Painting & Decorating

Preparation of surfaces ready for a new finish, plaster patching and filling, different paint and paint finishes, undercoats, glosses, correct brush techniques, correct cleaning procedures. Stripping old wallpaper, how to paste correctly, folding pasted paper for long drops for hall, stairs and landing, correct ways to hang lining paper on walls and ceilings, how to hang patterned paper on walls, caoorect ways to match patterns to minimise waste, how to hang wallpapers into and around obstacles e.g. windows and doors, ways to "double cut" patterned papers to continue patterns, correct way to hang blown vinyl on walls & ceilings, how to continue wall papaer patterns round internal and external corners, correct ways to edge cut wallpaper using scissors and blades. Full business advice on starting up your own business i.e. health and safety, environmental issues, public liability insurance, customer service, measuring up a job, pricing a job in detail, quotation sheets, suppliers, trade accounts,