Recent content by stevo2304

Err, to be honest I have no idea what it was previously painted with as it was before we moved in. Are you saying that if the first paint was oil based and our paint is water based that this could be the cause of the problem?

Thanks for advice - I'll give the two coats on a board thing a go. FYI I did not thin the paint at all, it went on the wall as it came out of the tin.

Hi, we've just painted our bathroom with what should be good quality Crown bathroom paint. The day after painting we both had showers and the paint has become very streaked and comes off if you rub it. The question is - have I managed to buy a bad batch of paint, or did we just not leave it to...

Can anyone tell me the best fixings to use for fitting medium to heavy items to plasterboard walls? Despite the claims of the manufacturers most I have trried are next to useless. They either leave a ruddy great, impossible to use hole in the plasterboard or just end up rotating round in the...

Can anyone help me? I bought 4 floating shelves from Argos (probably not the best place to get them in hindsight). The brackets are fitted to the wall very well but when I push the shelves onto the brackets and fix them, they immediately (all of them) fall down a bit at the front so they...