Recent content by mdavidson

Hi all, So I gave the plastering another go, used the WBA to limit it the suction and that worked well. Got the first coat on and then flattened it a bit. Cleaned the tools then mixed the plaster for the second coat. Got that on the wall then flattened that too. Gave it about fifteen...

Glad to hear your plastering went well Norcon. What made you think that the first coat of plaster was to heavy? Is crazing* a sign of laying a coat on too thick? I myself assumed that my amateur hour attempt was one or possibly all of four things: Bad plaster mix Taking to long to get...

Decided to take of old wallpaper in the spare bedroom before repainting. There were a few hole here and their after removing the paper so i filled these with the intention of just lining the wall afterwards. However the walls wouldn't have looked to good even with lining, nothing else for it I...

Hi all, Probably a really daft question here, but I was looking at the Proform Picasso brushes on Decorating Direct, and there seems to be a wide choice of similar picassos that are only separated by price, and the word pic at the end of the description. Does the word PIC with the...

Thanks for the reply! Glad to hear that I can use the caulk, wasn't sure as it had had it's first top coat. The colors are dark unfortunately, I think that's why the cutting in I've done is so noticeable against the white ceiling :) I nipped out earlier and got frogger tape, put that...

Hi all, I've been doing up the master bedroom, and have run into a couple of niggles, would appreciate any help from the pros. I took my old wallpaper off and lined it. Looked good, so I proceeded with undercoat, then top coat. I have a few tiny gaps around the window frame where I lined...