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Buying guide: Decorating Tools

Decorating tools prepare surfaces and help apply finishes. This category covers scrapers, filling and stripping knives, hand and drill-mounted wire brushes, sealant guns, wallpaper stripping tools and solution, hot air tools and paint mixers.

Knives, scrapers and wire brushes

  • Stripping knives: a rigid blade for lifting old paint, paper and hardened residue.
  • Filling knives: the same shape with a flexible blade, for pressing filler into a repair and smoothing it off.
  • Hand wire brushes: made with two to four rows of wire, some with a scraper on the end.
  • Drill-mounted wire brushes: cup and flat wheel types. Each brush has a maximum safe speed marked on it; never run it faster than that. Wires break off in use and fly out with force, so wear safety goggles, or a face shield over safety glasses.

Sealant guns

Skeleton guns take standard cartridges of around 300ml to 400ml. Barrel guns can take foil packs, often called sausages, in sizes up to 600ml, and some also take cartridges. Heavy duty guns have a higher thrust ratio, which makes thick adhesives and sealants easier to squeeze out.

Wallpaper and old paint

Score the paper with a perforating tool, apply stripper solution as the label directs, then lift the paper with a scraper. On vinyl papers, peel off the top layer first. Paint on wood or metal from before the 1960s may contain lead. Do not dry sand it or burn it off with a blowlamp; rub it down wet or use a chemical stripper. A hot air gun can soften the paint for scraping, but it must not burn it. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and safety data for power tools and chemicals.

To apply paint, see rollers and trays and paint brushes.

About Decorating Tools

Browse decorating tools products within the Decorating Tools & Sundries range of our Decorating department at BHL. Brands with products here include Harris Brushes, SupaDec and Prodec Painting & Decorating.

Brands

Brands with products in Decorating Tools at BHL include those listed below, each linked to its own brand page.

Finding products in Decorating Tools

Decorating Tools has no sub-categories: all of its products are listed on this page.

Brands with products in decorating tools include Harris Brushes, SupaDec and Prodec Painting & Decorating, and each brand page linked on this page lists that maker's products at BHL.

Decorating Tools sits within Decorating Tools & Sundries alongside Paint Brushes, Fillers and other sub-categories.

Decorating Tools FAQs

What does the Decorating Tools range at BHL include?

Products from the brands linked on this page.

Which brands appear in decorating tools at BHL?

Brands with products here include Harris Brushes, SupaDec and Prodec Painting & Decorating. Each name links to the brand's own page.

How do I find a specific decorating tools product?

Narrow the list first: the brand pages linked on this page each hold a smaller set of decorating tools products, one manufacturer's.

Related categories

More brands in decorating tools: WAGNER and Black & Decker.

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