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why line the paper twice ?cross lining because of damaged walls and then vertically for finish ? if so thts a gd idea tht iv never thought off.

just finished a job very similar, yes varnish ontop of stain is perfect, it makes it slightly shinnier and preserves the wood. dont worry about it atall mate. good luck

Hi guys needing some advice, i am doing some work for a woman who started to scrape her facings and skirtings to get the old paint off,why i dont know ! then she decided to nitromorse some of them. Lost intrest in it and has now called me around to finish the job.............. so her facings...

Arghhh silicone happy joiners !!!! they never think of us painters when they are spreading the stuff everywhere. either take the advice of what the last poster said or caulk over the silicon run ur index finger across it to make a nice smooth neat finish and then u can paint over it with oil or...

once u have sanded,applied knotting,n gave it 2 coats good coats of acrylic primer give it another light scuff and you will defo get away with 1 coat of satinwood. and i would defo give the back of the skirtings 1 or 2 coats of acrylic primer just incase as any water damage and for all the...

Buy a clear water based varnish, this will have minimum tint in it.

all the woodwork in my house is sandstone eggshell, and it looks really nice. I prefer that to the usual white gloss everyone seems to have, Plus with eggshell/satin you dont need to undercoat as it acts as its own undercoat. if your doors are brand new give them a couple coats of acrylic...

give it another 2/3 weeks then try mate, plaster could take up to 8 - 10 weeks to dry properly depending on the weather etc.

Looks like instead of coating the new wood with solvent based undercoat they have been on price work/ bonus and have just gave it a couple coats of acrylic primer/undecoat, this is why its flaking, In answer to your question it looks like a white acrylic eggshell.

Might seem like a pain in the a$$ now but once its done it will be worth it. believe me !

You really should seal it first using the proper sealer but for the same effect you can just give it a coat of really thin masonary to seal it and then 2 coats of un-thinned masonary paint.

Fill,sand,2 coats of off white emulsion :D

My advice would be to sand down the walls by hand using wet and dry sand paper nd a bucket of water, then take time to fill all the cracks and holes in the wall using pollyfilla, when dry sand down all ur filling and skim over it again and then sand down the walls once more using normal sand...

Save yourself time,effort and money. Forget the Steam Strippers, they are useless and i don't know any decorator that will tell you any diffrent. BUCKET,HOT WATER( TOUCH OF FAIRY LIQUID TO GIVE IT SOME BODY),CEILLING BRUSH,SCRAPER. Soak each wall 3 times allowing a 5 minute break...

You are just creating work for yourself, sure it looks good when 1st done but if you dont keep on top if it every 2 years or so it becomes a mess ! If you decide to go ahead with it the first coat will require alot of elbow grease, also ,as it is hard to cut in on a pebbledash wall, for the...