Recent content by Stu-seventyseven

Me too - thanks for all the help by the way. I'm going to look on the bright side - at least I can't see the paper joins now! Where in Carmarthenshire are you. I have a very good friend who lives in Bury Port near Llanelli

I have just done a 2nd coat for the whole wall which has the double coated seems. Fingers crossed I wont have to do a third coat for the whole wall! I think the problem maybe the radiator roller was not putting much paint on. This could be due to the fact I am using Homebase emulsion and...

It was mix your own trade polyfilla. Made by Polycell I think (there's an ICI logo on the box). The one coat I have done on the walls is a light coffee colour. The filler is white. I have done two coats only on the seems and it still shows through where the filler went over the edges of the...

After applying 1 coat of emulsion I filled the seems between my lining paper as you recommended. I have sanded the filler and gone over the seems with a radiator roller however the white from the filler is showing through. I have done 2 coatss over the seems on one wall to see if that hides...

What brand of filler should I go for I have only ever used the pre-made up stuff. Should I be using a mix it yourself filler? (Thanks again for the help - much appreciated)

Lol at "you can't cut in" - yup too true! Thanks for the advice. I was doing some of the above but only the obvious ones like use a paint kettle! I think working further from the wall, and not side ways on might help too. Its weird you don't realise what your doing at the time!!! I...

Apologies if this has been covered I did search but couldn't see anything. Are there any top tips for cutting in? I seem to be a bit useless at it - especially on the edge that meets my coving! I solved the problem with the skirting board edge by masking it off but didn't want to risk...

I have put lining paper up ready to paint and have today done one wall with one coat of mat emulsion as a test. It seems the joins between the sheets of lining paper show through. In places there is about a 1mm gap between sheets that hasn't filled with paint. In other parts I was able to...

Thanks very much for the help. Just put 5 strips up and they look great. I ran the back of the scissors along the edge then peeled it back and cut the edge. Worked a treat. Think I might caulk over the edges just to make it look perfect

Hello all - (my first post eek!) I am struggling getting a good edge against my coving and skirting board with my lining paper. I am hanging it vertically as I intend to paint over it. I put up 3 test sheets last night and ended up pulling them down again an hour later. I was not happy...