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  1. gc1967

    What Paint Do You Use For These Stairs?

    I cant see any image, I presume all the stairs is varnished, if that is the case you would have to sand down - degloss - all the areas you are going to paint, make sure all areas to be painted are dust free, apply a coat of Zinsser bin to areas you are going to paint. You can either use white...
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    Painting Internal Walls

    When you say in a papered room, do you mean painting over lining paper.
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    Opinions on professional paint job plz

    I would say a Fireman thats does decorating on the side as I have heard a lot of them doing this. If you dont use a Professional Painter and Decorator with experience in the trade you are going to end up with shixe like this.
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    How to paint a door

    If its is a panelled door do all your panels first and the hinge edge and then do the flats of the door brushing with the grain, if its a flat door paint hinge edge first then start rolling from top to bottom and every square you roll lay of until you get to the bottom of the door, dont roll the...
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    Opinions on professional paint job plz

    I would just coat walls in both rooms with Zinserr and then apply emulsion. Its idiots like this that is ruining my trade, I dont know hoe they sleep at night.
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    Opinions on professional paint job plz

    Thats just to lure people in, I am a Professional and I have never heard of this product. Normally you would just thin down white emulsion and put a mist coat on. The cutting in where the wall meets the ceiling is beyond atrocious, college apprentices would do better on there first day at...
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    Opinions on professional paint job plz

    All I can say is WTF -- There is no way he is a Professional Painter and Decorator, I have never heard off uni bond plaster primer, normally just mist coat new plaster with water down emulsion, why did he put 2 coats of primer on, you should mist coat the walls, check for any filling and apply 2...
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    Oak Veneer - Osmo

    Nice one (y)
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    Boxing in under stairs: plasterboard Vs wood

    Plasterboard it, and tape any joint and fill screw/nail holes with easi fill - simples ;)
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    Painting Staircase Bannister from white gloss to wood effect

    Only way is to use paint stripper and remove all old paint and once off, clean handrail and sand down and then apply your dark woodstain/varnish. Nitromors is the way to go
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    Signature not showing up

    Just wondered if anyone knows why my signature doesnt show up under my posts.
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    Oak Veneer - Osmo

    I worked out what he was saying (y)
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    Paint Brushes

    If I have to use it, I use a mini roller and get it on as quick as possible and lay off with a brush.
  14. gc1967

    It's a boy, it's a boy!

    Very funny :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
  15. gc1967

    Damp?

    A real good scraping down and clean off all the powdery residue and then give all the areas a coat of Zinserr and then fill areas and rub down and apply your top coats, but if you have a damp problem from the outside it will just do it again.
  16. gc1967

    Painting melamine office furniture

    A real good sand down and dust off and prime all with Zinserr bin, before applying top coats.
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    Bathroom wall paint keeps cracking and peels off by shower

    Scraping down, priming with Zinserr, then filling, sand down and touch in all filler with Zinserr before apply top coats. To me looks like damp is affecting the paint.
  18. gc1967

    Door Paint defect?

    I have never used that I normally sugar soap down and then clean off with fresh clean water. :)
  19. gc1967

    Local elections.

    Local elections its all bollxxks, make up what they are going to do and achieve and does it happen does it fuxk
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