decorators
Experience has taught many Painters & Decorators experts, the easy way to Painting & Decorating like a expert. You hardly ever see a professional painter and decorator painting straight from the tin. The Decorator or Painter uses a paint kettle ( any container with a handle ) which can be cleaned out every night. The Painter strains his paint into the kettle through an old stocking if necessary, so dust and bits of paint skin never spoils the new paint work.
When he stops for tea or lunch break, the decorator keeps his brushes from drying by suspending them into the paint by a wire through a hole in the handle or by wrapping them into a plastic bag. When the work day is finished, the Painter & Decorator he washes them thoroughly, first in thinners ( white spirit ) then in water, flicks the water out and hangs them to dry. Always wipe the brush on the same side of the kettle, so the other side stays clean and so does the paint kettle handle.
Keeping an striping knife, helps when you need to scoop up any paint that accidentally gets in the wrong place. It is a good idea to run in new brushes. Always wash new brushes before use, and use them first for primer and undercoat painting.
Masking tape makes windows painting easier, but nothing can beat a steady hand. For stairs, casements windows and doors, paint your way down and tackle awkward bits first. If you paint sash windows, be frugal with paint around the sliding parts or they may stick.
Paint large areas a bit at the time, vertical stripes first, the cross strokes to join them without putting more paint on the brush or rollers, then laying off, smoothly gently back into the painted area.
Limit yourself to an area small enough not to be dry before adjacent squares are started, or you will get a hard line of paint showing between the sections. The faster the paint dries, the smaller such sections should be. Timber and wood is best finished by painting in the same direction as the grains.
Kensington and Chelsea, Painters and Decorators company
Kensington and Chelsea, Painters and Decorators
Robuild London Painters & Decorators covers Kensington and Chelsea, we have refurbished few properties in the area.Flats, houses, shops, restaurants, offices and other domestic and commercial properties.
Painter and Decorator’s dictionary
Painters and Decorators dictionary
There’s more to walls, especially old fashioned walls, than you think. When the London Painters and Decorators are painting a room, ceilings always comes first to make sure the walls are not getting stained before they are painted. Then walls if they are to be painted, then the woodwork. If the walls are to be wallpapered, then they come last, after all the paintwork is completely dry.
Ceiling rose, made of plaster cast
Cove or coving, generally made of plaster cast or paper covered foam.
Cornice, similar material to Cove but the design is more complex.
Picture rail, made of wood, MFD or plaster
Dado rail, made of wood, MDF or plaster
Chamfered skirting boards, made of wood or MDF
Moulded skirting boards, a more complex design than Chamfered skirting
Architrave, made of wood or MDF
MDF or Medium density fibreboard is an engineered wood product formed by breaking down hardwood or softwood residuals into wood fibres.
You can read more about Building Terms Glossary here.
Cracks in plaster and decorating
Repairing plaster cracks before painting & decorating
With any plaster repairs, hack away any loose or damaged material with a bolster and hammer, brush away dust, damp broken surfaces and area using a PVA mix with water. Pick up plaster on the underside of the trowel and press into hole, adding more until not quite level with surrounding good plaster. Leave to harden, scratching lines to make key for top layer. This is best put on with flat face of a stripping knife, finishing by smoothing with the knife wet. Plaster will stick to a dry blade.
When the final layer is dry, sand down the wall using sandpaper and use wall filler to get a good finish, before sanding down the excess filler. The wall crack then needs a coat of primer or undercoat before the final painting coats can be applied. It is very probable that the whole wall will need to be repainted in order to match the paint colour, at least professional painters and decorators should opt for that.
Robuild Painters & Decorators
Robuild Painters and Decorators cover Borehamwood, Elstree, Radlett, Shenley, Aldenham and Letchmore Heath. Interior and Exterior,Domestic and Commercial Painting and Decorating jobs.Period Property Restoration.
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Painting a door
Painting a wooden door is not that easy as it might sound. There are rules that needs to followed in a strict manner even if its a D.I.Y job.
The professional painters might not agree completely with the video guides, but it is a good start for an amateur
Painter covered in paint, in the back of the van
External painting works
Painting and decorating , external surfaces, be that rendering, brickworks, wood and other materials, will always require a stable base and underbase. This can affect the cost of a Quote, if the works requires a warranty for the paint work.
Exterior Painting and Decorating
Exterior refurbishment
Installing the scaffolding
Scaffolding installed
Finished exterior refurbishment