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Residential & commercial painting advice & news.

Honest advice from painters who work in Hunter conditions every day. Our guides are moving across to the new site; here’s what’s coming.

Two-storey white home exterior with balcony after a full repaint
ExteriorsFeatured guide

How often should you repaint house exteriors? A Newcastle & Hunter guide

How Hunter sun, salt air and coastal weather age a paint job, and the signs your exterior is due for another coat.

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  • Living room with a sage green feature wallColour

    How to choose paint colours: a Newcastle painter's guide

    Coming soon

  • Lakeside home with pool photographed at dusk after a full repaintCoastal homes

    Coastal home painting: a Newcastle and Lake Macquarie guide

    Coming soon

  • Two-storey brick and render duplex with fresh exterior paintExteriors

    Painting bricks: pros, cons, costs and how to do it

    Coming soon

  • Close up of a paint brush working along a wall edgeMaintenance

    How to remove mould from walls without damaging paint

    Coming soon

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