Yates Premium Potting Mix
A premium potting mix, ideal for all potted plants and shrubs, including ornamentals, fruit trees, vegies and herbs.
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If your garden pots are looking a little tired, we have some wonderful ideas for giving them a pick me up! The Dulux Duramax spray paint range is a wonderful mix of fun and bold colours that will inspire everyone to get outdoors and jazz up their garden.
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How To Upcycle in your Garden with Dulux Duramax:
What you need:
- Drop sheet
- Sandpaper
- Dulux Duramax Plastic Primer
- Dulux High Performance Enamel
- Dulux Duramax Marble Effect
- Dulux Duramax Gloss Clearcoat
- Safety Glasses
- Face Mask
- Latex Gloves
- A pot
Step by step to upcycling your pot:
- Clean and sand your pot.
- Put on your gloves and apply Dulux Duramax Plastic Primer, leave to dry for 30 minutes.
- Apply Dulux High Performance Enamel in Gloss Go Go Blue, leave to dry then re-apply.
- Once dry, apply Dulux Duramax Marble Effect in White using quick hand movements from multiple directions. Leave to dry for 30 minutes.
- Once dry, apply Dulux Duramax Gloss Clearcoat. Leave to dry for 30 minutes.
Now it's time to pot:
- Add plant to pot with Yates Premium Potting Mix
- Mix half a capful of Yates Thrive Natural Fish & Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate with water.
- Water evenly to help young plants establish.
Yates Thrive Natural Fish & Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate
A complete plant food enriched with natural fish, seaweed, humates, molasses and more - boosted with NPK to improve plant and soil vitality.
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