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Has it had 4 coats of silk with a good amount of drying between coats? No good now but I agree, Matt would have been a good first coat. 10 litres of Leyland trade silk is £17.99 at screwfix or two for £32. Although it's more expensive you'll find it covers much better.

Fair enough. In that case OP, are you getting them measured up and hinges cut out before painting as quite often they have to be chamfered to fit the frames which then gives a bare edge that needs priming. If you have more than 5 or 6 it may be worth using a roller but you need a decent 4 inch...

The sanding may well work. You could try Leyland primer/undercoat which is about £24 for 5 litres and goes a very long way. Obviously if you stick with silk you have no troubles at all. I have painted over silk with Matt in the past and it has been fine, mainly because the customer said to just...

Might be best putting some bulls eye primer/sealer on before the Matt!

I'd always paint them hung. By the time I'd taken it off the door frame I'd have it all glossed up. Also if you lie them flat, any dust or bits floating in the air will just land on them. I had to do 56 door sides this week. I was seeing them in my sleep!

Do you have a radiator on in the room during the day/evening? Also, does condensation go on the windows too? Does anyone use/sleep in the room or is it a spare? It's unusual for a spare room to get so much condensation.

Ok. But to help you in future. Use a roller poll and a good pile roller. I use a medium pile. You should definitely go over the edge of each band and leave no gaps. In all honesty you can paint however you like but I wouldn't be giving it out as advice to have gaps and post its! Most poles you...

Leaving a gap? Post it's? Sorry I don't understand. All you need is a good roller that can get the paint on quick. Once the ceiling is cut in the rollering should take 5 minutes or so on a standard size ceiling. Just keep loading the roller.

Thermal wallpaper is polystyrene!

Sounds like the wall is part of the wardrobe! You could try a roll of thermal wallpaper on the wall.

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I use ready mixed filler from home bargains. 99p a tub. It's great stuff for nail holes. Just dab it in the hole with your finger. Sands down a treat! Think it's Bartoline or everbuild

this stuff

I been using the water based Ronseal radiator paint for a good few years now. It gives a great finish and a 750ml tin will actually do about 15 decent sized rads.

You could squeeze in some no nails as long as it doesn't protrude onto the edge of the frames. Try and get your caulk nice and smooth when it's wet as it's quite difficult to sand down! You could use a wet sponge.

Can you post a pic from a bit further out? Is it a wall in a room? Do you have a roller? It looks like you've put it on with a hard brush or one that's been left with paint on it.

Textured masonry itself would fill most of the holes. Put it on nice and thick. Probably be hard to dry though in this cold weather. You could just do the finger filling and then re do and paint in the summer. You could use caulk as a temporary measure too. There's latex paint but if you're...

Those cracks are not too small . If you don't want to slightly rake them out you can use some external filler on your finger and rub it over the cracks pressing it in. Smooth off as you fill. I'd then use a textured masonry paint on top.

I'd put a nice piece of beading underneath. You can buy self sticking stuff that you cut to size.

Can you reach under the rad with a finger and apply the caulk? Could a young helper get their hand in by the side of the rad and put some in with their finger?