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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...

Hi... I have an upcoming bit of painting to do but the last few times I've done any I've encountered problems with the emulsion smearing rather than sticking when applied but it only seems to happen at internal corners for two or three inches across each wall. Any ideas why this might be and...

Read a couple of other threads that might go some way to explain this, but was going to post this anyway, just in case they end up being unrelated. Painting my hallway, stairs and landing in the same matt magnolia; all has gone well except for the two opposing stairs walls; about 1-5 mins after...

Hi everyone, I’m new here. My partner and I recently bought a terraced house, built around the 60s. The old wallpaper in our bedroom wasn’t done to a great standard, and we also struggle with mould which we think is affecting my partners breathing. We had a survey done when we were buying it...

I’ve just stripped the wallpaper off my bedroom, and there is a layer of old yellow emulsion paint The house was built in the 1950s, and I was wondering if emulsion ever contained lead.

Hi all, I'd like to paint one or two walls in my living room green, but the room doesn't get much natural light (and those walls are the darkest). I found a photo online of the colour I'd like to paint it (attached), but all the samples I've tried look way too dark in the space. The lightest...

Our bathroom ceiling has been peeling for a few months maybe a year. I always thought it was textured paint but now I'm not sure after reading about artex. Is there anyway to tell if it's artex or textured paint? It's very thin? I'm absolutely scared now of the dangers of asbestos as we have...

Does anyone know how much (if any) difference spray painting wooden soffits makes compared to painting with a roller? I originally got quoted £1.3k to get my soffits painted, and was told the paint should last around 5 years before I need to get it replaced. I thought that was a bit pricy, so...

Hi all, I've bought a house and the wooden soffits have clearly seen better days (I've attached pictures of the worst bit, just outside the bathroom window). My question is: can I get away with simply getting someone to repaint them, or are they too far gone and need to be replaced? Any advice...

Hello - I’ve recently painted wooden panels of a bay window white. Used x2 coats of zinsser 123 primer / stain killer and x2 dukux satinwood. It needs a final coat, likely with wooden roller, to even put some patches. I’m not sure I like the blue undertones in dukux satinwood all white. Is it...

Hi.... I have just built a short length of new fencing to my boundary and want to paint the face that will be on the neighbours side. I would like to paint it so that it looks decent from their side. There is nobody living there at the moment as it was rented out but the house is now being...

I have an artexed bathroom ceiling which was painted with some dulux bathroom paint about 9 years back. Its grown mould and has started peeling and cracking (aligatoring ) in areas. So far I've scraped what i can peel off but restricted due to it being artexed and then I've wiped it down with...

Hi all, I've recently bought a house in the Cotswolds and am looking to paint the door sage green. The house was built in the 80s and therefore doesn't have the old yellowy Cotswold stone - it's a newer, probably reconstituted, more creamy colour. All the info I can find online for paint colours...

Hello all, I have Internal aerated concrete blocks (aac) that have been painted. I've read https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/wet-plastering-aerated-lightweight-blocks.177624/ And I'm undecided on what I need to do. 1. Do I render? Then skim? (What's difference between plaster) 2. Originally...

I have a garden building which is about 7 years old, its not really made of the most rot resistant wood so I have had to do a bit of maintenance. Last year I made a new window frame I quickly painted it with Cuprinol Garden shades, but the whole south side is looking very tired mainly because...

I have some laminated (vinyl type wrap or something) MDF kitchen cabinet doors. some of the MDF around the edges has swelled up from moisture. I intend to sand it down and use some 2 part filler to reshape what I can. I then want to paint the door but unsure what type of paint to use and the...