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    Deepening hinge slots

    Thanks both, I'll sharpen my chisel and give it a try!
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    Deepening hinge slots

    Nothing and that's what I was planning to do, but thought I'd check before I give it a go whether chippies would do it differently.
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    Deepening hinge slots

    Hi there, Hopefully there's a quick and easy answer to this. I'm fitting some new hinges to a number of doors in a property but the new hinges need to sit deeper into the door and frame than the existing ones. Having not hung a door before I looked around for information on how it's done and it...
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    Silk emulsion peeling off matt underneath

    Meant to reply to this a while ago. I watered down a matt coat first, then a watered down silk, then silk on top (only done a small patch of the neat silk so far but seems to have done the trick!)
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    Silk emulsion peeling off matt underneath

    Thanks for the replies.. I'll give both a normal and thin coat a go in patches and see what happens! Joe-90 just water to thin it? Any suggestions of ratio?
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    Silk emulsion peeling off matt underneath

    Not experienced this before and it's really got me confused - not an expert but I've done a fair amount of decorating in my time. Just started decorating a room which was matt emulsion all round. Did the usual sugar soap wash, followed by two clean rinses. I then rollered a B&Q colours white...
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