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HI,
I didnt like our fire surround.
So I
1) Took off the decorative mouldings (which made it look old fashioned to me)
2) went over it with fine sand paper
3) 2 coats of primer
4) its now had 3 coats of white paint
My problems are 1) i can STILL see where the decorative mouldings were and 2) see where the brown was underneath!
I wanted it proper white! To look like it was bought white.
Im so frustrated.
I hate diy. Cant afford anything else at the moment. This is it before (with mouldings taken off) and now the photos afte. Ive failed miserably so far.
What can i do. Photos dont do justice to how bad it is!!! Its patchy. Blotchy. See through and like I said and OBVIOUSLY see where the mouldings were. Especially in natural light didnt i sand enough?
I didnt like our fire surround.
So I
1) Took off the decorative mouldings (which made it look old fashioned to me)
2) went over it with fine sand paper
3) 2 coats of primer
4) its now had 3 coats of white paint
My problems are 1) i can STILL see where the decorative mouldings were and 2) see where the brown was underneath!
I wanted it proper white! To look like it was bought white.
Im so frustrated.
I hate diy. Cant afford anything else at the moment. This is it before (with mouldings taken off) and now the photos afte. Ive failed miserably so far.
What can i do. Photos dont do justice to how bad it is!!! Its patchy. Blotchy. See through and like I said and OBVIOUSLY see where the mouldings were. Especially in natural light didnt i sand enough?
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