Putting a new coat of paint on the walls can really revitalise a room, but if you have little ones underfoot, this task can be challenging. To make painting easier, check out these tips. They are designed for parents of children. 1. Make Sure You Aren’t Scraping Lead Paint Lead is extremely dangerous. It can lead to all kinds of cognitive issues, but it’s most dangerous to pregnant women and young children with developing brains.…
Read More »When you’re choosing how to decorate your home, there are a lot of things that might influence your decisions. You’ll probably begin with colours you like and a vague idea of what you think might be fitting for each room. Then influences come in from current trends, magazines, websites and social media. By this point, you’ll have a pretty firm view of the colours you’d like in each part of your house.…
Read More »Epoxy floor coatings are the perfect flooring solution for many businesses where hygiene is important, including health centres, dental surgeries and vet clinics. However, many other kinds of businesses can benefit from epoxy flooring too. Read on to see how an epoxy floor coating could make a great replacement for an outdated cement or lino floor covering in four different commercial settings. Kitchens Epoxy flooring is ideal for commercial restaurant kitchens.…
Read More »A touch of paint can go a long way in setting the right mood in your workspace as well as accentuating the outside beauty of your commercial premises. But any paint job is only as good as the painter, and that explains why you should hire an expert to get the job done. These days, there’s a host of commercial painting contractors out there ready to assist you with your painting needs, be it for a new office or a remodelling project for an existing office.…
Read More »Unlike other properties where a contractor is working for a singular property owner, unit schemes comprise of multiple unit owners, each with their independent needs in regards to any type of work being done, be it construction, repairs or painting. Due to this diverse composition of tenants in a scheme settlement, any contractor working with a body corporate has to understand the varying needs of its tenants for his or her work experience to be successful:…
Read More »When you watch a professional painter doing their work, you get the impression that it would be quite easy to replicate the painter’s finish. It doesn’t look complicated and, for what appears to be little effort, great results are achieved. However, there are a number of little things that a professional painter does, through years of experience, that allows them to get a great finish with minimum effort. If you have a DIY painting job to do, use these tips to get a professional result:…
Read More »If you’re looking to get your walls painted but worried that in no time at all they’ll be looking worn down, consider the following steps which will protect your paint job in years to come. There’s a lot you can do to help, from filling in hairline cracks, to keeping muddy hands at bay with home-made cleaning solutions. Choose the right paint Sometimes prevention is better than cure. If you have a household with lots of dirt risk factors — young children with sticky fingers or slobbery dogs — your walls can end up retaining years’ worth of muck.…
Read More »Protective paintingis a specially developed type of paint for protecting steel. It is used in all types of construction, from bridges to homes. It is usually made up of three coats, a primer, an intermediate and a finish coat. This three coat system as recently replaced the older technique of five or six coats. The paint can be applied in a number of ways, such as brushing, rolling or using an air or airless spray:…
Read More »Opting to paint your own house is not only tedious but time-consuming too. More often than not homeowners engage in this DIY project then end up with substandard results, which make them lose heart. Not all is lost though. For the most part, there are tips and tricks that commercial painters use to ensure that their work is flawless. If you have your mind set on repainting your own home, here are some handy tips that could make it all worthwhile.…
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