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Thanks for the tips. Hopefully, this time around the door will come out perfect

Hi Jeff, the door is facing north. The door had already been painted by somebody else in a high gloss black paint. I was just giving it a fresh coat whilst I was doing work on other areas of the ground. Originally I think the door was a varnished door, but he later wanted to change it to a...

thanks for your help

Thanks, I had a feeling it might have been that. I wanted to check though before I go tell the client to buy the product to fix it and I re-do the door. Might have been caused by the owner of the door having cleaners clean it with polish or other household cleaning products maybe? Do you...

Thanks Ian, but I don't think it would be bubbles, I would have probably noticed it at the time of painting and also I most probably brushed the door down immediately after painting to prevent any drips, etc.

Hello, I painted a door and after the paint had dried some defects were showing. On some areas, it looks some bits of dust/dirt had possibly blown onto it, but other areas the dried paint had mini round indented ditches/spots. It was a while ago when I painted it, but from my memory, I think...

thanks for your replies. I think the swing in the pic may have the black as the top coat I'm thinking now to fully prep the surface then try getting the effect by spray can "Hammerite smooth bronze" and then go over it with a "black Hammerite smooth satin" spray can paint. Lots and lots of...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me with how to do the effect shown in the pics bellow? Someone wanted me to paint their outdoor gate railings and I was going to use a Dulux Metal Shield paint system on them, but then today they showed me a swing that had the effect bellow and they...

-The Dulux woodstain data sheet says brush only. Do people still spray them anyways? https://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/dulux-trade-ultimate-woodstain

Sorry, I meant "Dulux Trade Aquatech Preservative Basecoat Plus (BP)" -I was calling it primer... Would you still use that before applying Dulux woodstain? What is the best product to use for the decking areas? I want to get the longest lasting finish

These are what I need to do, I am not sure if the decking on the gazebo is the grooved one, I'm quite sure there was some grooved decking on at least one part of the house that I need to do. I want to get it done to a high standard and I hate hand sanding so want to get a tool to do the hard...

Thanks, looks like a good tool to have and would be just the thing I need for thous grooves

Hello, I have a lot of grooved decking boards that someone asked me to redo for them. I need to sand, prime and top coat. I was thinking of trying to use an electric powered sanding tool to do the sanding, but I am not sure what tool will be able to to sand in-between the grooves? I was...

Do you mean the bit that is above the ground level, that has a cap on it? -if so, then that bit connects to a bend bellow it in order to reach the clay pipe in the ground. Thinking about it though, I am not sure why not we just remove the bit inbetween the bend and the clay pipe and swop it for...

I just asked him now why he doesn't ask the council to do it and he said that he has asked them in the past to put the ground floor w/c in for him but they rejected his request because of some rule they have about working on a house that does not have a level access (apparently the door step on...