Dulux starts rationing paint after ‘exceptional demand’ from DIYers during lockdown

Dulux starts rationing paint after ‘exceptional demand’ from DIYers wanting to improve their homes during lockdown Dulux has been forced to cap the amount of tester pots it sells online each day  Regular pots of paints can no longer be purchased online after surge in demand  Customers are being turned away online due to ‘overwhelming … Read more

The most Instagrammed paint colours revealed

Instagram bloggers are favouring calming shades of grey, blue and green for their walls, research reveals. Property advice website homehow.co.uk analysed paint colour hashtags on Instagram to reveal the 15 shades garnering the most interest on the social network.  Perhaps unsurprisingly given its rise in popularity in recent years, it is a shade of grey … Read more

Boris Johnson’s new RAF Voyager proves it’s still fit for active service after £1m paint job

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new RAF Voyager has been pictured refuelling Lighting and Typhoon fighter jets, showing that it is still fit for active services after its almost £1 million Union Jack paint job. It refuelled the jets in during ‘Exercise Crimson Thunder’ on Friday after taking off from its RAF Brize Norton base in … Read more

Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane takes to the air after its new £900,000 patriotic paint job

Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane took off for the first time today after receiving a £900,000 red, white and blue paintjob.   The jet’s tail fin had previously been spotted inside a hangar at an airfield in Cambridgeshire, where underwent a new Brexit paint job to help the PM fly the flag for the UK when … Read more

RAF jumbo jet gets paint job in red, white and blue for Prime Minister to use on trips abroad 

Boris Johnson flies the flag: RAF jumbo jet gets patriotic paint job in red, white and blue for Prime Minister to use on trips abroad The grey Voyager is being painted the colours of the Union Jack in Cambridge  Cost of repainting the plane is expected to be in the tens of thousands of pounds … Read more

Woman reveals her amazing hack to get rid of dried paint stains on fabric with hand sanitiser

Stroke of genius! Cleaning enthusiast reveals how to get rid of dried paint stains on carpets and clothes in minutes using hand sanitiser A cleaning-enthusiast revealed how to use hand sanitiser to remove paint stains Lancashire influencer, known as ‘Mrs D’ shared the tip to her Instagram account   Blew the minds of her 44,000 followers … Read more

Prices of dishwashers, paint, and Christmas trees could be cut under post-Brexit tariffs

Britons could see prices of dishwashers, paint, padlocks and Christmas trees cut as government unveils post-Brexit tariffs on imports The government has unveiled the post-Brexit tariffs that will apply to imports  The schedule will come into force at the end of transition, due to be in January  Christmas trees, dishwashers, paint, padlocks among the items … Read more

Colour paint technology cools buildings by reflecting the sun 

Multi-layered coloured paint designed to cool buildings by reflecting the sun could become an eco-friendly alternative to air conditioners Coloured two-layer paint can dramatically cool building surfaces facing the sun Top layer absorbs light and a porous underlayer reflects infrared to resist heating US scientists’ new creation could also help keep vehicles and data centres … Read more

Businessman ‘fuming’ after NHS well-wishers paint over £400 ad board to say ‘thank you’ to medics

Businessman, 33, is left ‘fuming’ after NHS well-wishers paint over his £400 advertising board to say ‘thank you’ to medics fighting coronavirus Christopher Walker was ‘fuming’ after ‘NHS Thank you’ was put on £400 board The 33-year-old bought the sign in Redcar, North Yorkshire, to boost business The father-of-three from Redcar slammed the ‘mindless’ violence … Read more