paint

I have a south-facing back bedroom that has developed a couple of problems that may or may not be connected. A small stain has appeared on the ceiling a couple of feet from the external wall. There is some staining in the same area between the coving and the wall. Above this are solar panels...

Hi there, I'm trying to paint the outside of my house and I've got to remove this old masonry paint. I've been scrubbing with a wire brush and scraping for hours and I've barely covered 10% of the bricks, and even then its just the outermost flakiest layers I've removed. Any tips how to get this...

Hi folks. I'm planning to paint the floor (after rescreeding) and the breeze block walls on the inside of my garage. I'll paint the breeze block with a normal interior white emulsion, probably watered down to seal. At the bottom of the interior of the external walls there are two rows of brick...

Hello, I’ve recently moved into a 300-year-old cottage which, due to its age, does not have a damp course. Before I moved in, there were no visible signs of damp on the paintwork. However, within days of repainting the walls, several dark patches have started to appear—particularly on the walls...

I need to paint a garden clothes pole. I have sanded and washed it all down. The top part though was quite rusty and I had to use wire brush attachment on my drill and sand paper. Could I use some blue Hammerite Paint that I have as primer before painting? Would it be ok then to just paint...

Ive recently been painting our skirting boards and door frames with satinwood, and I'm now noticing the 6 panel doors which are 10 years old could do with a touch up,can these be painted? It doesn't look like I can sand them much. I'm also wondering if I can repair the hole in one of the doors...

any ideas on what to do? I recently had all my walls plastered. I left them just over a week to dry and then used an undercoat designed for metal accidentally. The paint is oil based, so I just wanted to check what was best to do? Should I use a paint stripper like paint panther? Will this...

Hi Experts, To caveat, I believe this may be a form of flashing and I know the best thing to do is to paint the whole wall, however, it’s a difficult to do area with two windows (with curtains) and a door and I am all DIY’d out, so think I’ll just leave it for now if this is the best it can be...

Recently purchased a house and wanted to repaint the walls in the office. Assuming it is drywall/plasterboard. I started by washing down the walls with some light soap and water - which resulted in most of the existing white paint coming right off the wall and into the bucket. It did the same...

Looking for new paint, I was thinking of buying this dulux paint as we need something more tough and washable. The only issue is, would we be able to use that paint over this vinyl Matt that we already have? All of our walls are currently painted with vinyl matt

I was gifted a mouldshield fungicidal matt Dulux trade can several years ago and paint has been great. I now need to do some touch up on my bathroooms but they only sell 5L can and cost close to £100 I was wondering what you guys use that keep same quality and spec without spending a fortune...

Hello. One of my bedrooms had its ceiling replastered about 5 years ago and I, at the time, foolishly and unknowingly, didn't mist coat it. It doesn't look terrible, but I'm not particularly happy with it (or myself). We have spotlights in the room and it's very obvious where I've cut in, and...

Stripped wallpaper off and I'm left with this. How would I prepare this wall for painting? Thanks

Hi I've bought Valspar Trade Walls and Ceilings Tough Matt paint, tinted with Blueberry Ice from B&Q -...

Hi, I`m thinking to refurb my 1930`s stair. I removed the carpet and started sanding down the old paint. It coming out ok. I will need to fill down some hole but overall seems very good and strong timber. Can anyone suggest what product like stain and oil to use and what would be the process...

We have fully stripped the old lining paper from 2 rooms in our house. The paper was laid quite poorly and came away easily, however it revealed old lime plaster which has quite a few hairline cracks. I have bought a lime based filler to smooth over the cracks and we intend to just paint this...

Hi all. So I have a wall that is plastered which meets a ceiling that is plasterboard. I need to take the ceiling board down in the future to run some pipes so don't want to joint tape and fill just yet but also don't want the horrible plaster colour for a couple of months so would like to...

So I’ve moved into a new build at the end of March and just gotten around to trying to paint the plaster walls. I had a viewing in January and the walls had been plastered by then so they’ve had at least a few months to dry out. Went in with a mist coat as recommended and made sure to dilute it...

I’m looking to paint our door canopy white. When we got the survey completed it was stated as PVC and timber. However I want to be sure to get the right paint and prepare the surface correctly. Can anyone provide some insight please?

Hi I painted our bannister and spindles in F&B Estate Eggshell a couple of years ago. I used F&B primer and three top coats. The original bannister was varnish and I sanded this back before priming. All was fine several months. Over time, the paint has blistered on the bannister, but only...