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Use a fan heater to direct warm air onto the plaster for a while before painting.

You can use the Zinsser Bullseye 123 on matt emulsion. May need a couple of coats. Then repaint as normal. You can still use an oil based sealer if you prefer, like Zinsser Coverstain, or even a cheap white oil based undercoat.

You can get paint warmers, although a cheap croc pot casserole warmer does the same thing and can be picked up cheap. If it can be thinned by heat rather than adding something into the paint it will keep more of its covering properties.

Yes the advanced. very good stuff.

Ive started using the Purdy cages and they are fabulous.

The best water based gloss and satin is Benjamin Moores. Google them for a stockist. Not cheap but the best. Water based paints have come on a long way as well as brushes. I use Fossa Viper trim brushes. Very good.

You can always thin with warmer water and use slightly less. This will thin it without destroying its covering capabilities.

No it wont. Because its a commercial kitchen you have to be careful what you use. Tikkurila have a range of products that are good for hygene areas, Tikkurila Luja Semi - Matt 20 which is an Acrylic eggshell would fit the bill.

The stain is suspended in the varnish and doesn't go on uniformly enough. Its always patchy. Needs a very good sanding down. A coat of chosen stain, then when dry, a rub down again and however many coats of clear satin or gloss varnish you want. Either water based or oil based.

If its a stain and varnish together, that will be where the problem lies. Ideally you need a separate stain and then a varnish.

That surface has been dry lined. This means that its made of plaster board which hasn't been skimmed with plaster. It makes it easier and quicker to fill the joints and paint. However when its papered and then stripped off it brings off the paper surface of the plaster board. In a word " A...

If the paper is a paste the wall type then you can paste the wall or the paper. But do not soak the paper, put it straight on the wall once pasted. Paste the wall type paper does not expand and as such doesn't need to be soaked. If the paper is a normal paper with a soaking time you cannot...

I generally use Coverstain as an undercoat prior to using water based gloss or satin. Kills any stains, acts as an adhesion primer. Dries in an hour.

They got rid of a lot of patterns over the years and were always expensive, but last for ever.

Most of the original friezes were made of Lincrusta, which is made by crown.

This is one place that will crack forever more, whatever you fill it with. Get some small wooden quadrant and glue it to the wall. make sure its touching the timber of the stairs. As people walk up and down the stairs, the stairs will flex and move. The quadrant will not move as its stuck to the...

There isn't any body of people that can make you use scaffold if you don't want too. Sensible way of doing the job is obviously on a scaffold. Generally customers don't want to fork out the extra money and don't realise that they will get a much better job at the end. If your hanging off a big...

Needs degreasing and use wire wool to get it clean and shiny. They apply a varnish to seal it. Brasso isn't a finish and would dull off again after time.

It look like a metal fire surround. The metal part that is showing needs sanding for the edges of the paint to blend in. Apply an undercoat and then top coats until it all looks ok. There is a vertical moulding line either side you can use as a break off point. It will show whiter though as it...

Clean off the loose paint and treat with Stabilising solution. When dry coat up with the exterior paint of your choice.