by Shane McAuliffe | Mar 8, 2022 | Residential Painting
Painting a duplex is different from painting a standalone house because you’re working with a shared wall, a neighbour and often a small body corporate. The paint itself is the same. The difference is coordination: who’s paying, what colours are allowed...
by Shane McAuliffe | Nov 30, 2021 | Interior Exterior Painting
Interior and exterior paints are built for different jobs. Exterior paint has to handle UV, rain, heat and mould, so it’s more flexible and weather resistant. Interior paint is made for cleanability, low odour and a good finish in a room people live and work in....
by Shane McAuliffe | Nov 30, 2021 | Commercial Painting
Painting an apartment building means far more than applying paint. It involves inspections, approvals, careful preparation, safe access to every elevation and a program that works around residents who live in the building. Here’s what the process usually...
by Shane McAuliffe | Nov 12, 2021 | Residential Painting
You can paint a house in Brisbane’s summer heat, but you have to plan around it. Paint applied to a hot surface can dry too fast and finish badly, and afternoon storms can wreck a fresh coat. The fix is to work with the weather: start early, follow the sun...
by Shane McAuliffe | Oct 25, 2021 | Residential Painting
To calculate paint for a room, work out the wall area, subtract doors and windows, multiply by the number of coats and divide by the coverage printed on the tin. Here’s a worked example so you can see the numbers. The example room Say the room is 4 metres by 3...
