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This may be crushingly obvious but... when sealing bathroom walls, do I use waterproof or non-waterproof PVA? They've been sanded back to plaster & I want to "seal" this before painting... Bathroom doesn't get heavy use so not a very damp room, but don't want to end up with mouldy walls or...

Sorry the paint fumes must be affecting my grammar (amongst other things) Why No-Loss brush the worst in the world? What would be a better brush? I thought it seemed to leave a lot of blunt brush marks, but thought it was just down to me... :shock: Should I get a decent pure bristle...

Yep, will never buy Homebase White Gloss again! Shame I bought 2 big tins thinking "they're all the same anyway surely". Ha ha. It's not a one-coat gloss. But if it was, then maybe the dust would be trapped in only a single layer, instead of fossilised in strata of paint. Would love to...

1. Sand windowsill back to bare wood, admire smooth surface, wash with sugar soap, rinse, leave to dry. Smug feeling. 2. Apply 2 coats primer / undercoat. Looking good. Still smug. 3. Wipe any dust etc off the dry sill and ensure window shut, so no possibility of airborne particles, fallen...

Thank you and for my next trick... sanding louvred doors. Think it would be easier to buy new ones! Am learning on the job but am so aware this must be entertaining for the professionals.. ...but if you do a bad job you have to live with it, if it's your own place, now to improve my...

You live n learn! Gave me a chuckle, cutting in will never be quite the same again, but I could hardly have done worse if I had been cutting in with one of those (still attached). Would probably be reported to the RSPCA though. Spare a thought for me this weekend as I repaint an artexed...

Am sure it's like everything and improves with practice! Go on I really want to know the old nickname. Won't be offended & might cheer me up. In self defence I can say the landlord has caulked the skirting board really unevenly so had no straight "corner" to paint to. Went cross eyed...

Have had two approaches to cutting in. First one, I repainted the hallway walls with emulsion, didn't bother with renewing the gloss, and found that I could "Wipe" a clean edge quite well between emulsion and the old gloss skirting board. Then in another room, painted walls Victorian red...

I never object to a good pun! Having sanded the blue gloss woodwork in one room by hand, I would now do almost anything (and that's a considered statement) to avoid sanding again...even with a sander... but was under the impression that gloss on top of gloss will just peel away (no "key" for...

Thanks I agree, the Heritage range is pretty good, I've used two lots of this, one lot in the kitchen seems very unfazed by condensation - its very matt too, which is great on uneven walls. Have tested some Crown emulsions and doesn't seem to apply as well either. But...only colour I like is...

Feel like a mouse between two elephants in terms of decorating experience! (No offence). Does anyone have anything to say about the 1829 range of emulsion paints (Craig & Rose)? Or Crown vs. Dulux? Also, my next project: turning a dark blue gloss skirting board/door frame into a white gloss...

Thanks for that, I'll avoid it like the plague then... was actually going to use matt emulsion (mainly cos there's more colour choices) ... the ceiling was done in Focus Basics Matt Emulsion and hasn't moulded or flaked, so I thought I might get away with Dulux Matt Emulsion in the rest of the...

Now I'm worried. Why evil in a tin? Hard to paint with, smells bad, what? This is what I might have gone for...do let me in on it ... Thanks for the advice re primer. So, I need a water-based primer and proper bathroom paint. The previous paint has to come off because...it's textured...

Hi - have small but well ventilated bathroom...took off peeling vinyl paper which also brought away most of the original (vinyl) paint. Now left with patchy walls, mostly bare plaster, some v persistent patches of vinyl. Am slowly chipping off the vinyl paint - without damaging the...

Is it just me, or...? :shock: 1 Work out the square metreage of paint you are going to need. Then realise you have done it wrong and double it. 2 Spend a long time looking at colour charts and about £30 on testers which will be nothing like the advertised shade. 3 Finally give in and...