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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...

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...

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...