painting & decorating

Hi all, hoping you can help. We’ve recently had our hallway and landing plastered. Paid going rate (had a few quotes) but the finish is not what we were expecting. It’s rough in places and I’m worried about the finished look once we paint. should we mist coat and then sand bits? Or sand bits...

Hi all. I have recently purchased a house, and it is becoming quite evident that the previous owner DIY skills were lacking. See attached photos. Whats the best way to tidy up these corners. Im going to paint a different colour, but it looks like he has slapped the paint without a care in the...

Is there any way I can manage this problem? What should I do? Thanks for your time and I look forward to your response.

Good morning, We are in the process of decorating our house and need to pick the paint for our kitchen. Do you have any recommendations of shades of white to use? Our units are ivory, worktop is wood and woodwork and doors are white. We have used Dulux almond white throughout the rest of...

Hi ya! I was wondering if any of you knows of any alternative to Gardz for sealing the wall after removing wallpaper! I'm on very low income and the place I've just moved into to save money has incredible awful wallpaper. I am ok in doing all the work, I just can't really afford to spend the...

Hi Recently moved into a new house and I'm looking to do a quick, cheap makeover of my kitchen as I can't afford to rip it all out and get a brand new one just now. One of the things I want to do is try and paint the horrible old plastic(!) ceiling that's in there (see pictures attached). How...

Hi thought we'd decorate the downstairs toilet and the previous owner had music note pages all stuck on one wall which initially looked nice & unique. After steaming off the pages and removing a mirror he'd put up using no nails and screws the wall's not looking too good. Where do i...

Hello, My back door was installed only last year but I have noticed that a few cracks have started to appear. I sanded the door down and was told to apply wood hardener all over the door, which I did. I am planning to fill the cracks with a wood filler. Am I right in thinking that my next steps...

Does anyone have any ideas on how to best go about painting over old, patchy and well adhered paint? I've taken the wall paper off my kitchen walls and have been left with well adhered and patchy paint. From previous experience, I know just painting over this will just show the problem and not...

Im about to start a small project making an office space in a small room/large cupboard under the stairs. The previous owner seemed to have painted the plastered walls with masonary paint. I want a smooth finish on the walls and am wondering how i should go about removing the paint? will it...

Evening, we had a loft extension built in 2000 and the walls in the stairwell leading to it were boarded and skimmed over, I then papered the walls but now want to paint them. I have just removed all the paper with a wall paper steamer and noticed that the walls were very slippery (obviously...

Hi all, started using the diamond range from Dulux yesterday, hot day, add around 7% of water added to help consistency. It was quite smooth anyway, though, thought add some water would help. Though as soon as roll paint on walls and final lap the wet edges 3 mins later, literally the paint is...

Hi all, started using the diamond range from Dulux yesterday, hot day, add around 7% of water added to help consistency. It was quite smooth anyway, though, thought add some water would help. Though as soon as roll paint on walls and final lap the wet edges 3 mins later, literally the paint is...

Hi guys, I am having serious problems with this Paint finish (Diamond), i opted for highest durability finish tinted colour (dusted moss 4) to paint over my 5 year old emulsion painted wall.Though i have been having a nightmare with this paints drying times. It is just drying way to quickly...

hello! I hope someone can help. We recently had a hallway replastered, following a damp course. I applied a mist coat of watered down emulsion, and it has come up with a mapping effect - that is to say big raised patches where the mist coat hasn’t properly sunk into the walls. I somewhat...

Which would be the better and long lasting application, zinnser allcoat or sikkens filter plus on exterior timber windows/doors to protect wood from rain and rot and repeat maintenance?

I have timber doors and windows on a 1940s semi. On the front on the property the windows and doors have a dark oak stained finish. On the rear they have a dark brown gloss painted finish. I can see some paint is flaking off and there appears to be a grey finish underneath - i'm assuming its...

I have timber doors and windows on a 1940s semi. On the front on the property the windows and doors have a dark oak stained finish. On the rear they have a dark brown gloss painted finish. I can see some paint is flaking off and there appears to be a grey finish underneath - i'm assuming its...

Hi, A few years back I covered our walls with heavy duty lining paper as the plaster was ok but not perfect enough for painting. I was careful to let the paste soak on each piece of paper for 15 mins per run, before hanging then I made sure I carefully butted each piece bang on with no...

Hi, I am in he middle of decorating and am not sure what paint to buy. Ronseal looks best for damp and mould, but I'm not actually sure which I have in my spare room. I instantly thought mould but now I'm thinking damp, even though it goes across the ceiling too. Worst affected area is around...