{"id":509,"date":"2012-05-29T16:36:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/?p=509"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:36:56","slug":"selecting-paints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/selecting-paints\/","title":{"rendered":"SELECTING PAINTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When choosing paints, remember that: <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 emulsion paints are quicker to apply, dry more quickly and lack the smell of resin- or oil-based paints. They are also cheaper and can be easily cleaned off painting equipment with water<br \/>\n\u2022 non-drip paints are best for ceilings and cover more thickly than runny ones, cutting down on the number of coats<br \/>\n\u2022 a silk or gloss finish will tend to highlight surface irregularities more than a matt finish<br \/>\n\u2022 textured paints are suitable for use on surfaces which are in poor condition since they will cover defects which a standard emulsion paint cannot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When choosing paints, remember that: \u2022 emulsion paints are quicker to apply, dry more quickly and lack the smell of resin- or oil-based paints. They are also cheaper and can be easily cleaned off painting equipment with water \u2022 non-drip paints are best for ceilings and cover more thickly than runny ones, cutting down on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}