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Hi, need advice guys. Going to put these tiles into the conservatory. The walls are staying brick, so.... would you put a skirting on or just leave it. Thanks.

Tell you what ....just try it my way...here goes. Let's take a door casing in good nick/ish, or anything you like really. As I said earlier, dampish sugaur/soap or soda crystals :wink: light rub with 400 (I could get riskier but for now a light rub :) ) Do not scratch with coarse...

Best paint i've ever used. What's your problem with using it?

If it's in good condition. Gently wash and light rub with 400 wet/dry and apply Crown Solo gloss.

Is it not the same as a hedgehog only better made and dearer.

PVA , can cause a problem under wallpaper dependent on how it's mixed. Yes, you can use paste for size, but, the reason I said use "glue siize" is, that's what it is, "size". It's made for "sizing" walls, prior to papering the walls with paper, pasted with paste. Yes it smells but, I love...

This is what you need. Glue size. http://www.decoratingwarehouse.co.uk/buy/adhesives-and-fillers/general-adhesives-sealers/beeline-glue-size/192

wet bimbette- I thnk Joe-90's advice about getting 3 quotes is probably the best idea for you as I don't think it would be wise getting a day rate, ...now I'll move on as well to.. The customer First, I'll say I'm now in the fortunate position of only working for good folk as I've...

Sounds like the paper he's emulsioned over, was undersoaked in the first place or something wrong with the substrate. If someone asks you to emulson a ceiling paper that's already there, then that's what you do. IF it bubbles with vinyl paint it would bubble with anything. If you spray water...

Finished it. You are very mistaken wet bimbette . Very mistaken indeed. The lovely old lady I've been working for is delighted to have me there as early as poss to get the job done so she can get settled. She doesn't sleep well now after losing her husband recently. Furniture moved and...

Mornin' all. I'm now off to paint, a dining room and kitchen. I should get about 3 hours in, before some of these "day raters" start swanning around in paint shops and finally turn up on the job to brew up. :lol:

joe-90 is correct in everything he says here and if you keep looking, you will always get a cheaper quote. Look long enough and someone, somewhere will do it for nothing. Getting a day rate or even enquiring what it is, is asking for trouble. I can have half a room done before most so called...

Go to Church and join a golf club.

Does this "tradesman" (y'know , the 1 with 40 years experience) not have a ferroscope :?: for all this iron ore down your way.. I mean he must have if he's advised you to spray it with PVA and it works for him. He must have known it was full of iron ore to seal it. The ones he hasn't sealed...

I must get 1 of those ferroscopes for the next time I go to estimate a dash. Could come in real handy looking for that iron ore ..just in case. Then, I'll calculate the materials - that's with and without the pigment.

Nothing, but nothing, causes more confusion and aggro, than painting new plaster. Nothing. http://www.icipaints.co.uk/products/info/dulux_trade_vinyl_silk.jsp

The emulsion you have is not appropriate to seal the plaster with as it's the wrong stuff, So, either use a contract emulsion first and if finishing with the Dulux, make sure the plaster's dry or, use the plaster sealer, only if you're sure the plaster's dry and then continue with the emulsion...

Having said that. I would have, sheeted the roof and satellite dish, masked the window and taped the lead. :wink:

I'm afraid I've done a lot worse than that in my time. A lot worse. :evil:

Let's slow down. Now we all get problems, however - there's 2 sides to every story. How long ago was it since you went round and exactly what is the customers complaint now, to get another decorator to quote it.