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Trouble is the thinned undercoat will just get absorbed by the extemly porous distemper and will just add to the problem when emusion is applied. Learned this the hard way many yrs ago :( Stabiliser primer has more penetrating qualities and slow drying so it will soak in thro to the...

:wink: U mean googling lol Happy new year all

I would go for the trade DIAMOND MATT. Not the kitchens/ bath stuff as this has a sheen. You might change your mind when you see the price of the TRADE stuff :cry: But the retail ENDURANCE MATT Is ok. When you redec the diamond matt or silk emulsions, prep to the walls is as simple as...

I know :wink: Bad advice on tin .. you might know what i mean if you ever used it .. I.E avoid leaving a glossy surface :wink: Thined undercoat wont help with distemper... :roll: Happy new year ~~~

Did you thin the 123 down with clean water?? I would normally thin it down on distemper. Too thick and it will just skin over without penetrating. But! I prefer to use a stabiliser primer As I have the most success with it over the yrs. Tho you wont find this remedy in any books...

Distemper is powdery, anything applied to the powder face will not make the powder stick to the plaster. (might have helped if you thinned the Zinsser 50/50%) modern paints/primers will just form a skin on the surface of the powder. this will craze and crack etc..etc. So I clean as much as...

This is a known problem. Endurance=retail or Diamond matt = trade. The paint sets very quickly skinning, sothat when you try to even out you over brush and pick up the skinned paint giving the curdled look. The only way I find it works well is to thin down paint and give two full coats...

No problem at all. As long as you have thinned first coat. We usually use matt to give better coverage. And also to help hide any blemish'es in the plaster. Also a breather non vinyl on deep plaster is esential if plaster is not completely dry. I very often (on skimmed only plaster) use...

[/url] Sorry Instone I don't agree.. Acrylic eggshell won't block nicotine. Learnt that years ago~~to my cost :cry:

Hello Jon...how you doing mate?.. Good ta Zampa. Turned over a buisier year than I tht. Slowing down a bit now though, but could do with a rest anyhow :wink:

I did same, with pva following Zampa's tip. and it did work.. Hiya Zampa :lol: :D

Hmmm sounds good Robbie.. that stuff never occured to me .

Iv'e used http://www.zinsseruk.com/shop/Product.aspx?cId=130&pgId=357 Thro a hevvvey smokers house with just a light wipe over with a damp sponge (amonia in water) just to get the dusty film off. Exellent, almost odourless, can thin with white spirit and good on water stains too. The 123...

I usually finish my glossing outside, or even in unheated insides by 4pm if it feels like a frost coming. Had bad experiences on building site where we glossed all the doors in four flats finished ' 5pm. There was a frost. next day all the glosswork we had done had either bloomed/ flashed or the...

sounds like a BLOWN Vinyl.. The face should strip easy..leaving the backing liner. This usually strips easily with hot water and sugar soap.. Or is it painted with a silk finish (glossy) Might help to give a coat of matt emusion to dull the shine (?) not suggesting it will fill and hide...

Also: consider using a rust convertor like kurust.. If the rest of pipe is Galvanised, dont forget you need to paint this area first with a primer that says suitable for galvanised metal. Hammerite wont stick to galvanised :cry: good luck..

http://www.sandtextrade.co.uk/Products/Pages/HighBuild.aspx needs two blokes on large area's. Pricey too.. but really good finish on the messy wall i did some time ago. which was ontop of existing old masonry paints/render etc..

Have gone off Hammerite.. <prefers >Blackfriars qd 90 .. or combi colour ..vg and cleans up with white spirit..

Nope!! it's for quick fixers. It may seem ok at the time but all them walls you say you pva'd will result in a future trail of misery of, bubbling, flaking, pinging off if knocked and when paper has been stripped from a pva primed wall , most of paint will come off leaving a very untidy wall...

I'm with you on this m8... Mistcoated miles of bare plaster in my time, just a scrape and light sand on obviously shiny patches. But never did sand all those miles ... :lol: