Rawlins Paints Blog Industrial Paint Tips, Guidelines & DIY Articles

Ensuring Perfect Results for Doors, Windows, Walls, Masonry, UPVC, and More Choosing the right paint colour is a crucial step in any painting project, whether it’s for doors, windows, walls, masonry, or UPVC surfaces. In the UK, where weather conditions and lighting can vary significantly, using colour paint samples can make a substantial difference in achieving the desired outcome. This ...

You want your garage doors to look good, and over time, exposure to the elements can leave them faded, rusted, and tired-looking. Paint garage doors to instantly enhance their appearance and restore their durability. Using Rust-Oleum CombiColor Original to paint garage doors is an excellent way to rejuvenate their appearance and protect them from further damage. This guide will walk ...

Concrete floors are renowned for their durability and strength, making them a popular choice for both residential and commercial applications. However, over time, even the most robust concrete floors can develop cracks due to factors such as settling, temperature changes, or heavy loads. Addressing these cracks promptly is crucial to maintaining the structural integrity and aesthetic appeal of the floor. ...

Is your patio is looking “past it”? Block paving weathered? There is little need to lay an expensive new patio or pathway when you can paint or stain patio slabs, stones, and block paving to update their style and refresh their appearance. Read on as we go into detail below on painting patio slabs with our recommended specialist products. Patio ...

Before painting floors levelled with a screed, we need more information before we can recommend a suitable product. Read on below to see how to tackle this common query. You should check that your intended coating or use type is compatible with the floor screed used. Simply painting without prior checking will most likely result in having to re-screed your ...

Businesses and landlords can save considerable time and money by painting over old vinyl wallpaper, blocking dark colours and bold patterns, stained walls and ceilings, odours etc with Zinsser’s high adhesion products. Our 3-step guide below shows you how to prepare, prime and decorate over vinyl wallpaper properly, finishing with a topcoat available in over 4,000 colours. This allows for ...

An easy-to-follow 3-step guide for painting over interior mildew, showing you how to prepare and prime the surface for finishing with Zinsser’s decorative Perma-White anti-mildew paint to block fungal degradation. See our blog post “Quick & Cost-Effective Ways To Paint Over Mould” for help with interior mould, and check out our further reading section for more solutions for painting problems. ...

Nicotine stains are tough to cover, often seeping back through paintwork and requiring more time and money to correct it. Our 3-step guide will show you how to properly prepare and prime nicotine-stained surfaces caused by cigarette smoke, finishing in over 2,700 RAL, BS and NCS colours.   The Benefits Zinsser’s odourless products make short work of covering nicotine stains ...