Paintwise - Centurion

07/09/2026

Come grab your 33% OFF paint before the deal disappears!

📍 Shop 5 - Lenhen Centre, Cnr Lenchen & Jacaranda Str – Centurion
📞 012 653 8521
🏡 33% off

04/09/2026

Before you open a tin this spring, one question matters more than the colour. Is the wall actually dry?

Not dry to the touch. Dry as in under 15 percent moisture content, which is the maximum a wall should carry before top coats go on. Paint over a wall that is still holding winter water and it will blister, usually about three months later.

Our new guide from Herman Rabe, our Technical Training Manager, walks through the inspection properly.

✔ What to look for - chalkiness, friable plaster, loose and flaky paint, fungus
✔ The crack repair sequence - open cracks to at least 5mm, wash with Fungal Wash, prime with Damp Cure, wait the full 24 hours, fill, then prime and wait again
✔ Where Damp Cure helps and where it does not - it handles up to 40 percent while new plaster dries, but it will not stop constant damp from a retaining wall. That needs waterproofing, not primer.
✔ Choosing by exposure rather than by colour

Sound, clean and dry. Everything else follows from that.

Read the full guide, link below.
🔗 https://1l.ink/QHM633M

03/09/2026

Winter leaves a mark on exterior walls, and most of it stays invisible until you go looking.

Before you open a tin this spring, walk the outside of the house and check for these:

✔ Chalky residue on your hand when you rub the wall
✔ Hairline cracks in the plaster, especially under windowsills
✔ Dark patches near the base of walls that have not dried out
✔ Flaking or lifting around gutter lines and downpipes
✔ Moss or algae on the shaded elevations

If the wall is still holding moisture from rainy season, painting over it traps it in. That is where the bubbling and peeling come from three months later.

Prominent Paints Damp Cure is formulated for raw or damp cement plaster and stays breathable, so moisture can move out rather than sitting behind the coating. It is not a waterproofing system though, and it will not fix a leaking gutter. Sort the source first, then coat.

Spring is the best window you will get. Warm enough to cure properly, dry enough to prep properly, and well ahead of the summer sun.

Find your nearest branch using the link below and speak to someone who knows the products.
🔗 https://www.prominentpaints.co.za/store-locator/

02/09/2026

Give your home a fresh new look this Spring with up to 35% discount in-store..!

01/09/2026

In case you missed it, here is what we shared this month.

August was about colour, and about the fact that colour is never only about colour.

The first guide answers the question we get asked in-store more than any other: why does the paint look different at home than it did in the shop? Light, undertones, UV exposure, salt air and what is already in your room are all doing more work than the tin is. It also covers the test pot method properly, which will save you a repaint.

The second guide is about sheen — the decision almost nobody makes on purpose. Matt, satin or enamel is not a taste question. It decides whether you can wipe a mark off the wall, how visible your plaster is, and how soon you are painting again.

Different readers. Same underlying point. Colour is the last decision, not the first.

September turns outside, towards exterior refreshes and spring projects. If you walked around your house after our reel last weekend, you already know what needs doing.

🔗 https://www.prominentpaints.co.za/articles/

29/08/2026

Everyone argues about the colour. Almost nobody chooses the sheen on purpose.

And the sheen is the part that decides whether you can wipe a mark off the wall or whether the mark takes the colour with it.

We have published a full guide for anyone specifying, managing or maintaining a building — offices, sectional title common areas, schools, clinics.

Inside:

✔ What each sheen level is genuinely for, from matt through to gloss enamel
✔ Why ceilings, corridors, boardrooms and skirtings should never all get the same finish
✔ Why you should never split one wall between two finishes — and what to do instead
✔ Why a darker, flatter corridor can change how many light fittings the building has to buy
✔ The two application mistakes that ruin a good specification on site

The short version: the paint is a small fraction of what a repaint actually costs. The only thing that moves the total is how often you have to do it.

Settle the sheen. Then choose the colour.

Read the full guide using the link below.
🔗 https://1l.ink/DZVMCGM

27/08/2026

25/08/2026

Same colour. Three walls. Three completely different rooms.

Nothing here changed except the sheen level, and most people never think about it until the wall is already up.

A matt finish absorbs light from every direction. It reads deeper and softer, it evens out an imperfect plaster run, and it forgives the wall for being a wall.

Add sheen and the light comes back at you in an organised way. The same colour reads lighter, cleaner and slightly more saturated. It also shows every ridge, patch and roller stop you left behind.

And sheen decides how the surface lives. The wall in a passage gets shoulders and school bags against it. That wall has to be washable, which is a job for a satin finish like Satin Silk. The wall behind your headboard does not, and a matt will look better there.

So settle the finish before you argue about the colour. The finish is half the colour.

Matt or sheen — what is on your walls right now?

Ask your nearest stockist to show you the difference in person. Link below.
🔗 https://1l.ink/4F8Q4NT

23/08/2026

The colour on your wall is not the colour in the tin. It is the colour in the tin, plus whatever is underneath it.

This is the part everyone skips, and it is the part that decides whether the job holds.

New cement plaster is strongly alkaline. Paint it directly and the alkalinity will work against the coating over time, and you will see it long before you expected to. Prominent Paints Damp Cure and Neuklad Alkali Resistant Primer is formulated for cement plaster and masonry, and it is the sensible first coat on new interior plaster work.

An old painted wall is a different problem. If the existing coating is chalking, or has lost its grip on the plaster beneath it, your beautiful new colour is only ever as attached as the layer under it. Rub a dry hand across the wall. If it comes away powdery, you have work to do first.

And patches. A patched wall is two surfaces pretending to be one. They absorb differently, so they will finish differently, and you will see the difference in raking light for the rest of the wall's life.

Prep is not the boring part before the painting. Prep is the painting.

How far do you go before you open the colour?

Speak to your nearest stockist — link below.
🔗 https://1l.ink/H44KS5G

21/08/2026

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📍 Shop 5 - Lenhen Centre, Cnr Lenchen & Jacaranda Str – Centurion
📞 012 653 8521