hello everyone i am goin to quote a job up what the man wants doin is the stairs stripping then if the walls are in good condition paint the walls if not he will need to get a plaster in. as for priceing the job would you quote the stripping first then see what the walls are like to quote the...
i used to work with a painting company from when i left school and they never ever used to mist coat from this forum is the first time i have heard of a mist coat but i do belive what most of the painters do say i here so i think the company i was with was telling me wrong. What im trying to say...
matt emulsion is more designed for bare plaster becauase it dont have vinyl in the paint matt emulsion is alot cheaper than vinyl matt emulsion so for 10 pound a tube if it is 10 litres is matt emulsion not vinyl. contract matt is more of a base coat paint, vinyl is a top coat paint because it...
thank you there is a window just the only problem is it is stained now so he wants it rubbing down then undercoating and glossing so there is alot of work on there so think it tomuch work from a window and the ladder. i also thort of 2 towers but 1 side is very narrow so it would not fit down 1...
hello theres a customer that wants the outside of his house painting but he has a conservatory with plastic features on top of the conservatory so there is noway i could put a plank across the top? how do you lot all do it i have been thinking and can not think of a way to do it?
thanks carl
thats why its hard for you not to get brush marks. i would only use waterbased if the job is a rush job some people may not agree but its not as hard wearing than oil based paint the oil based paint sinks into the wood alot better, with water based paint i noticed it just sits on the top of the...
kilo have you got yourself some acrylic undercoat primer becauase it is hard to get no brush marks with acrylic paint .
acrylic paint is never as good as oil based paint and never sticks to old paint as good so thats why it might be flaking.
carl
me myself would just give it a little rub over to get some little snots of the first coat also it will give it a little key so the 2nd coat will hold better.
carl