Recent content by hughmac

For anybody with the same problem I finally went with one coat of Dulux Oil based undercoat...worked perfectly and the room looks great now that we have finished off with Dulux White Emulsin and a colour emulsion for the walls Several weeks gone by no sign of any peeeling or stains. Thanks...

Seems like Marley have left us in the lurch again with another discontinued product. I am desperate for 40 Marley Bold Roll roofing tiles. Things are so bad I will take any colour as I can swap around mismatches to back of bungalow. Midlands preferred (Bromsgrove area) but any port in a...

Nige F You are a big fan of 123 and you have used it on powdery walls Etc... Have you ever actually used it to seal PVA and if so how did that go?

Thanks misterhelpful kind of you to do the research much appreciated. I know from the posts here and in other threads that many of the older hands swear by "good old fashioned oil undercoat" I am going to experiment (oil undercoat) with an area that will be behind curtains and just so everybody...

How is it that water based Zinnser works and does not sludge the PVA. I do not want to buy the wrong Zinnser. I plan to cover the whole 800 Sf Ft so 7.5L is probably right? Anybody know the answer to this one? I am going to B&Q today to look at the options including an oil based undercoat.

I contacted the plasterer and he came back to discuss the PVA issue. He insists that PVA is the way to seal the walls and then a final coat. He offered to do the paint job and said I would only pay him if the paint stayed on for a month. I tried every way possible to explain the reasoning...

JohnD Thanks for the advice about avoiding a spread with sponge or cloth. I will go for the warm spray and keep the scraper clean. Can’t do much until tomorrow night but will feedback the outcome on Wednesday.

Thanks Nige F. I am glad I came on here first I dread to think of the consequences and the amount of damage I would have done had I mixed PVA with the paint. Based on what you say this is my plan. Because this problem has held me up I will now not have spare time to decorate for at least...

My plasterer told me to lightly sand over the walls and then add one part PVA to the misting mix of 20% Water/ Emulsion. I have not misted yet as I want to be sure I have everything ready before I apply any paint at all! When I sanded the walls I discovered lots of dry glossy PVA stains in...