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Just after some advice from some of the old timers here :lol: I have to price a job up for a small contractor. I have not done much metal work. Its galvanized metal trunking. As I remember it tho its Mordant Solution, wash off, Zinc Phosphate Primer or ETCH Primer ?? then the top coat...

I took off some old wallpaper and alot of old paint came off with it. There are alot of craters. It is to be painted. Do i? Mist coat, sand, put some typ of on sealer? (not sure what?) then 2 final coats Mist coat, filler, sand 2 finish coats Use fine filler to fill it all? or...

Abit nervous about doing this, well no not nervous just lacking confidence. Does this sound right? Something like; It has just been made and its going to be glossed. I know i have to fill it and sand it down. is it ok to use water based undercoat and primer? because it will be oil...

i have just done a feature wall. The wallpaper was just 2mm of the corner. So i put up the last wallpaper and i am not trying to stick the 2mm (about) paper on to the corner. paste is not really holding it. i may sound silly here but could super glue do it lol. Its black wall paper...

I have just got some work for a new collage. Now I am abit nervous as i don't know what to expect. So I am just thinking of how fast should i be working at. If I mask off the top skirting boards will I be laughed at? Any advice for a first time on site?

I have to burn off some paint. Outside door, What burner would you use? Black & Decker® 2000W High Performance Heat Gun...

I found that most things need a second coat. Unless it's repainting a white ceiling or something. My question is when doing a house do you wait for the recommend time length?

Hello again :) Say if you had alot of work on or you had a job but was not sure you could do it. Can you subcontract the work? Any of you done it?

As i am about to set off in the world of Decorating and Painting, am feeling abit nervous. How did you get started? I am doing my city & guilds and did not go down the college route (has i feel too old to be in a class of 16's). I feel abit inexperienced but i been thinking, everyone had to...

I am coming to the end of my city & guilds decorating course. I want to know something. Do decorators still use masking tape?

I am about to paper my mums ceiling as it has like never been done. The plasterboard has alot of tape along it. I am not sure if it will show up if i paper over it. Do i take the tape off or paper over it? Plaster tape (or what ever tape it is)...