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ima painter & seen caulk being used so many times DONT USE CAULK! caulk does perrish and isnt a nice finish what u do is get a piece of paper tape and some ready mixed filler place the paper tape on a piec of cardboad and skim over the back off the paper tape[the side thats getn stuck to...

ima painter and ive had this easiest way is to get some grafiti remover which is just nitramorse paint stripper then when it all goes white n froathy within an hour put the pressure washer on it however youl have to powerwash all the slabs or itl look odd having a couple of clean ones :roll:

hi ima painter and i wouldnt really advice using exterior paint as it would just end up flaking off, like the slabs will absorb water from underneath which will penetrate through the slab which will result in frost making the paint come away but if you want to go for it id advice for safety...

ima painter,dont listen to above!! use a fine sandpaper p60 its just the sheen you are taking off not the paint! when sheens off there is a key for the new gloss to stick to thats what u want if you go for a heavy abrasive paper itl flake chunks off and they will never look right again!! :roll:

im a painter my way to solve this wouldnt to be to use caulk [painters mate] i would give it a quick skin off filler and a ruff sand :) remember filling & taping is nothing like plastering.... u slap it on and sand it till your happy with the funish :)

im no design guru but sounds like my livingroom and my sofas are brown :) maches in with the floor wouldnt go nutral as it would get dirty thru time and they really do stain.

im a painter and my advice would be white spirit or a turpentine substitute but dont bash the brushes off the bottom of the pot as the furrell [ the metal bit holding the bristles together] will actually cut the bristles you might not notice at first till u use the brush again and get bristles...

youve probably painted it by now but i advice you dont use crown use a dulux paint better coverage and longer lasting. it would be white softsheen you would want due to the sheen it dosnt let stuff stick or mark it can be wiped clean because its baisically an eggshell finish =]

as i am a painter & decorator i usually use a heatgun to get the worst of it off then apply paint stripper to remove the harder stuff followd by a good sand but remember to wash all the paintstripper off if you dont it will be verry irritating on the skin :) your door frames have probably...

what ever you do dont chip it off as it will make a mess of them. i reckomend a paint stripper. although paintstrippers do have high voc`s you now get them solvent free :) that would be your best bet cake them in paintstripper leave the stripper on over night remember rubber gloves as it is...

outside is also referd to as "INGOS" :lol: dont ask i didnt make the word up its just the terms the builders here use :)

sorry but i dont quite get this? the ingos are on the inside of the window obviously as its a house no a wooden shack lol but if you do look out the window it reveals scenery :lol:

just for you gregers i will do ;) hope you wont get aroused over it and want to get jiggy with it :lol: :P

this posts like 2 years old........the windows have probably perished by now :lol: :lol:

yea was thinking something along the lines of ply faces furnature board.... was looking at pine faced furnature board or ripping down door frame to fit seems the best idea yet lol :lol: ingos ingos ingos ingos ingos ingos amigos! :L :lol:

im a painter & decorator and i advice that you dont use cheap paint......it just wont last remember........what you pay for is what you get :) however there are new products on the market which are breathable? you think how the hell can that be breathable yet keep the water out? it can :D...

all the woodwork in the house at the moment is glossed get bored of white....... so changing to pine ogee 5"/4" to modernise the place :) got all my skirtings and facings done so far its just window sills & casings (ingos) to do :) so ta for the info but what material would i need for the...

well im just a painter & decorator / ames taper but i am pretty dang good with the carpentry :) only thing i get mixed up with is what things are called........... and yeah most windows now the ingos are plasterboarded to cut out costs because its alot cheaper to plasterboard than to put...

i wouldnt pay for one at all lol.