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Cheers @Wayners I probably am sanding too much. I read I was supposed to just take the shine off but I swear I can sand away for ages and it still looks shiny :LOL: I'll give the sponge pads and wet and dry pads a bash. Which ones do you use? I saw these ProDec ones in Wickes and thought they...

There's an article on the Decorators Forum website that I used myself for pretty much this exact purpose. https://www.thedecoratorsforum.com/how-to-fix-peeling-paint-in-a-bathroom/

I'm painting over oil based gloss with water based satin on my doors and skirtings and I read I was supposed to key up the surface, but I'm having an absolute nightmare of a time and it's literally just taken me hours to key up one side of a door and the skirting boards in a smallish bedroom...

@sparkwright Cheers for the reply. Yes I will be using emulsion now, can I just go over the top of the undercoat with this?

Absolute beginner at painting here. I decided I wanted to use vinyl matt on my walls and as I had been filling loads of holes on them, my partners cousin said it would be a good idea to undercoat the walls first. I went out and bought Armstead undercoat and after painting two walls in my living...

Thank you, I'll give this a bash and see how it goes.

Just bought a flat and the old owners were obsessed with stick on everything, with the worst offenders being stick on mirrors in the bathroom. I used a hairdryer and scraped off what I could but there is still these square marks of residue. If I try and scrape them any further I reach the green...

I haven't used any topcoat yet, this is just one coat of primer.

Hi all, anyone know anything about these by any chance? I've was filling holes and decided to spot prime them before going in with the topcoat. Problem is I seem to be getting quite a bit of flashing through the primer, is this normal? How do I fix it if not? The primer I've been using is...