How to Paint a bathroom using Tikkurila

A fresh coat of paint can completely transform the appearance of your bathroom. Bathrooms are primarily functional spaces, they can also be a great place to experiment with colour and design in your home.

Decorating a bathroom certainly comes with its challenges. This guide includes practical tips to help make redecorating a success!

What paint is suitable for a bathroom?

Bathrooms are high-traffic rooms, susceptible to humidity and moisture. The frequent exposure to water, steam and harsh cleaning products can be tough on paints used in this room. This means that choosing a moisture-resistant paint with mould-preventative agents is highly recommended to ensure long-term results. Additionally, bathroom paints must have a tough formula to withstand cleaning chemicals and regular scrubbing.

Tikkurila’s Luja range is a high-performance

How to paint your garden fence

An easy guide to painting your fence so that it stands the test of time - Using Cuprinol Ducksback 

Think about painting the garden fence and most of us assume it’s going to be a long, arduous process. We put it off for as long as possible and then finally give in when we see how good our neighbour’s new paint job is looking. First things first, we’re here to tell you that it doesn’t have to taxing. Pick a sunny day, pour yourself a nice beverage and follow these simple steps below.

Bonus: If you use Cuprinol Ducksback, you get five years of all-weather protection, so you can rest assured that you won’t need to repaint for a long time. Cheers, to that.

• 5L Cuprinol Ducksback in your favourite colour
• Medium pile standard

When it comes to getting paint on large surfaces at high speed, you can't beat a paint roller. And now, PaintWell is one of the few companies in the United Kingdom to stock 24" rollers – high-capacity paint rollers that were historically used to paint the sides of ships!

So read on to find out more about our paint poles and rollers – you'll have your decoration project completed and ship-shape in no time!

Paint Rollers

From the very small to the extra-wide, we stock a huge selection of paint roller pads that are suitable for any project. We currently carry:

Tiny Rollers – between two and 2.5 inches wide, these tiny paint rollers are suitable for applying paint to narrow surfaces such as sills and frames

Welcome to the Industrial paints division - Zoe Drage

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Zoe Drage to our Industrial paints division. Zoe who joins the team after numerous sales roles within various industries will join Steve Kelsall and Gary Turgoose in our Industrial paints team who are here to help with your roofing, flooring and cladding projects, supplying brands such as Rustoleum, Zinsser, Tikkurilla, Coo-var and many more!

We offer up to a 20 year warranty on cladding and roofing systems and 3 years on flooring and can help with certification of fire retardant specifications up to 120 minutes.

Zoe said “I am thrilled to be a part of PaintWell’s journey, the expansion plans for the company are enormous. You can see the ambition with the formation of the industrial division along with the new branches we plan to open this year that these are very exciting times for PaintWell.”

For more information on the industrial paints division contact

How to paint skirting boards

Before you begin

What colour should I paint my skirting boards?

The first decision you will need to make is the which colour to paint your skirting boards.

Darker skirting boards tend to look more modern and contemporary and dark colours easily hide any marks and dust and lighter skirting boards will make the room feel bigger. Whereas lighter colours can provide colour and brighten a natural dark room whilst providing a crisp and airy effect effect

Gloss finishes are harder wearing than other finishes, so are well suited to skirting boards. If you don’t want the full gloss effect, satin finishes are subtler but can still cope with knocks and scratches.

Tip

You should paint your walls first and your skirting boards last. By painting a wall beforehand, you’ll avoid