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well the coving had its under coat and some of them have bowed a bit bah :o( so going to have to get someone to help me put them up now

ok cheers lads just popped to b&q got me dulux soft sheen brilliant white!

ok thanks dec so a very lightly watered down 1st coat, and then normal coat, ok ta!

ok thanks dec, will dulux vinyl soft sheen be ok? if so will 2 coats be ok without any undercoat? ta

Hello there im going to be putting up soon some coving not the expensive plaster type nor the ultra cheap toot, its the one in between the paper covered polystirein <----- spelling mistake, im going to give it a crown quick dry satin white coat, what do you folks recommend for a base coat ive...

ill give it a go then! ill post a pic of the door when done

ok thanks dec, i followed the instructions dipped the brush in get plenty on the brush, so has it got to go on thick then?

ok gave one side of the door a 400 grit wet paper rub down to get a key, applied a coat of crown one coat looks like ill need to put on another coat, unless i did something wrong? i gave a tin a stir as it a film on top and like it said on the top a generous amount on the brush, i used a harris...

yep thankyou, dont worry though ill have plenty more questions down the line, your a fountain of knowledge, sir

ok dec thanks. so many questions1 i just want a perfect looking bedroom for the first time! still have the small problem of getting some plastering finished around the edges of the room the housing association workers left it looking rough so ill need to get a private guy in just to tidy up and...

ok thanks dec, just checked homebase 18 quid a tin not bad i suppose seems to have a good review too, any left overs and ill be able to do my skirting! so no watering down of this one then just straight out of the tin

ok thedec thankyou, but when you say flat back is that basicly to take the shine of the varnish to give it a slightly roughish surfave?

Anyone? :cry:

ok thanks dec so you recommend a light sanding i take it a black and decker mouse is too much with 240 paper?. I dont really fancy giving a gloss look i bought some crown satin as a tester to see how that goes want a half way between shiny and flat. if this is ok once the door is rubbed down...

Greetings to you all, i have a simple question best way to paint over varnished doors they are reasonably dark doors but mother wants them now in white!, once prepared is white matt emulsion or white gloss best as the top coat? thank you :)

ok the plaster is all dry now but where the workmen had to render part of the wall because the old plaster was blown cracks have appeared about 1mm wide and have so far spread to half the width of the wall, so now i cant paint until these are sorted. i live on a main road so have hgv's and buses...

ok thanks dec. so about 30% for the 1st mist then about 15% dilution for the main undercoat?. what about the crown paints whats usually best for them dilution wise :D

ah thanks dec now i know what you mean about cutting in! :oops: . i got the supermatt today 10l worth. the plaster is 99.9% dry now so im going to leave it for a week as am on night shift from tuesday :( . ive noticed some parts of the plaster are a bit rough but the majority is nice and...

what i meant was will the white undercoat (mist + another couple coats) affect the cream making it whiter? sorry to sound dumb but what do you mean by cutting in? :oops:

ok dec ta, so if i put say 2 liters into my brand new scuttle put what 100-200ml of water and give it a good mix?