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Q. Can I paint bronze coloured aluminium windows and doors to a white?(E Nolan Monkstown)Yes, but you need a special primer though to make the paint stick to the aluminium and the natural colour beadi..

The articles are great. A few weeks ago you wrote about how to avoid streaks in paint and you recommended two brands of mixture. As I’ve mislaid the article could you please let me know the names and ..

My problem is that paint always peels off the ceiling in a particular room only a couple of months after re-painting it. There is no dampness but yet it just flakes off.This problem is very common on ..

Make your next home painting job easier First, keep a record of how much paint it takes to cover each room by writing the amount in a log you can keep in your records file or shed. Before putting t..

My kitchen units are looking very tired and I would like to brighten them up. Can I paint them? They are a matte brown and white.   The answer is a definite yes, provided you don’t mind a bit of wor..

I have a number of white interior doors in my home which have a shiny surface, and appear to me to have a plastic coating.  I do not know if they are laminated or not.  They were fitted when my house ..