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I am using the dulux trade quick dry water based primer undercoat to cover old bare woodwork completely stripped and as it was previously dark stain the wood is 'dark brown', though completely sanded down and ready to paint. Two coats just about cover and I have used solvent based satin in...

Can I use crown matt brilliant white as a mist coat on skimmed plaster that says on the tin @ absorbent services should be sealed with a coat of the paint diluted up to 20% clean water? Anyone used crown for plaster?

The grains are more like sugar cubes...well not really but large gravelly and badly spread out. Could it be artex put on by someone who wears jamjar glasses but unfortunately forgot to wear them on this occassion?

What looks like sandtex exterior masonary paint with textured grit bits is on the dinning room ceiling which looks like it was badly cracked. It is doing it's job and probably been there years...white sheen and all sound. Though could have been covered with a coat of silk emulsion or stillthe...

matt finish so I assumed it was the same paint as used on the walls. Hi I have some coloured BandQ satin on the radiator and it looks matt and very like emulsion. If it is a decent paint job they might have used satin for the radiator?

Er...woodworm...BIG woodworm? Get it treated as it could be the real McCoy and leaves a hole the size of a doorframe http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/treasures/collDetails.aspx?ID=63

I believe the instructions are on here http://www.thesealedknot.org.uk/ Knott wot I expected... :lol: :lol: ACTUALLY...there are 5 different knots which every boy should know... :oops: http://astore.amazon.com/ctksoftwareinc/detail/0061243582 One is to hang the plasterer who did my...

'Sounds like PVA has got onto the new plaster, in terms of your runs. Is the runs all over ?' Yes. The plasterer did a good job but his mate was responsible for the coving. Did a mist coat on bedroom and only noticed the runs then and they weren't easy to sand off! Same prob in hall and...

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I don't care how long it takes, i want it right. :x Hi I have fancy original victorian architrave...one piece weighs as much as a mod pine door, so I wanted to keep it! I stripped the whole house using a heat gun. The gloss is easy but usually there is a green primer that is...

I know you need to seal knots on bare wood prior to painting but wondered is it necessary to do so prior to staining? (Pine knotty skirting boards)

Hi My dinning room ceiling has a sort of artex effect but not artex! There used to be some sort of polycell stuff that was used for bad ceilings with a sort of grit effect in the paint-well that explains the finish! The ceiling looks like it was badly cracked and the stuff has covered well...