painting

Oh it's a mist coat question here we go. So I waited 4 days for fresh plaster to dry, sanded any rough bits, wiped with damp cloth then dry microfibre cloth until the cloth was clean. Mixed 50/50 water and Dulux white Matt emulsion (the big 10l cheapish tub) and painted it on. It went on fine...

We’re having our bungalow cladded with Cedral cladding. The cladding can’t go below the DPC and for aesthetic reasons we’d like to paint DPC white - the reddish brick against light grey cladding doesn’t look right to us. Before shelling out for the painting to be done professionally, I’d like...

Hi four coats in with dulux goose down scuff proof pmpaint and there is weird light and dark patches. I can't fathom how to resolve this one. Any help please. You can see where some areas don't look covered as much. Only seems to be on two walls. I washed them down before use. Iused an up and...

I am looking to get my house exterior painted. Just looking for typical prices as I really have no idea. I live in a 3 bed end terrace.

Hello, I’m going to be painting my bathroom ceiling which was never primed (new build) and after 5 years has started to peel so can’t really argue with it. I’ve removed all of the peeling / flaking and sanded down the edges but need a little help on the ordering of the next steps, this is my...

Hi all. I have recently purchased a house, and it is becoming quite evident that the previous owner DIY skills were lacking. See attached photos. Whats the best way to tidy up these corners. Im going to paint a different colour, but it looks like he has slapped the paint without a care in the...

I decided to decorate the small box bedroom in my house as it had not been done for years! As a first step I stripped and sanded the bedroom door smooth with an electric sander after having to scrape some bits. The door I think is wood with a type of hardboard covering. The house was built in...

Hi, my first post on here so please bear with me. We are getting our house ready to sell and are going through a few choice rooms making them good before putting the house on the market. Everything going swimmingly when a simple paint refresh over the bathroom ceiling start of December has...

Good morning, We are in the process of decorating our house and need to pick the paint for our kitchen. Do you have any recommendations of shades of white to use? Our units are ivory, worktop is wood and woodwork and doors are white. We have used Dulux almond white throughout the rest of...

Got loft conversion with hip to gable wall freshly done and finished with sand cement pebbledash. What would be the right procedure to start painting it? what about the first coat and then second third etc. I also have the wall below still in pebbledash already painted few time from the...

I'm going to be painting over a number of door frames and skirting boards painted either a mid-grey or dark red gloss by the previous owner. I want to paint these white. I'm not too fussy about what type of paint to use but I want to buy paint that's suitable - presumably an undercoat and at...

Hi there! I've recently managed to strip the majority of paint from a flaking and peeling bathroom ceiling that contained 2-3 paint layers in some areas. After stripping away the paint, I can see that the previous ‘painter’ painted over mould in some areas, however filler was added in areas to...

Hi Recently moved into a new house and I'm looking to do a quick, cheap makeover of my kitchen as I can't afford to rip it all out and get a brand new one just now. One of the things I want to do is try and paint the horrible old plastic(!) ceiling that's in there (see pictures attached). How...

Hi thought we'd decorate the downstairs toilet and the previous owner had music note pages all stuck on one wall which initially looked nice & unique. After steaming off the pages and removing a mirror he'd put up using no nails and screws the wall's not looking too good. Where do i...

Hi, I'm planning to paint my house outside with masonry paint. It's a Victorian terraced house. I've read so much different information about how to prepare the outside and I'm not sure what's necessary in my situation. If you look at the photo you'll see it all looks in good condition...

Hi I skimmed a wall after a repair job and then put wallrock lining paper on. I then bought a 2.5l tin of Laura Ashley pale linen paint. Fine. Then the mrs said the lining paper looked so good why dont we put it on the other walls?. I agreed. However now I have relaised that I don't now think...

I've just ripped out my old kitchen and the new one has arrived flat packed. Sorry for any silly questions, I'm new to this! I'm guessing it's standard practice to paint the walls first and touch up after? What about the area I want tiled, I just leave the plaster as is there? And finally...

Hi all, Just renovating my first house, and as my family are not that into DIY just wanted to double check on here that I was going in the right direction before I start painting! She's quite old (~200 years) and has a lot of cracks. I've attached pictures of one room which gives quite a good...

Hi, I want to clad a scruffy bedroom ceiling using "uPVC hollow board for soffit and interior cladding". I'm using this because it's lightweight and cheaper than wood paneling. It's the usual white colour, but I want to paint it (probably a cream colour), so it looks more like wood cladding...

I had a team of "professionals" repaint the drywalls of a newly-purchased house. A few days after they completed the work, two kinds of defects appeared on the walls, in a large number of different spots. The first kind (depicted below) is the paint looking either depressed or protruded over...