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Hi Graham, One thing you might find good to use in this instance is the Gripfill in the 'Yellow' tube. It is solvent free, sticks to PVC as well as all the usual substrates and it can be painted. Never got on with the green tube sticks all builders stuff but this one is ok. Keep several...

Hi wobble007, had a quick look at your photos and think you may have had 2 problems. The first may have been a too thick a coat of paint and the second is the size of fibre on the roller. As a rough guide, the finer the roller, the finer the paint finish, however when using a roller it helps...

Quite agree Dec, the flat areas are ok but I find that if lots of varnish around the beads won't come off, a dab with some remover makes life easier and the wire wool won't spoil the grain. Cheers.

I paint a lot of 8 x 4 mdf panels, shelving, boxing in and all manner of stuff. I started using the Dulux water based white gloss paints for these and have to say am very happy with the finish. I use 4" rollers and a pelican paint pot rather than a tray, easier to cover when unused paint is...

Hi jellycat, if the paint proves difficult to remove from the marble with either the turps or other methods as suggested, then I would resort to using the stripper. Marble will scratch quite easily with metal tools and loose it's glaze shine if you use anything like wire wool or even sandpaper...

devm, how many beams are you needing and I guess you are thinking of them finished in black paint. I have seen these in plastic but they still get dirty and fade after a couple of years. They look like aaaaaaaplastic!!! You can use tanalised sawn timber in various lengths, widths, and...

James, The Dec is right on his pointers for your door, but to help ease the way of sanding, you could well try a universal varnish stripper and using medium grade wire wool to remove the crap. Stick to the line of the grain though as with sandpaper. Only work a small length of door or one...

Yes, do use an undercoat on top of the zinsser 123, it will give you a better surface for the C & R eggshell. Either use the C & R undercoat or Dulux waterbased as I think the eggshell is acrylic. The old way of doing shower walls was with ordinary plasterboard, but in time the tile grout...

Quite right Dec, while this post has been going the job should have been done and all painted up by now. ( I think this is maybe a crafty ruse to get the missus to agree to a new must have power tool!!!) In reality, I have a similar tool from Fein, the vibration in that small area would wear...

Aquapanel, should be waterproof, I have been using this for several years now to form the insides of shower cubicles. You need to use the correct screws and the right sealant for edges and corners. Aquapanel seems to have the name all over the place but on different products. Some cut easily...

Glad to be of help as all the other kindly Decs do :D Trusting that the rest of the job goes smoothly so to speak!!

I guess if the problem is not any recurring damp, then it has to be a an incorrect first coat of paint that has failed and others that may have been added over the top. I think you will need to remove as much of the flaking paint as you can, sand off and feather in any edges when either you...

Simon, have you used the green waterproof gyproc board? If so, generally you can tile straight over this or if you are looking at paint, then I would most likely go for an oil based primer, then an undercoat and a topcoat of an eggshell finish or perhaps the Dulux diamond finish. You will need...

Thanks for your comments fellow Decs, the thing is, when it was on demo the thing worked and it cleaned off the paint pretty nifty in about 30 seconds! I can only assume it was made to fit one particular roller sleeve and they had it!! I have one of those hooks Emily, but although it cleans...

Has anyone in the trade bought one of those Dulux clear plastic roller cleaners, the one you connect up to the garden hose? I bought one at a trade show and, before anyone say's, muppet! It seemed a good idea at the time and a crisp tenner just fell out my pocket. Now I happened to find...

It may not be the best angle in the picture, but do the tiles come down over and in front of the skirting? If you don't want to box them in then you are just going to have to set too with strips of sandpaper and sand the pipes. Maybe even using some paint stripper on the skirting board behind...

If you sit on his shoulders you can reach higher :D

Well good luck with the spraying, not too sure about black insides :D

If you liked the dulux gloss upstairs why not stick with it, rather than changing to crown solo downstairs. White with one manufacturer is not always that same as with another! On watchdog or some such program the other night, dulux got a panning for not doing anything about the yellowing...

What are you trying to do, am a bit confused by your post. I have had kitchen unit doors sprayed for a client but don't know why you are wanting to spray up the melamine sides :?: You hardly see them when all the doors are on and shut, or are these in such bad condition that giving them a...