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Are you serious? Turn the roller. :shock:

Speed is nothing without a good end product. To pile on the clichés; a good craftsman never blames his tools. Yes, spending £4.00 instead of 50p on a roller sleeve is going to get you a better piece of equipment, but in the hands of someone rushing and doing things in the wrong order, they're...

In your situation I'd try coating the lot with Zinsser 1-2-3 and then your 2 coats of maggy.

Nobody can make any guarantees about your freshly painted walls without knowing exactly how they've been painted and more importantly having a good look at them. As long as they've been painted right then you should be ok with well applied quality tape. However, it's a much better idea to...

Yeah, it's electrostatic. http://www.hammerite.com/uk/products/ps_metalmaster.html Doesn't look that quick in the video really. Think I'd get sick of waving it around like that pretty fast too.

Trade or consumer?

You can now get Purdy angled brushes in this country. Think they're called Dales, but mine are in the van and I'm really hung over so I might be wrong! The UK is miles behind the US in terms of tools and materials in the painting and decorating trade but it's looking like that is slowly...

Well you mention a B&Q brush, I'm not sure what they look like, but even if they appear similar to the Hamilton ones I'll bet they're nothing like as good. If you're not convinced then I can fully recommend Purdy brushes. I like to use the Monarch Elite for oil based paint, although some like...

I like Purdy brushes, but that's just personal preference. I've found that getting a good finish with oil based paints is just something that comes with a bit of experience. The only things I can think of as a guide is make sure you've done good prep, use quality primers and paints, don't...

Cheers for the reply, Robbie. :D Will give the ready mix a bash with a seam roller. Had been a bit nervous of rollering it as to not squeeze out the paste but we'll see what happens with the tubbed stuff. Tbh I'd always assumed that ready mix paste was just for people who couldn't be...

Hello all Wonder if anybody could help me out - I'm wallpapering a bedroom with some Colefax and Fowler paper and as soon as the paste reaches the edges they start to curl towards the surface. As it's soaking I've tried leaving them, repasting them and pushing them together but nothing seems...