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Couple of things in reply to your post. The dulux plaster sealer should be fine for some of what you have in mind but do allow at least 24 hours before moving on to your silk colour in the kitchen etc. If you just allow overnight, its not enough time in my book. Not sure of your info on the...

Hi gregch, if you have a friendly plasterer to hand, would you not just zap the whole wall with a coat of unibond, let it dry for at least 24 hours, then zap it again while the plasterer is knocking up his mix. No reason why that should not hold a quick skim coat of plaster in place. Did...

And use something like Dulux Supermatt or Crown Covermatt drywall primer with no vinyl in the paint for the first 2 flash coats.

I guess you are right vibro, I have been going back to the Dulux with the blue lids since it was supposed to have been sorted, I do like the look and feel of the OB paints when I work with them including its many colours, not just the whites. My thoughts are though, that in time, all OB...

Just been reading your post and would like to add a couple of things to watch out for on old lime plaster. If the house is as old as you think,'1800' then the walls are going to be lime plaster if they are still original, if more modern, then a little bit easier to deal with. Lime plaster...

Thanks for the link to the Floetrol opps. I think it is about time I ordered some and gave it a try. Some sample stuff I was given at one of the shows is nearly all gone now anyway.

Tried out some johnstones WB on some doors last week for a client, went back today to start wallpapering and have been asked to paint them again as they were, in OB satinwood. :!: :( I must admit the finished look on WB is not up to scratch and I used a fine filament brush. It just...

You have given very little information about this job so the simple answer is NO, but this is on the assumption that you are referring to painting directly over the varnish with an emulsion coloured matt paint that is water based. Are we talking a simple bath panel? or a large wood panelled...

You could try a tube of waterpaint from the art shop but for the price of it you may as well get the paint mixed properly or you will get problems. Its not going to cost you that much more to do it right.

I have to admit I would doubt painting inside the units would ever work. Would you ever get the spray pattern right, i thought it has to dry quite quick and you need to be a short distance from your work. Will it not blast the paint outwards into the room? Your good lady must be well...

Got to disagree handyman :) ICI and it's partners make a huge commitment to paint manufacture and it don't do them no good to make a crap product, sure they had a big blip in not telling all about the yellowing paint, but they were correcting it. I will still buy their new blue lid...

You could talk through the walls, (and hear things at night :oops: ) It was also a devils own job hanging a picture in the right place, it had to hang wherever you found a timber, too far left and too far right!!!

melbel, mdf is not suited to water unless it has been treated in manufacture. Any plastic coated surfaces added to make up mdf vanity units will swell and break the surface once water gets in to it and I am guessing this is your problem? If you are just looking at a temporary repair, then...

Emily, It may not be particularly the best way, but if the runs are still quite fresh, then I use the small tin blade holder for window glass scraping with a brand new razor blade and slice them off at an angle, finishing with a sand. I do have the plastic glass scraper made for the stanley...

I think opps, that you have covered all one needs to know about the reasons for cross lining and they are clear and precise for anyone who needs to know. I still paperhang a lot, as being from the slightly older generation, my clients still like wallpaper and with no disrespect for the...

Sorry to add a few years Emily, :lol: but over 35 years ago, my teacher used to get me, as his trainee, to hold yards and yards of wet sticky lining paper while being 'taught' how to line walls horizontally. We would do 2 walls at a time, me releasing the paper while he hung it on the wall...

Would agree with handyman, this product sticks its neck out to say it is mildew resistant and it is better than a lot of the others. I switched to this one about a year ago as several clients wanted me to clean up round the shower trays, so far so good. For some reason, the wood surround...

Yes opps, I did wonder if the designer of this gadget had a :idea: when he was out shopping!. Got to do 2 ceilings and a couple of walls on a job tomorrow, so going to swop my rollers around and try a couple of other brands then do a clean off and see what happens. Before I finally trash it !!

Glad to be of help Graham, Toolstation also do this gripfill in the yellow tube if you have one near you.

Quite agree opps, I do bag them on a job, sometimes for several weeks, even my paper paste rollers i do the same and yes, wetting them first before using does make it easier to wash them, done that for years. Would NEVER wash them in a clients sink, always at home. I bought the...