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You will have to give them a bit of a rub down to 'kill' the gloss...then a coat of zinsseer bin primer, or something similar.. Waterbased masonry paint will work if you have any spare as its full of acrylic resin or acrlic primer/undercoat.

If you give them a good rub down and a coat of something like zinsser bin or dulux supergrip beofre the water based paint then they should be fine...you can even give them a coat of traditional oil based undercoat and then go over that with your water based paint if you dont want to go to the...

I have never painted them...but as rob says a couple of coats wont hurt..or even just the one..but make sure you rub it down after as there might be a few rough ibts that you might snag your kaks on

Its all down to the individual brands of paint...I have thinned dulux supermatt by more than 50% and its still done the job..home brand paints arnt as thick so maybe 20-30% would work

Any chance of a pic?..it could be many things

I think its down to whatever the job warrants.. If they need plastering and you can plaster then plaster them...if not why go to all that trouble if lining paper will do

Paint it with anything you want..K&B paint is a bit overated IMO and not the only thing you can use in kitchens and bathrooms

Stripping the stain off will probably give you the best finish..failing that id go for a good rub down,knotting the knots, a coat of zinseer bin and then your top coats.

Cheers Jon...

Cheers rob it was a pleasure reading that..

You have got more chance of seeing Micheal Jacksons ghost than you have a 'thank you' on here though sometimes! :lol: :lol:

Sorry cant help you my cristal ball is in for a service this week...

You either have quality or cheapness you cant have both.

Go to a trade centre and ask for waterbased protective glaze.. And whoever told you about the varnish was talking out of their...

The latter

Cheers Joe...

Two words mate...... Forget it...

You could have tried wetting the back of it with luke warm water

Use water based though...oil based will yellow over time.

I reckon ist wasnt fully dry...thats the most common cause of bubbles And the PVA hasnt helped either