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Decorating Tools

Preparation is the most important part of any painting and decorating project! The paint or wallpaper must have a clean surface to adhere too. Decorators need to spend as much time on surface preparation as painting the surface itself. The selection of the correct decorating tools is one of the key steps taken to ensure a professional finish. High quality decorating tools generally have a longer life span and are designed for repeated use making them a more economical purchase in the long run, as opposed to cheap versions of decorators tools. At Trade1st we only select the highest quality brands and tools; this sets us apart from our Competitors because Trade1st is a dedicated site for trade decorators tools. We only list highest quality products at the most competitive online prices.

Decorating work requires a number of decorating supplies and decorators tools to complete work to a professional standard finish. The Trade1st range includes tools for specific preparation or work these include sandpapering tools, measuring tools and fixing tools.

Sanding tools are essential decorators tools for surface preparation and include cork or rubber sanding blocks for the comfortable holding of sandpaper whilst sanding. Also listed within decorating tools is the screw fit pole sanders, these are robust but light weight pole sanding heads for the easy sanding of walls or ceilings. Hand Sanders ideal for continuous use, and the Norton hand sander drywall sander with trade strength sprung clamps for fast sandpaper change.

Essential decorating tools for wallpapering from Trade1st, such as the Trade Wallpapering Scissors. These are professional quality paper scissors that are self sharpening scissors, specifically designed for accurate cutting of both wet and dry paper. Other listed scissors are Hamilton Perfection paperhanging scissors; these are 10 Inch scissors and are made from forged carbon steel. Other decorators tools are the Harris wallpapering scissors these are longer at 12 Inches and have Titanium coated blades.

Within decorating tools Trade1st list a wallpaper press on roller. This is a soft rubber wallpapering roller ideal for removing air bubbles and increasing the wallpaper adhesive bond. Wallpaper seam rollers are available with a metal or with a soft rubber surface these are ideal for bonding down wallpaper seams. The wallpaper smoother is a hand held decorators tool and is ideal for smoothing or pressing wallpaper into corners.

Decorating tools also included measuring tools such as Stanley’s Powerlock tape measure in lengths of 5M, 8M and 10M. The tape measures are both metric and imperial measures. Other decorating tools in this area include the Stanley Long Fibre tape measure which can measure distances up to 30 Metres. The perfect decorators tool is the Stanley Intellimeasure a new generation of ultrasonic measuring devices which can measure up to 15M with an accuracy of 0.5%. Listed within decorating tools is the Stanley Fat Max XL Box Beam Level this is a 24 Inches long decorating tool precision engineered, lightweight and very tough.

Fixing tools are essential decorating tool. These include our screw driver 7 piece Set of assorted comfort grip screw drivers. Also listed within decorators tools is the Knipex combination pliers with comfort grip handles and the Stanley Steelmaster 16oz claw hammer, heat treated with a polished steel head and a comfortable molded vinyl grip handle. Wire brushes are another essential decorators tool. These include Abrasive Brush Sets, industrial treated wire brushes for removing flaking paint, rust and scale. Other decorators tools include the Wooster Super Scrubbing Brush a chemical resistant scrubbing brush ideal for washing walls prior to paint or wallpaper application.