National Painting & Decorating Show

[mistcoat]

Are you going this year?

9th & 10th November 2010

See you there 

[Aggie]

I will be going,
And this year, I am gonna make sure I get me free goody bag.

[mistcoat]

You still didn't get sent one from last year  : 

We'll have to meet up chaps, won't we. 

[TooledUp]

Tell 'em I live too far away to get there, pass on my apologies for absence and grab me a goody bag 

[rpriestleyandson]

I will be going this year, i like the sound of this goody bag owt for nowt

[bagshot]

yeah i'll deffo be going this year,we are all meeting up aren't we.i'll be the one wearing  the caulk gun  in me top pocket 

[mistcoat]

(10-02-2010 10:25 PM)bagshot link Wrote:  yeah i'll deffo be going this year,we are all meeting up aren't we.i'll be the one wearing  the caulk gun  in me top pocket 

Me and Aggie will make sure we squeeze your trigger hard then    :bublegum:

[Aggie]

I'll be the one which looks like I have a tube of caulk in my trouser pocket

[absolutedecor8]

i was supposed to go to the Scottish one it was up loch lomond way last month but my car was up the duff so had no transport , all no be going to that 1

[The Peckham Pouncer]

I'll be there again this year...missed out on the goody bags last time though..

Like interbuild, the 'special offers' aint really that special..

Crown were punting brushmates at a 'special' one off price...wheich was about 3 quid cheaper than I can buy them in my local Crown Decorating Centre..

I checked out all the brush stands...I must admit they are all starting to look and feel very much the same...the 'legend' looked good though...but jesus it was expensive.

Woosters seemed ok..but I couldnt take to the guy punting them...he wanted a 500 pound minimum order from us in order to get a nice discount.

Nah..

[paintycait]

Wooster only just really arrived last year in the UK and were aimed at retailers to be honest, the discounts now should filter down through to the trade...they haven't quite cottened on to the "boxed set" concept but it will come. Their angled cutters are killers but the weight will feel different for most UK decorators...feels a bit like a girl's brush for many but once you get the balance, you love them. I like the 1 and 1/2's best for cabs and some of the rolers are great. Aim for a discount card for your local distributor. We love the pelikan paint pots too...but they are expensive for the average contractor.....

Won't be at this show, my money will be spent heading for the Graining and Marbling Olympics at Preston earlier in the year

[mistcoat]

Have you tried Masters Choice from the States, cait?

They are made by Wooster (I think). Hopefully Bagshot can answer that.
They are lovely brushes.
Corona brushes are the poodles undercarriage too 

[paintycait]

Haven't tried Masters Choice, haven't been Stateside for a while and normally when I am over I pick up a rake of goodies to try out here. Can you buy them here? They aren't shown as a brand on the Wooster site. I am always wary of this "they are made by"...cos if they are why would you not put that on the packaging? Dulux store assistants swore that their synthetics were made by Purdy...were they thump

Would agree on Corona's, but I think Purdy have got their act together again, when they were bought over by SW they started exporting a lower grade brush to EU and I stopped buying except from USA, but I bought some recently and the quality was back. Another reasonable brush is the Fat Hog as they are a bit stiffer and good for the eggshells etc.and I like that it is a UK brand...may not be made here, I don't know, but they knock the market leader Hamilton into touch

[The Peckham Pouncer]

Quote:feels a bit like a girl's brush for many but once you get the balance, you love them

Pink handles too?

Funny thing....painters here have been slowly getting into Purdies..especially now the price has dropped over the last few years...but personally I think they are selling on past reputation...when they were one of the first proper synthetic brushes to hit the market..a touch of the 'original, the best' theory

But they are fast being caught up by the other players and, for me a lot of these brushes are becoming a bit of a much of a muchness quality and performance wise

I have heard from the American forums that purdies ahve apparently gone downhill in quality..and they are the second choice of brushes in the states to the Wooster...I bought some when I was out there..im not sure if they were aimed at DIYers..the 'sprig range'...but they were like holding a lolly stick...far too thin.

I also, for some strange reason find the large purdies give my cramp in my hand after a short time...

Fat hogs...I blagged some from our PPG rep..the fat hog range is taking over from the DIYesque Mangers range..
dispite the American image..its all Brit stuff (bad sign!!) and made by various Brit companies...Interesting point about Hogd over Hamiltions Cait...Hamiltons developed and make them for PPG! (sssh,,trade secret!!  )

I had a 3 inc fat hog..and, after losing countless filaments..its finally ok..and barely any different between that and the Purdie elite...(apart from the price!)

Another brush I have found ok is the Pro7...they do a range..5,7,9 ...not bad..and again..very much like the others.

[paintycait]

Fat Hog has a different filament than the Hamilton's and works IMHO better for acrylic eggshells and the like....it is a good bit stiffer and maintains its stiffness and I like a stiff one (I am talking about brushes honest  )....the Hamiltons shed their bristle like a cheap hog hair....hate em. I don't mind who developed what...I think PPG got the spec better for UK paints. Only thing I don't like is that they splay out like you have over spun them after a while

Purdy were very very clever, they put free/supercheap brushes into the colleges at an early stage. The kids in college didn't go to the stores and ask for a "synthetic" they went and asked for a "Purdy"....the name just became like Hoover or Fairy...youngsters coming from college would tell the boss that they should get some Purdys and the company flourished.

Wooster has a really broad range of brushes but like Purdy we only have a few available so far in UK. I like quite a few.....but I mix and match depending on the projec