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Hi,I've got a bathroom in a rental property to redecorate,although I wouldn't advise doing it,the tiles on the wall have been previously painted,I've prepped it all and primed but not sure what product would be best, waterbased or oil,waterbased would be ideal ,could anyone advise, many thanks

Hi,I've used sikkens xd gloss on exteriors for many years now but was asked to use tikkurila miranol on an exterior,is it as good as xd and how durable is it also what oil based product is everyone's preferred choice,many thanks

Hi,I'm repainting some external woodwork with weathershield u/c and gloss oik based,I've primed all the bare timber with the primer/preservative but I've some areas where I need a quick drying primer,I've got some zinsser 123 and was going to use this do you think this is ok has anyone else used...

Hi I've got an internal wall were a lot of the plaster has come off,it was a very thin coat bout 2-3mm,the surface below is sound ,I wanted to know if I could use easyfill to level it off or one coat plaster which would be best and should I pva th e surface first many thanks

Hi,I've got a garden wall to repaint it tends to get damp at the bottom is there something I could seal the wall with before painting to stop this,the other side of the wall isn't painted ,it's brick by the way not rendered.any advice would be great.thanks

Hi,I need to patch up some holes in a garden exterior wall which has been painted and am going to use sand and cement mix ,is ordinary building sand ok to use it says suitable for bricklaying and internal rendering or should I use a different type ,any advice would be great,thanks.

Hi what is the best way of raking cracks out on exterior masonary surfaces,I wondered if a small angle grinder would be any good as I saw a company repairing some cracks using this or is there a better way many thanks

Hi,I've got some masonary to repaint which has a few cracks in it but because the surface isn't dead smooth it's more of a light stipple finish so if I fill with normal masonary repair filler it will be smooth and notice what's the best way to get the same finish ,will a heavy textured paint do...

Hi,I've got a couple of exterior front doors which are to be coated in farrow and ball exterior u/c and gloss,the doors have been taken back to bare wood and one of them is quite an old door my question is although the u/c is a primer as well do you think it will be ok to go straight on with...

Hi all,I'm painting some exterior render and the customer has told me it is lime rendered on the top half,the bottom is brick which has been painted white,the Side of the house is defiently lime as it is soft and white and crumbly and you can see it has been coated in limewash,but the back is a...

Hi,I'm a painter and decorator and am recoating some lime render on a house,as I haven't got much experience with lime render I was wondering how you can tell if render is lime or just normal render as part of the house mainly the lower bit seems to be a lot harder than the top half wich is...

Hi,I've got some windows to undercoat and gloss with weathershield oil based,they were primed a couple of weeks ago with weathershield primer/preserver,do you think I can just go ahead with undercoating or should I recoat them with the preserver as we have had some rain in that time,any advice...

Hi,can anyone suggest a good product for repainting lime render is lime wash the only one,many thanks

Hi,when mistcoating a new plastered ceiling I've always cut in all the ceiling first then rolled,but have seen some roll first then cut in have I been doing it wrong ordoes it not make a difference which way you do it

Hi,can anyone tell me if sikkens bl satura is good to use on interior woodwork and can you use it with the bl primer over previously painted oil based paint after thourgh prep work many thanks

Hi,I've got some interior windows to paint with water based satinwoon(dulux) after thourghly prepping them do you think a coat of acrylic primer/undercoat or one of the zinsser primers should be used first or just straight on with the satinwood ,they have been previously coated with oil based satin

Hi I've recently coated a exterior front door with sadolin one coat woodstain rosewood it had been done a week earlier in one coat mahogany but the customer didn't like the colour,it's been done a week and is still not dry I've not come across this before and not sure what to do will it dry or...

Hi,I'm repainting some exterior metal crittal windows and as I've not done many of these before what is the best metal primer for bare areas on these, there gonna be finished in oil based weathershield u/c and gloss and also what metal are they is it steel,many thanks

Hi,I need a quick drying primer to use on some bare areas on exterior doors which are going to be painted in dulux weathershield u/c and gloss and was going to use zinnseer coverstain would this work ok can anyone tell me

Hi,I've primed some bare exterior window frames with dulux weathershield preservative/primer and have left them like this for 3 days will it be ok to apply undercoat over this after that time or will I have to reprime them with the preservative primer again before undercoating.