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We’re delighted that Butler & Dunne / Two Fussy Blokes Ireland are sponsoring Leicester Celtic U10.2 Sunday team again t...
07/09/2026

We’re delighted that Butler & Dunne / Two Fussy Blokes Ireland are sponsoring Leicester Celtic U10.2 Sunday team again this season. ⚽

We absolutely loved being involved last year.

One thing that really surprised me was the amount of people who saw the jerseys, training gear or team photos and asked:

“What’s Two Fussy Blokes?”

That’s exactly why local sports sponsorship works.

These kids are basically little walking billboards 😂 — training a few nights a week, playing matches every weekend, travelling around Dublin and wearing their club gear everywhere.

For a relatively small investment, your business can have its logo across jerseys, training gear and teamwear for a two-year sponsorship.

And with around 70 teams at Leicester Celtic, there are plenty more teams looking for businesses to come on board.

If you own a business — particularly around South Dublin — it’s a brilliant way to get your name and brand out into the local community while also putting something back into grassroots football.

You’re helping kids play football, helping the club, supporting your local community and getting genuine advertising at the same time.

We’d love to see a lot more Leicester teams sponsored this year.

If you or someone you know might be interested in sponsoring a team for the next two seasons, send me a message and I’ll give you all the details.

Support local. Support grassroots football. Get your brand seen. Two Fussy Blokes®

05/09/2026

Whacked by a lorry… back to glory! 🚛

A delivery truck took a big chunk out of this front gate. , so the weather got into the exposed timber and rot started setting in.

One of our last exterior jobs of the season—squeezed in between the showers. Painting gates in Ireland should come with a qualification in weather forecasting!

Here’s how we brought it back:

▪️ Scraped away the loose, cracked paint and removed the rotten wood.
▪️ Treated the repair area with two-pack wood hardener, then rebuilt it with two-pack wood filler. .filltite.tembe
▪️ Sanded everything smooth using the Mirka DEROS dustless system.
▪️ Primed the full gate with dark grey Fleetwood Bloxx-It, including the metalwork on the back where rust was showing.
▪️ Sanded again with Mirka 180-grit using dust extraction, then caulked with Paint Warrior black caulk .
▪️ Finished in Miranol black high gloss with Owatrol Oil mixed in.

Both the Bloxx-It and Miranol were applied with Two Fussy Blokes Mohair Hybrid rollers—a fresh sleeve for the gloss. We used the 2.5-inch Two Fussy Blokes Aqua Glider to lay off the finish.

A fair bit of work behind that shine—and naturally, we made a ridiculous song about it. Sound on!

Next time, driver… USE THE BRAKES, NOT THE GATE!

Even as professional painters, we still sometimes look at Zinsser GARDZ and Peel Stop and wonder which one is best for a...
03/09/2026

Even as professional painters, we still sometimes look at Zinsser GARDZ and Peel Stop and wonder which one is best for a particular job. They overlap in a few areas, but they’re designed for two very different problems.

The easiest way to remember it 👇

🟣 GARDZ = the surface itself is the problem
Best for porous or damaged interior surfaces, stripped walls with paste residue, torn plasterboard paper, filler, skim coats and bare plaster.

🟢 PEEL STOP = the existing paint is the problem
Best for peeling, flaking, lifting, blistering, cracking or chalky old paint.

The biggest difference:

🏠 GARDZ — interior only
🏠🌧️ Peel Stop — interior and exterior

So if it’s outside, Peel Stop is the only suitable option of the two.

Neither product replaces proper preparation, blocks stains or smells, or fixes active damp. Scrape, sand and clean everything properly first.

Hopefully this poster settles a few site debates—and saves a few headaches! Save it for the next problem job

01/09/2026

100 DAY CHALLENGE UPDATE.

10 DAYS TO GO 💪

I’m now on Day 90 of doing 100 press-ups and 100 sit-ups for 100 days.

When I reached Day 80, I was honestly getting bored. I wasn’t finding it difficult anymore—I was just doing them for the sake of reaching Day 100.

I needed something to give me another buzz, so I increased it to 120 of each. After two days, I realised I still had loads left, so I pushed it up again.

For the last eight days, I’ve been doing 150 press-ups and 150 sit-ups every day—three sets of 50 press-ups, with the sit-ups split into 40, 40, 40 and 30.

I’m keeping that going for the final ten days. Then I’ll take a day or two off and see if I can bang out 100 press-ups without stopping.

The finish line is getting close!

24/08/2026

These two rooflights in an extension had been causing the client serious hassle.

Condensation had led to mould building up in the corners, black drip marks, popped paint and a very dry, rough finish from all the heat around the rooflights.

There was no point simply painting over it, so we gave everything the proper preparation:

• Scraped away all loose and failing paint
• Stabilised the problem areas with Peel Stop
• Filled all the popped areas with Two Fussy Blokes Fussy Filla
• Sanded the filler and the full surrounds smooth using our Mirka DEROS with 120-grit paper and dust extraction
• Sealed everything with Fleetwood Bloxit
• Finished with two coats of Benjamin Moore Aura Bath & Spa

The Mirka dustless sanding system was the real job-saver here. Years ago, we would have needed to sheet off nearly the entire kitchen for a job like this. Instead, we only had to protect the area directly beneath the rooflights while achieving near-dustless sanding.

Once we finished, we pulled the sheets back and handed the kitchen straight back to the client without it being out of action for two days.

A smooth, clean finish, a far more suitable coating system for this moisture-prone area and one absolutely delighted client.

Handy one for painters trying to plan outside work around the weather.I’ve made three ready-to-use ChatGPT prompts:🔵 Mon...
20/08/2026

Handy one for painters trying to plan outside work around the weather.

I’ve made three ready-to-use ChatGPT prompts:

🔵 Month-long outlook — for roughly planning your diary
🟡 Seven-day forecast — for organising the coming week
🔴 Two-day forecast — for the final go/no-go decision

All you have to do is:

1️⃣ Swipe across and screen-grab the prompt you want
2️⃣ Upload the screenshot into ChatGPT
3️⃣ Tell it the location of the job

Be as specific as possible. Don’t just write “Dublin,” because the weather can be completely different from one side of Dublin to another.

For my own forecast, I use:

“Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland.”

I’m between D12 and Stillorgan , so Rathfarnham gives me a decent centre point. Use the town, suburb or area closest to where you’ll actually be painting for the most useful forecast.

ChatGPT will read the prompt, check the latest weather information and explain it from an exterior painter’s point of view.

The month-long forecast is only a general outlook. As the job gets closer, check the seven-day forecast and then use the two-day forecast before making your final decision.

You can also ask ChatGPT to update you automatically every week. Once it gives you the forecast, say:

“Repeat this seven-day exterior-painting weather forecast for Rathfarnham every Friday morning and notify me when it’s ready.”

If Scheduled Tasks are available on your ChatGPT account, it can then give you a fresh forecast every week.

Always check Met Éireann and the live rain radar before opening the tin—but this is a handy way of gathering everything together.

Save the post, try it yourself and share it with another painter who might find it useful.

WeatherForecast

18/08/2026

Joking aside, when we first opened this tin, we genuinely thought it was a mis-tint! We checked with the client, though, and all was good — it was exactly the colour they had chosen.

The colour is Farrow & Ball Marmelo, colour-matched into Johnstone’s Cleanable Matt. In fairness, once it went onto the walls, it actually turned out really nice. It wouldn’t be my own cup of tea, but I can definitely see the appeal. Once we put the off-white finish on the trim today, I think the whole room could come together really well.

As always, the Johnstone’s Cleanable Matt was class to use — brilliant coverage, really easy to apply and a lovely finish.

Applied using a Two Fussy Blokes 6-inch 10mm Microfibre roller and a 2½-inch Two Fussy Aqua Glider brush.

11/08/2026

Why fight with a window reveal when you can roll it in about a minute?

Mask the window up, load the 4-inch 15mm Semi-Smooth Plus Microfibre, and let the roller do the work. Fast, clean and a savage finish with no messing around.

Mask it. Roll it. Reveal done. Easy peasy.

We are fussy — that’s how we roll.

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