what to do with the tongue and groove ???????

[papergirl]

Hi all fellow decorators,

I have a challange for you. I have a customer with 2 tongue and groove ceilings in kitchen and bathroom. They have a mellow pine stain on them and customer wants them white or just lighter but to still see the wood grain. I cant think of a way to change the colour so dramaticly without using a base colour with would obviosly block out the grain. If anyone knows of any good products please advise.

 

[Zampa]

A good sanding down a coat of dulux supergrip, then sand it down again...revealing the wood underneath.?

Sadiolin used to make an opaque stain for use on existing stain...that might work...or have a look at their full colour range..they do translucent colours...again for use over existing stuff...

They might have a nice selection in the Crown paint place just up the road from the police head quarters in Carmarthen...

 

[JohnD]

If you're sanding off the old finish, you could wet it to raise the grain.

 

[confidentincompetent]

Did similar several yrs ago, used sadolin extra tinted to opal white. Smell was pworrrr You can get it in 'classic' which is thin like dirty turps and a nightmare for ceilings. Might be worth looking in your deccie centre for waterbased polyvine ranges. Tho I have'nt used them for t/g yet.

follow zampas direction for deccie centre lol.

 

[gcol]

follow zampas direction for deccie centre lol.

Go on....what am I missing here - what's the joke?

 

[JohnD]

papergirl
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 11
Location: Carmarthenshire,
United Kingdom

They might have a nice selection in the Crown paint place just up the road from the police head quarters in Carmarthen...

 

[gcol]

Seems like everyone's in on the joke but me.
If it's current affairs - I don't really have time for the news. Come on, spell it out for me.

 

[JohnD]

Seems like everyone's in on the joke but me.
If it's current affairs - I don't really have time for the news. Come on, spell it out for me.

Papergirl's profile says she lives in....?

Zampa is giving her directions to the shop in ....?

 

[Zampa]

To top it all...i'll even give papergirl the name of the bloke who runs it...Raymond...its the one that used to be by the station...

Seems like everyone's in on the joke but me.
If it's current affairs - I don't really have time for the news. Come on, spell it out for me.

Sorry mate...tradesmen only!...

 

[gcol]

Do you know any?

 

[confidentincompetent]

They might have a nice selection in the Crown paint place just up the road from the police head quarters in Carmarthen...

they both in carmarthen

 

[confidentincompetent]

oh ****e i only blinked lol

 

[gcol]

Seems like everyone's in on the joke but me.
If it's current affairs - I don't really have time for the news. Come on, spell it out for me.

Papergirl's profile says she lives in....?

Zampa is giving her directions to the shop in ....?

Yeah I saw that John, but if that's the extent of the joke then Zampa hasn't got much of a career in humour. What's so funny about a a Crown paints outlet near a cop shop in Carmarthenshire? This has gotta be a current affairs thing hasn't it.

Oh forget it, I give up.

 

[gcol]

WTF - I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone tonight. I think I need to go to bed, I think the tablets are affecting me.

 

[JohnD]

Zampa hasn't got much of a career in humour.

I believe he's trying to leave show biz behind and break into the glamorous world of decorating.