Paintwise - Centurion

15/10/2026

The walls get all the attention. The gutters, fascias and garage door are what make a house look tired.

They take the same sun as your walls, often more, and because they are metal or timber the paint on them works harder. Once the gloss goes, rust and water are not far behind.

A quick pre-summer checklist:

✔ Look for chalky, dull paint on gutters and downpipes
✔ Check the undersides of fascias for peeling
✔ Check the bottom edge of the garage door, where water and dust sit
✔ Treat any bare or rusted metal with the right primer before top coating

For the finish, Prominent Paints Water-Based Gloss Enamel is made for exactly these jobs: gutters, palisade fencing and garage doors. It is non-yellowing, so white trims stay white, and being water-based it is easy to clean up after.

Not sure which primer your metal needs? Ask in store before you start. Find your nearest branch using the link below.
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13/10/2026

13/10/2026

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09/10/2026

If the house still feels like an oven at 9pm in summer, do not blame the weather. Look up. The roof has been soaking up sun since mid-morning and it is still passing that heat down into the ceiling.

Our new guide, Beat the Heat: A Homeowner's Guide to a Cooler Roof This Summer, walks you through fixing it at the source:

✔ What a reflective roof coating actually does. Neuklad Cool Roof is formulated to reflect up to 30% of solar heat, so less of it ever gets into the roof.
✔ Why you need to know your roof type first. Cement tiles, fibre cement, galvanised and Chromadek each need their own prep and primer.
✔ The cleaning nobody wants to do. Fungal Wash for the algae, a proper wash for the chalk, and repairs before a single tin is opened.
✔ When to paint. Cooler part of the day, never onto a sun-heated roof, and never onto a damp one.

It also shows you how to work out exactly how much paint to buy, so you are not running out halfway across a slope.

Read the full guide, link below.
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09/10/2026

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06/10/2026

A ten-second test every homeowner should do before repainting an exterior wall.

Rub your palm firmly across the wall on the sunniest side of the house. Now look at your hand.

If it comes away with a white or coloured powder, the wall is chalking. The sun has broken down the old paint film, and what is left on the surface is loose pigment.

Why it matters: paint does not grip powder. Go straight over it and your new coat is only as strong as that chalky layer underneath. That is how a fresh paint job starts peeling within a season.

How to fix it properly:

✔ Wire brush or scrub off the loose chalk
✔ Wash the wall down and let it dry fully
✔ Seal with Prominent Paints Neuklad Alkali Resistant Sealer to bind the surface
✔ Then apply your top coats

One extra step, and it is the one that decides whether the new colour lasts.

Not sure what you are looking at? Take a photo and show our team at your nearest branch. Find your nearest branch using the link below.

06/10/2026

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05/10/2026

Live near the sea and your textured exterior looks dirty within a season or two? It is not bad luck.

Standard texture coatings have a rough, open surface. At the coast, salt and airborne dirt settle into that texture and stay there. Rain does not wash it out, and the wall looks tired long before the coating has actually failed.

That is why our technical team recommends Prominent Paints Ultra Shield for coastal exteriors instead of a standard texture coat. You keep the textured look, but with a sheen finish that gives salt and grime far less to hold on to. It also bridges cracks, which matters on walls that move with sea air and summer heat.

A few coastal habits that help any exterior last longer:

✔ Wash the walls down before repainting to remove salt deposits
✔ Make sure the surface is sound and dry before the first coat
✔ Choose the product for the exposure, not only for the look

Heading to the coast for the summer holidays? Sort the walls before you go. Find your nearest branch using the link below.

01/10/2026

In case you missed them, two guides went up this month, both written by Herman Rabe, our Technical Training Manager.

Surface Inspection Before You Paint is the one to read first. How to tell whether a wall is actually ready, what the moisture readings should be, and how to deal with cracks properly rather than just filling them.

Surface Preparation and Application follows on. Cleaning the surface the right way, checking for loose plaster before you commit, and the timing rules that make the difference between a coating that lasts and one that does not.

If you are planning anything outside before summer, read them in that order.

Links to both guides 👉 https://1l.ink/PX88S48 👉 https://1l.ink/F248KPH