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24/10/24 4 min read

Paint wisely – four new ProDec products you won’t be able to live without

Here at ProDec we aim to bring you the best decorating products on the market. Below are our new kids on the painting and decorating block, designed to help you do your job better, faster or both. Saber The good news is that you don’t need to possess samurai-like abilities to wield our new extension […]

12/10/24 3 min read

Our angle on crafting the best brush for the job

By Adam Lowes

The equipment and tools we rely on daily in the workplace constantly evolve to provide time efficiency and performance when tackling the task at hand. The humble paint brush is no exception. The evolution of synthetic brush fibres changed the game when using water-based paints, yet most paint brushes remained flat and square in profile. […]

05/10/24 5 min read

Five ProDec products which take the ‘pain’ out of painting and decorating

By Adam Lowes

Through the decades it’s fair to say that those in the painting and decorating industry have encountered more than their fair share of time-consuming challenges on the job (hello Artex!). In the modern trade environment where ‘time is money’ seems to be more applicable than ever, there are some nifty products available out there which […]

02/10/24 1 min read

The new Rodo catalogue is now available

By Adam Lowes

The 9th edition of the Rodo decorative catalogue brings the ProDec product ranges right up to date and includes a number of products and changes to packaging that are arriving imminently or within the next few months. We have newly photographed every single product and rewritten all the bullet points to once again take the […]

15/06/24 6 min read

A brush with diversity – the rise of female painter/decorators

By Adam Lowes

It’s no revelation to suggest that traditionally, the painting and decorating landscape has been male dominated in both a professional capacity and as a vocational pathway. And while it’s true that women remain woefully under-represented in this industry (a recent figure puts them at around 4.1%), signs out there point to interest being very much […]

24/04/24 6 min read

A click in the right direction – advancing mental wellbeing online in the painting and decorating industry

By Adam Lowes

In this post-covid landscape, it’s safe to say that much of the stigma around mental health isn’t quite how it used to be. That shift in the culture where a level of frankness now exists for many to openly discuss their struggles, is very much a positive step forward. However, there still needs to be […]

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