Pole sander reaches for new heights

Mirka is enhancing its tooling line-up with the launch of the new Mirka DecoSander, a versatile pole sander that has been developed with efficiency and ease of use at the forefront of its design. This innovative tool offers precision sanding for walls, ceilings, and tight corners, ensuring a flawless finish in any environment. The DecoSanderContinue reading “Pole sander reaches for new heights”

Crown Trade: Colour Insights 2025

Crown Paints has launched its Colour Insights 2025/2026, a collection of five palettes designed to help painters and decorators confidently guide clients with their colour choices. Developed by Crown’s team of colour experts, the new palettes titlesCo, Choreography, Disrupt, G-local, and Faraway are inspired by global trends and offer a practical toolkit for understanding howContinue reading “Crown Trade: Colour Insights 2025”

Reach new heights

BoSS has unveiled an enhanced version of its leading low-level multi-application mobile podium, QuickPod with the launch of its brand-new 1500 model. Designed and manufactured in the UK, the new product has a platform height of 1.5m and prioritises 360° safety for users, with key features including an auto-closing safety gate, guardrail, and pivoting stabilisersContinue reading “Reach new heights”

Perfectly primed

Benjamin Moore have introduced two new primers to the UK market under their specialist primer brand, Insl-X. Max Block is the next generation of water-based primers, formulated to provide advanced stain-blocking properties. Years of testing on multiple substrates in both interior and exterior environments have resulted in a product with proven effectiveness across multiple typesContinue reading “Perfectly primed”

Smaller job? Smaller pack!

To ensure decorators have the right amount of paint for their project, Dulux Trade is now offering its popular Ultra Matt paint in 3-litre packs. The new pack size joins the existing 10-litre format, offering greater flexibility to suit different needs across domestic and commercial projects. Ultra Matt perfectly complements the broader Dulux Trade productContinue reading “Smaller job? Smaller pack!”

Keep it contained

Shurtape is introducing a double-sided tape for painters and decorators… FrogTape Containment Tape is a premium painter’s masking tape on one side, to stick to surfaces such as drywall, wood trim, glass, plastic and vinyl, with an aggressive adhesive on the other side which can adhere to polysheets and plastics. It was created to provide the specific adhesivesContinue reading “Keep it contained”

Hot off the shelf

New from Albany paints is AF1 Ceiling Paint, a finish specifically designed for the ‘5th wall’ in the home. With this brand-new finish from Albany, you will be able to hold your head up high when painting ceilings thanks to its super flat matt finish and anti-flashing characteristics. The water-based ceiling paint contains matting agentsContinue reading “Hot off the shelf”

Achieving excellence with colour and quality

Decorators often feel they have to decide between using high-performance, trusted products and the client’s perfect colour. However, they could have the best of both worlds. Dawn Scott, Senior Colour Designer at Dulux Trade, explains how decorators can eliminate this dilemma with colour matching… The right colour can completely transform how a space is perceived.Continue reading “Achieving excellence with colour and quality”

Dulux Trade – Colour of the Year 2025

Dulux is asking decorators to embrace yellow and infuse a sense of optimism, pride and imagination into their projects. As a guiding light to introduce these bold, positive shades to clients, the paint manufacturer has announced True Joy™ as its Colour of the Year for 2025, which is complemented by three versatile ColourFutures™ palettes. OverContinue reading “Dulux Trade – Colour of the Year 2025”