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hello i have got to go to a job saturday i have been told it has been painted but somone didnt wash the paste off from the wallpaper and just painted over it so it has cracked, what is the best way off geting all the cracks covered ? thanks carl

hello everyone is there any plaster filler out there that goes off like 2 pack wood filler does? just i am wasting so much time when i fill everythin then waited for it to dry to coat the walls or ceiling to only find i have misses a hole then to wait another hour for it to go off? thanks carl

hello deccy glad to here you have been going well. I have some flyers made up i did post about 1000 and got 2 jobs from it but 4 quotes so im happy with that realy 1 of the customers has had me doing more than 1 room in the house now as they trust me. I have just had another 5000 flyers made so...

hello cott as robbie said with lining paper you can start anywhere becuase you dont have to match a patterns. what i do is always start with a full drop dont start around a window reveal becuase it will be hard to get the paper dead straight so if you start with a full drop you can work from...

thank you for your help. john i do have a clean van from what you said there i am doing everythin perfect but the only think i dont have is a landline number i just work from a mobile i can see why you say use a landline so it makes you look more of a bigger company and not a 1 man band so at a...

hello everyone i have set up on my own about 3 to 4 months ago it has been going realy well so fair but i have no more work booked in for after christmas well i have a little job in january that was ment to be done next week they have changed the date witch messes me around abit, but anyway...

hello did you use a brush on the top coat or a gloss roller becuase gloss rollers leave tiny air bubbles in the paints so i roll them use just drag my brush down the door to get the bubbles out. carl

ok thank you i just thort there may be a water based primer witch holds well to oil based paints do you all find water based dont hold well to oil based paints or is it just me. thanks carl

hello i like using water based paints but i give the old oil based paints a good rub down but the water based never seems to hold well i can get my finger nail under the paint and it peels off. i have heard people say you need a special primer for the change in paints so i was woundering what...

white is good for a base coat but i dont see the point myself me myself would just give it 3 coats of yellow if it didnt cover in 2 coats no point in giving it 2 coats of white then 2 coats of yellow. carl

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thank you zampa if i did want to go lighter is there a way of doing this like geting the old stain off? kind regards

hello i have stained woodwork but i want to go to another colour stain is it a no no would i have to strip the old colour stain back to natural wood to put the other colour stain in , or does stain cover well? kind regards