I'm no stranger to painting although I don't think I'm that great at it.
Currently painting my downstairs cloakroom toilet - nightmare as it's too cramped however the plumber is hopefully going to remove ALL fixtures soon so I can paint, and then replace with new stuff.
My two questions:
1) The walls were dark blue, and I've just put on one coat of the new paint, a very light Apple Green. It's quite streaky. Initially I thought it's just because it's the first coat, 2 more coats and it will be fine. However, should I have put on an undercoat or something first?
2) The walls are pretty rubbish, uneven and a bit lumpy. This can't really be rectified - i.e. by sanding them down. There is also a wooden bit which covers some pipes and that's not great looking. I guess the only way around it is to re-plaster which isn't really worth it in this case - anyone else dealt with rubbish looking walls?
3) Where or what brand of roller is good? I used one tonight from homebase and it was so poor, it barely put any paint on the wall.
Thanks,
Rabbit
Currently painting my downstairs cloakroom toilet - nightmare as it's too cramped however the plumber is hopefully going to remove ALL fixtures soon so I can paint, and then replace with new stuff.
My two questions:
1) The walls were dark blue, and I've just put on one coat of the new paint, a very light Apple Green. It's quite streaky. Initially I thought it's just because it's the first coat, 2 more coats and it will be fine. However, should I have put on an undercoat or something first?
2) The walls are pretty rubbish, uneven and a bit lumpy. This can't really be rectified - i.e. by sanding them down. There is also a wooden bit which covers some pipes and that's not great looking. I guess the only way around it is to re-plaster which isn't really worth it in this case - anyone else dealt with rubbish looking walls?
3) Where or what brand of roller is good? I used one tonight from homebase and it was so poor, it barely put any paint on the wall.
Thanks,
Rabbit