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Ok, will do. Thanks for the advice! I’ll see if I can change the silk paint for an alternative.

Oh dear, our builder just told me to paint cheap white paint as a base layer. I’ve done that to half of one room already. Should I sand it off?!

Thanks both. Can I ask, why water down the base layer? Also, how do you mean about the silk being too shiny? I’m after something thouroughly wipable and non chip, which is why I went for silk. Thanks

Hi, Had an extension done and builder has skim plastered the walls. He recommended using matt emulsion to prime the walls rather than artex sealer as this would stop the plaster drying. He was keen to stress that we shouldn’t use silk as it would peel off. However, the final paint I want to...