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Hi anyone have any advice on how to sort out crazed walls in a bathroom witch have been painted with vinyl matt over silk and crazed,they were done a few years ago by the previous owner of the property,I would normally have no problem lining them,but it is not possible because of it being in a...

Thanks a lot I appreciate the advice sorry for the late reply I had a probs with my Internet connection

Thanks mate I'm just a bit concerned about it but it sounds ok the way I'm doing it to you

Hi,I've been a qualified decorater for a few years having been to college.im working for myself and although the course I did covered nearly everything,the only thing it didn't cover to much was basic roller techniques when rolling a ceiling.i would just like to know if the way I'm doing it is...

Thanks a lot for the advice I'll give it a try

Hi,does anyone use johnstones white covaplus vinyl matt for ceilings and if so would you recommend it and is it as good as some people say,also when painting a newly plastered ceiling would you use a contract matt as the final finish or just mist coat with it then switch to vinyl matt

Thanks mate I'll give that a go,what about crown is that any good

Can anyone recommend a good white vinyl matt for ceilings other than glidden,given up with dulux's vinyl matt as I found it drys far to fast as your applying it ,many thanks

I have been asked to paint over vinyl wallpaper ,I tryed to convince them to strip it then line and emulsion but they didn't want to remove the paper,can anyone advise if I can go straight on with the emulsion(soft sheen)or if I should use a sealer like zinsser 123 as it is quite old and there...

Hi can anyone advise me on changing a tap washer on a kitchen mixer tap,its the cold side,do I just need to turn the stop cock off ,is it ok that the water still runs out of the hot side or do I need to run that until it stops,also is there a way of undoing the screw which is a bit chewed and...

Oil based satin over the bin

Oil based satin over the bin

The wax hopefully is off will the zinsser bin be ok

Can anyone please help me with some advice on painting over wooden kitchen cabinets.they have been waxed previously,what is the best primer to use on them so they can be painted with water based white satin,is zinsser bin ok as this will seal the knots and stop any staining coming through many...

Hi can anyone advise on a way to solve this problem,on some new mdf units that were built a builder spilt some paint stripper on the surface of them,they were then primed and u/c but the next day the u/c had not dried and started to Come off how do I remove the stripper as it appears to have...

It is ok to paint newly plastered walls with vinyl matt as long as you mist coat with contract or supermatt can anyone tell me ,thanks

Can anyone please advise on how to paint a unpainted black sandstone fireplace many thanks :D

hi, can anyone suggest the best way to remove varnish from a exterior front door,so it can be primed,u/c and glossed,the varnish is not in good condition so just keying it up might not be good enough,many thanks

hi,can anyone tell me if it is ok to hang wallpaper with a ready mixed starch paste on to lining paper which has been hung using solvite tub paste many thanks

Can anyone tell me if its ok to hang a wallpaper which says to use a ready mixed starch paste or equivalent with solvite lightweight ready mixed,as I have cross lined the walls with this as the original paper that was going to be used reccomended this but a different paper was chosen its a...