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”
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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!”
Scraper takes centre stage
Hamilton reported a surge in interest for its Perfection Precision Scraper tool at this year’s National Painting and Decorating Show. The tool, used for removing coatings on intricate areas such as windows, banisters, and tight corners, has been building in popularity due to its innovative design. It’s tungsten carbide blade maintains sharpness up to 100Continue reading “Scraper takes centre stage”
The Devil is in the detail
When Paul Jackson of The Tool Devil and PDA Member Dave Mockett of DM Decor started chatting about tools, they realised masking tape cutters were either hard to get hold of, expensive, or just didn’t quite hit the mark. None had a wrist strap, which would make long masking jobs so much easier. Determined toContinue reading “The Devil is in the detail”
Purdy on… Longevity
In this final interview of the series, we speak to Andy Cummins, Purdy’s Senior Product Manager about the longevity of tools, what to look for and how Purdy addresses the issue when it comes to its own product development. How important is longevity when choosing the right tools? In previous articles we have talked aboutContinue reading “Purdy on… Longevity”
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”
Features to consider when choosing an LED work light
Proper lighting is key to achieving outstanding results. It is essential to have a reliable and high-quality LED work light that meets your specific needs. But, which factors are most important to consider when choosing a work light? The workday of a professional decorator is filled with challenges and demands. From shifting workplaces to theContinue reading “Features to consider when choosing an LED work light”
Make light work of sanding
Cordless one-handed eccentric sanders with an integrated LED light ring Whether you are working in a workshop or in hard-to-reach locations, the new ETSC 2 cordless eccentric sander offers maximum freedom of movement when sanding. An integrated LED light ring improves the view of the surface and reveals any unevenness when sanding. Its eccentric sandingContinue reading “Make light work of sanding”