Cleaning & Thinning

Yes, you can use Methylated spirits to remove the leftover traces of silicone sealant. To remove the bulk of the sealant though you want to use a Stanley Knife or …

Sugar soap is a great decorating cleaner. But maybe you don’t have any to hand or you might just be looking for a natural alternative. Either way, you want to …

Sugar soap is a great all-around decorating cleaner. But just how potent is it? Could it remove paint for example? No, sugar soap will not work as a paint remover. …

If you are anything like me and spend a lot of time looking at DIY blogs then you will have come across the term mineral spirits. This is a term …

So you are doing some cleaning and you have been told to use rubbing alcohol, but what does that mean exactly. You have gone to the shed and found a …

So you want to thin down some Hammerite, possibly to spray it. But official Hammerite thinners are expensive, so what are the alternatives? well, let’s have a look at what …