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Use our range of easy to follow "how to..."  fact sheets to find out more about painting step by step.

How To
  1. Choose a colour
  2. Select the right paint
  3. Prepare a room
  4. Prepare walls and ceilings
  5. Prepare woodwork
  6. Paint ceilings and walls
  7. Paint woodwork
  8. Prepare and paint exteriors
  9. Having the right tools
  10. Safety

Prepare woodwork

New Woodwork

  • New woodwork may have rough edges and splinters. These should be sanded down and any rough edge rounded off.
  • Where the wood is darker due to knots or resin, overpaint with knotting to prevent a show-through.
  • To give a smooth, solid finish, fill crackers and joins with a filler before you paint. Open graining and scratches can be smoothed over with a fine surface filler and then when dry, rubbed over with sandpaper and dusted off.
  • Prime with one coat of Berger Universal Primer, which should be well brushed into the wood.

Previously Painted Woodwork

  • On sound woodwork, prepare for painting by washing down with diluted washing-up liquid and rub over with wet and dry paper before a final rinse. Wash from the bottom upwards.
  • Where paint is loose, remove it with sandpaper and dust clean. Any cracks or joints should be filled and sanded smooth when dry.
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