Wafer Painting Blog

July is the coldest month in Auckland. The days are short, humidity sits around 78%, and rain falls on more than half the days of the month. For most homeowners, painting is the last thing on their minds. That's actually worth reconsidering.

Commercial painting projects are different in kind from residential ones — not just in scale, but in what's at stake and what makes them go well. Here's what's genuinely worth knowing if you're planning one.

Thirty years is a long time to be painting Auckland homes. Long enough to see trends come and go — colours that were everywhere in 2005 that nobody would touch today. Long enough to know which products hold up against coastal salt air and which ones don't. Long enough to have painted the same house twice, for two different generations of the same family. There are things you only learn by doing.

A few years ago, eco-friendly painting was a niche conversation. Today it's increasingly mainstream — and for good reason. Here's what's actually changed, and what it means for your next project.

A little preparation before your painter arrives makes a real difference to how smoothly a job runs — and how happy you'll be with the result. Here's what experienced painters wish more homeowners knew beforehand.

Choosing a painter feels straightforward until you've had a bad experience. Then you realise how much you didn't know to ask. Here are the questions worth asking before anyone picks up a brush in your home.