Dulux

Dulux: Tips (241 words)
by Jan fletcher - written on 27.02.08
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I do a lot of decorating being a property developer and here are a few useful things I have found. B and Q Paint Everywhere Satin for wood work. Beautiful. Much nicer finish than gloss and piece of cake to apply. Also startlingly white. So fresh. Most testers will come out way different than you imagine. Buy a tin of the paint you think you want. Buy a bucket of Dulux Matt pure brilliant white. Mix until you get the desired shade. Dulux Light and Space. Great for contrasting walls if you have a darker feature wall. Makes everything "ping" Crown cupboard paint. Awesome. I transformed a desperate kitchen with this. Looked completely new. ...

An Easter Weekend in the Life of delawney (2150 words)
by delawney - written on 21.04.03 (Very useful, 2078 readings)
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Having finally completed decorating our living room (at one o clock this morning) I figured, why should I suffer alone? Why not share the horrors of my Easter weekend (supposedly a holiday?) with all my chums at dooyoo? Perhaps I might be able to impart some useful knowledge along the way... I'm exaggerating, it wasn't that bad really. It's just after hours and hours of kneeling on the floor painting skirting boards and breathing in the fumes I've lost a little perspective. *** A WORD OF WARNING *** As I felt talking about paint was a little boring, I have thrown in a few other tips along the way. If all you're ...

Dulux: More pink blobs than Mr Blobby (701 words)
by janharper - written on 24.10.06 (Very useful, 704 readings)
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Dulux Magic White Rich matt emulsion seemed to be just the thing I was looking for. I was trying to emulsion a really awful, bumpy ceiling and the light was bad in the room, as it faces north. So, I went to Wilkinson’s and thought I had made a very clever and economical purchase. The emulsion was £8.99 for 2.5 litre can which is good for a quality product. It wasn’t long before I wished I’d never heard of Dulux Magic, let alone started to emulsion the ceiling. Let me start at the beginning so that you can see that I did everything correctly but still ended up in a mess. First of all I read the instructions on the tin. All ...