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Blackboard & Chalkboard Paint: From Classrooms to Cafes

In today’s dynamic world, where creativity and innovation drive progress, finding new ways to foster imaginative environments is essential. Chalkboard paint (also known as blackboard paint) offers an extraordinary solution for transforming ordinary spaces into interactive, engaging, and inspiring areas. From homes to offices, classrooms to cafes, chalkboard paint has the power to revolutionise how we use and perceive our ...

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How to Paint Over Tiles

Not all tiles are created equal – so if you’re looking for roof tile paint, click here instead. Tiling is a great choice for areas subject to water, dirt, and humidity, but over time they can age poorly and replacing them is an expensive and time-consuming hassle. Painting tiles can seem difficult as conventional paints are ineffective on unprimed ceramic ...

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How to Paint Galvanised Metal

Galvanised steel enquiries to Rawlins Paints often fall into 1 of 3 metal paint categories; those wanting to paint already galvanised steel, repairing damaged galvanising, and those wanting to paint mild steel to be galvanised. For general painting of galvanised steel, clean and degrease with methylated spirit, lightly abraded and apply 2-3 coats as required of Bradite One Can Matt ...

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Chartwell Green: How to Find the Right Paint

Chartwell Green is quickly becoming one of the most popular choices for exterior surfaces. It is a pale, fresh shade of green that makes a nice alternative to white that’s a bolder choice, but still subtle enough to look clean and elegant. A cool-toned yet inviting shade, Chartwell Green is an ideal exterior paint for front doors, garage doors, windows, ...

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Affordable Kitchen DIY: how to breathe new life into your kitchen

Renovating complete kitchens is not cheap – so when you do not have the funds, or the energy to redo your entire kitchen, below are some tips on how some affordable kitchen DIY can transform your kitchen tiles and cupboards, without the hassle of complete renovations. According to research done by Go Compare, kitchen DIY renovations and improvements were at ...

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How To Paint Over Vinyl Wallpaper

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 ...

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How To Paint Interior Mildew Areas

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. ...

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How To Paint Over Nicotine Stains (Odourless Method)

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 ...

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