a couple of questions

Hi, I'm going to be decorating 2 rooms for my mother and I have a few questions.

I have had to fill over some crack repairs in one wall, I have used toupret interior filler. the wall is to be wall papered. will paper adhere to the filler well or would I be better off priming the area?

I have to paint new pine skirting board and cils, I'm using rubbol satura bl. would I be able to use a primer like leyland acrylic primer undercoat or should I get some of the rubbol primer?

the other room I have to paint over a battle ship grey matt with a off white matt, would it be a good idea to prime the wall first to help cover the grey? if so would the layland acrylic primer be suitable or would I be better off with something like zin 123?

thanks for any advise, Adam

For the bare wood the Leyland acrylic primer would be fine to use, give it two coats then two of the top coat.

For the walls that need painting I would use a white contract matt first, pick it up for around £20 for a big tub.

Water down some of the contract matt and spot prime the filler, anywhere between 50/50 and 70/30 paint to water, although I believe toupret says no spot priming needed I just do it anyway.

I would even paint the whole wall white as well as some paper can shadow different colour from underneath.

thanks for the reply, very apreciated.

can you tell me what the difference is between contract matt and normal tins you buy from b and q?

I only ask as I have some dulux matt already.

Contract matt doesn't have any vinyl in it so this is used for mist coating bare plaster first and lets it breathe. Ideal for ceilings as you generally cant touch these anyway unless your very tall. Crown, Leyland and others are like this. If its vinyl matt this will be more serviceable and can be wiped easier when marked with finger marks etc. The Dulux will be a vinyl matt, this can still be used but needs thinning quite a bit for a first mist coat on new plaster.

As said above, your dulux matt can still be used for all I have mentioned, I just suggested contract matt as it is a cheaper way for the jobs in question as you will only be covering it over.