Intro
Hello, I'm a painter and decorator based in Brighton & Hove. I have been adding colour (and a lot of white) to the city for the past 30 years.
I do both interior and exterior work, as well as private and commercial.
For Interiors…
Let's start with my favourite work photo. This was all white and crying out to have details picked out. I think it looks amazing in grey, gold and white (or more precisely Shirting by Little Greene)
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Done with penguins?
Gone!
The grout lines were "put back" with a grout pen. I didn't know there was such a thing, and I wasn't sure if it would stick to paint, but my customer asked me to try it anyway. It's still looking good many years later. The paint on the tiles is Intelligent Eggshell Interior by Little Greene.
I paint furniture too. Goodbye tired brown…
And hello snazzy blue… or is it green?
Let me explain! This wallpaper had been damaged by a leak and was loose. I cut in a few places to apply new wallpaper adhesive and dampened it to soften it…
…turned out ok.
If a stair string bounces when people walk up and down the stairs, filling it will only result in the filler breaking apart — and not in a nice way. So here, I scored my filler to pre-crack it neatly. If the movement is subtle, a flexible joint filler can be applied over the scored crack.
Here I have replaced loose joining tape. I stick it down with wallpaper border adhesive, then fill (in the photo I'm also applying a primer to prevent the paper lifting from the wet filler, but that was when I used standard wallpaper paste. With border adhesive it's not needed, as water doesn't re-wet it).
Here I'm brushing filler over scrim tape. It will take a few applications of filler. If a flat matt paint is used it will not need any rubbing down.
Speaking of flat matts — this photo shows how good they are at "flattening". The paint around the light is flat matt. Pretty amazing!
Something a bit different.
The first time I used Mylands Marble Matt Emulsion — and not the last.
For Exteriors…
I can bring new life to the outside of your home.
…or your tardis!
I was the painter for the Victorian Fountain and Mazda Fountain for about 20 years, until the person responsible for maintaining them retired.
They would get a quick freshen up each year and a more thorough job about every 5 years.
This is the top of the Victorian Fountain.
The Mazda Fountain.
This is no ordinary filler, and I'm almost reluctant to mention it as my competitors almost certainly don't know about it.
It's a two-part epoxy putty filler. The two putties are mixed together and then pressed into place, but first a two-part liquid epoxy is applied that sinks deep into the wood, creating a bond stronger than the surrounding timber. I proved this by joining two batons with it and snapping them in half — it didn't snap at the join!
There are well-known epoxy fillers here in the UK, but they are not as versatile.
Filling like this must only be done with an epoxy filler. It will outlast pieced-in wood too.
An underrated wood filler is glazing putty. I find it lasts for years.
Sometimes new wood is needed.
