Mark Arnett - Services

We are very dedicated to what we do. It is of course in our best interests to complete every job with perfection

Some of the services that I carry out include:

 

  • Painting & Decorating

  • Carpentry

  • Tiling

  • Interior Design

  • Design / Decoration Consultancy.

Give me a call using the number below or alternatively send me an email by clicking here

 

 

 

Processes and Suppliers

Mark Arnett painters and decorators only employ highly skilled craftsmen. Combining them with the best quality products leads to a reward winning finish.

 

Our Process:

For walls and ceilings:

  • Strip existing coverings and where applicable
  • Remove areas of blown plaster as needed and skim finish, making good new to old plasterwork
  • Rake out, fill and smooth cracks; seal all repaired and water stained areas with one coat of Alkali Resisting Primer
  • Size and line surfaces with 100 grade lining paper and apply one mist coat
  • Apply 2 coats of either matt vinyl emulsion, vinyl silk, eggshell or oil paint (according to your requirements)

Exterior Painting

For Woodwork:

  • Where paint coatings are flaking, bubbles, built up in corners or unstable, these will be burnt off, or removed by raking with a shave hook to bare timber.
  • The surfaces washed down then sandaed with abrasive until smooth, and filled either with linseed putty or wood filler.
  • No cellulose fillers will be used on timber.
  • Defective putty to be raked out, rebates primed and putty re-run.
  • Bare timber to be given 1 priming coat of oil based primer.
  • Bring forward with 1 undercoat and 1 gloss coat.
  • Timber will be sanded down between coats.

 

For Stonework:

  • All loose, flaking and unstable coatings will be scraped, wire brushed, burnt or otherwise removed.
  • Crumbling stonework to be hacked off and refilled with either cement-based or "Toupret" filler
  • Cracks to be raked out, filled and smoothed, and repaired areas to be given 1 coat of exterior stabilising primer.
  • Surface then to be painted with 2 coats masonry paint.

 

For Iron Work

  • Remove rust and deteriorated paint by wire brushing.
  • Prime with red lead wherever previous coating is broken.
  • Apply 1 undercoat and 1 top coat gloss paint