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Yup - my original answers hold true I think - looks like the first picture shows maybe a plug or something that needs to be removed or pushed in, then scrape back that mush and re-fill it - the rest can be made to disappear with some careful filling too. Have fun !

No pictures showing.... Sanding down the filler shouldn't be too hard though getting through any paint applied over the top will take a minute or two, but you can always just dig it out and refill it. Try to avoid sanding the paper. Any powder filler like polyfilla will do just fine. As for...

Any oil based undercoat will do the job and yes, matt emulsion over the top is fine. As joe-90 say, it is the cheaper way to do it - I was assuming you already had the cover stain.

I would guess that a second coat of cover stain ought to be good enough, but if not then Zinsser BIN will do it, but it is smelly stuff to use.. Are you using the water based cover stain or the oil based as the latter is thought to be among the best although it too smells a fair bit, so if you...

As Joe says, the oil based paint all yellows since 2010 when the regulations about paint changed. I highly rate Johnstones acrylic paints, and using floetrol to condition the paint helps achieve a decent finish. However, it is not a one-coat paint - these are rarely any good which is why you...

Zinsser cover stain, the oil based version is often recommended as a primer, and the primer coat is the most important one so do it right ! A thorough degrease first then a good sand down with 180 or 240 grit followed by a primer. Sanding between coats is well worth the effort. Hoover the...

thanks for the replies and suggestions - opps, the one you suggest looks like a winner to me ! Nice colours too........!

A very good point John..! I am looking into getting some sort of odour mask and guess I hadn't thought it all through very well..

My clients will be out all day - It is me and the state of my brain after 10 hours with my nose in a tin of Zinsser Covastain (yeah, sorry, I said covaplus in my earlier post - see, my brain is already stuffed !) The windows are very small, there is no door to the outside and just one out of...

Anyone tried the stuff ? http://www.owatroldirect.co.uk/item.php?stock=24 I hate the smell of oil based Covaplus so wondering if it works at all...

Windows will be open, doors too joe ! As you say, there are no particles but I know there are such things as fume filters though have never tried any - being a big butch idiot I always suffered in the past but now think that living a little longer may be a better idea.....!

Anyone got any suggestions about a half decent respirator to reduce the effect of paint fumes - I need to spend a long day painting oil based Coverstain and don't want to keel over or feel sick...

That's good to hear Dean - thanks ! Do you have much experience with any other zinsser primers ? I have never tried the oil based coverstain - is it very different from water based or 123 ? Seems like Farrow and Ball or Little Green paints are popular choices so I may get a tin to try them out.

Not sure that joe-90's comment about my clients being cheapskates is entirely fair - I think I said that they want to keep the price down, which to me is different. Anyway, dcdec, what can you tell me about sikkens BL satura then...? My cheapskate clients want me to do the work, despite me...

Very many thanks opps - I really appreciate the time and effort ! Your knowledge is even bigger than my overdraft ! I am going to talk to the client and see what they want to do. I'll try to find the contact details spray people in East London and see if they can give me some idea of costs...

joe-90 = you sound like a man who has not tried Corona brushes yet..... (said in jest, and I have to say that this is a part of my worry ! - Corona brushes are wonderful, its more my level of skill that is the joke here....)

Thanks dcdec - I'll take a look. Not used F and B paint since they first appeared and were expensive and thin but I have heard they are much better now !

Inside of drawers etc NOT being painted, just the fronts and both sides of the doors. The reason for the repaint is that some of the doors have got water damage so are being replaced and the new ones are not quiet the same shade of off-white as the existing. I am surprised that some of you...

I hear what you are both saying but I feel sort of committed - this woman works for my best client and the job may well lead to a fair bit of well paid work (they are in the banking business.....!) The last job I did for her boss (she was my contact there) I was told to raise my price, so...

I have been asked to quote to paint a kitchen - loads of units, loads of drawers and I am dreading the job - so much fiddly cutting in and working round a family who will need to eat twice every day, and worst of all is the husband who works from home, in the kitchen..... Anyway, my question is...