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I managed to convince them to let me take the paper off today. Half the wall is palstered with flaky paint and the other half is plain hardboard. I'm not sure what sort of size to use on the hardboard now. I'm using hardglaze gloss varnish, Ronseal. They need it to be hardwearing for all...

Thanks Zampa I'm still training at the moment and am just doing a favour for some practice. Yes the wallpaper has been on for well over 30 years, but they are old and they want function not perfection and they need to use the wall to help slide up the stairs! (I have to varnish the new paper...

Hi I am wallpapering the long wall of a stair well of a bungalow with a dormer floor. The wallpaper is currently varnished but cracked where the wall material underneath changes from skimmed walls to hardwood walls upstairs. The old people that own it don't want me to take down the wallpaper...

thanks guys I sanded down the silk sheen and persisted with the gluey paint. I'm just weighing up whether to do a second coat in Johnstone's aqua eggshell paint or have another morning being frustrated! I certainly learnt something there. Any recommendations for what is good to use in...

Hi Just started painting my kitchen after lots of prepping of walls. Previous paint was peeling off so I have bare plaster to paint on to. I used a base coat of B&Q value silk emulsion (given to me) which was very thin so I didn't bother watering down. It was also very gluey - a bit like...