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I've just had some natural slate tiles laid in my fireplace. They are mainly grey with some rusty colours which is the rustic look I was after. When they are wet it does bring out the colours so my friend who laid them suggested I varnish them with clear matt varnish to get the same effect...

Hope this is the right category as the problem I have is with the plaster but I want to know what's best preparation for painting - I've stripped the walls of paper and sugar soaped them intending to paint on the plastered wall. One of the walls is riddled with hairline cracks, another looks...

I've just exposed a brick fireplace after removing gas fire and horrid cladding! I intend to put together some oak beams as a chunky fire surround and I would like a more 'natural' look by keeping the bricks bare inside the fireplace recess - however they are quite sooty. I have scrubbed them...