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That Moment When You Realise You Can Paint Over Rust

Are you looking at your rusty surfaces, such as cladding, feeling stumped? Wondering “what paint to use on rusted metal?” Can you paint over rust? Or maybe you’ve just not been able to get round to it. You don’t need to spend hours removing rust anymore. With modern metal primers, it’s simple to cover rust while protecting the surface from ...

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The Difference Between Damp Proof Paint and Anti-Condensation Paint

Although they seem very similar, damp and condensation are different issues and require different solutions. Hence, there is also a significant difference between damp proof paint and anti-condensation paint. It does boil down to the same thing: moisture is either finding a way into your property or cannot find a way out. A healthy property needs to breathe, with good ...

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How Rust-Inhibiting Metal Primers Work

An Industrial Guide to Protecting Metal and Steel Surfaces The key to successful application of any high-performance paint system is preparation, and rust-inhibiting metal primers are integral to many maintenance and repair systems across the industrial building, renovation, and commercial property sector. Applying paint directly to unprepared areas can mean that the paint topcoat has nothing to successfully adhere to – ...

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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 Rust-Stained Surfaces

Successfully block rust stains on surfaces, preventing them from seeping through to new paint work – our 2-step guide below walks you through on how to suitably prepare, prime and paint over rust with Zinsser products, featuring a decorative topcoat that is available in more than 4,000+ RAL, NCS and BS colours. Zinsser Paint Rust Stains Products Zinsser Mould Killer ...

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How To Paint Exterior Woodstained Or Varnished Surfaces

Can you paint over varnish? Zinsser products can be used to paint woodstain or varnished exterior wood surfaces using our 3-step guide below on how to prepare, prime and decorate, in over 4,000+ RAL, NCS and BS colours.   The Benefits Painting varnished wood and over woodstains is tough as conventional paints won’t adhere to the surface, due to the ...

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How To Paint Glossy And Slick Surfaces

Our 3-step guide shows you how to paint glossy, impermeable surfaces with Zinsser B-I-N, a primer with exceptional adhesion.   The Benefits Painting glossy, impermeable surfaces requires a primer with exceptional adhesion. Our guide below shows how to use Zinsser’s B-I-N Primer Sealer to suitably prime tricky glossy surfaces for finishing with Zinsser Perma-White in over 4,000+ RAL, NCS and ...

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How To Paint Lead

Our 3-step guide below will show you how to paint lead, sealing the substrate to help prevent it from causing harm. If you have a leaking roof and suspect it might be the lead flashing at fault, see our extensive range of roof repair products for general maintenance or emergency repair work. The Benefits Unprotected lead can cause harm if ...

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