“I want to paint and decorate my home, how do I make sure I get it right?”
A lick of paint and a splash of colour is the easiest, quickest and most affordable way to give your home an update and add your unique stamp upon it. BUT if 1 in 10 people say they are put off decorating because they don’t know where to start then now imagine trying to do it if you’ve just arrived in Spain!!
“Where do I go to buy paint?”
“If I get there what do I ask for?”
DIY stores like Leroy Merlin, AKI, Bricomart and Pinturas Andalucia are large paint and paint product centres with experienced staff on-hand ready to advise you. Every town has smaller paint-specific shops who are often the BEST at knowing what to use and how to use it! They will know EXACTLY what type of paint you will need to withstand the rigors of our glorious sunshine and provide you with a durable and beautiful finish long after all your hard work. Be BRAVE and don’t be afraid to ask, paint professionals are eager to help you and #Spain has some top quality products waiting for you and are right up there for performance and innovation.
This handy list of decorating terms and phrases should get you started with all you’ll need to get a professional-looking finish whether you’re a ‘newbie’ or a regular pro. What are you waiting for? VAMONOS!
Painting & Decorating – Pintura Y Decoracion
- Adhesive, glue – adhesivo, cola
- Bad condition – mal estado
- Base coat – primera capa, capa de base
- Brush – pincel, brocha
- Bucket – cubo
- Ceiling – techo
- Chalk paint – pintura tiza
- Cleaning – limpieza
- Coat, layer – capa
- Colour – color
- Colour chart – carta de colores
- Cover – cubrir
- Coverage, performance – rendimiento
- Cracks – grietas
- Dilute – diluir
- DIY – bricolage
- Door/Doorframe – puerta/I marco,
- Dry – secado
- Drying time – tiempo de secado, horas entre capas
- Emulsion – plastico, emulsion
- Extension pole – palo extensible
- Fill – rellenar
- Finish, top coat – acabado
- Fix – arreglar
- Floor – suelo
- Gloss – brillante
- Interior decorating – decoracion de interiores
- Join/joint – juntar/ junta
- Ladder – escalera
- Linseed – linaza
- Maintenance – mantenmiento
- Mastic – masilla
- Matt – mate
- Mix – mezclar
- Open – abrir
- Paint – pintura
- Painter – pintor/pintora
- Paint thinner – disolvente, diluyente de pintura
- Plaster – escayola, yeso
- Repaint – repintar
- Repair – reparar
- Roller – rodillo
- Roller tray – bandeja de rodillo
- Rough – rugoso
- Sand – lijar
- Sandpaper – papel de lija
- Sanding block/pad – bloque de lijado
- Satin – satinada
- Scraper – raspador
- Smooth – liso
- Spray gun – pistola
- Solvent – solvente
- Solvent based-paint – esmalte sintetico
- Stir – remover
- String – cuerda, cordon
- Surface/new surface – superficie/superficie nueva
- Tape – cinta
- Thin layers – capas finas, capas delgadas
- Technique – tecnica
- Texture – textura
- Tint – tinte
- Turpentine – aguarras
- Wall – pared
- Wallpaper – empapelar
- Washable – lavable
- Water-based paint – esmalte al agua
- Wax – cera
- 68. Wet – mojado
- Window – ventana
- Varnish – barniz
Brushes Up, Lets Go!! Preparado, listo y ya!!
Written & compiled by Samantha Bayley for ‘The Painted Kitchen’ www.thepaintedkitchen.es