Painting & Decorating Questions

painting walls and trim the same
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I am currently redecorating my bedroom. The plan is to decorate the room in question with black paint with shaker panelling on one of the walls. The walls have been newly plastered and wooden beams have been purchased to construct the panelling. What materials/ products would I need to get …

Decking paint mix?
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Can you mix oil based undercoat to boiled linseed oil to coulor in for decking

What to use to seal naturally distressed painted floorboards?
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We have a floorboards which were originally painted with white paint which has distressed in places over time and we'd like to preserve the distressed look it now has. What kind of sealer/ top coat would be best to use? We don't want to sand down the current floor as …

Pasting Lining Paper
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Need to line walls with lining paper but the wallpaper chosen is a paste the wall wallpaper. Can you paste lining paper or should I ignore the paste the wall instructions and paste the wallpaper?

Is Johnstones Trade Flexi Satin suitable for old UPVC frames?
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I have some rather dated UPVC window frames that could benefit from an update. A local decorator suggested applying Johnstones trade flexi satin ( no primer needed) i just wanted to check thoughts on this ?

Wall panels falling down with skim coat
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Wall panels fall down with skimming layer, it’s only done in 3 months, but already falling down. I think it’s the glue applied not evenly and too much, and should not install on skimming layer. Anyone can give good advice or even can fix it?

How to remove paint from grooves less than half an inch wide?
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My bathroom ceiling had mold coming through it. There looks like there are at least 2 coats of paint on it. I have used a heat gun to get rid of alot of the paint but the ceiling has small gooves running along the width of it. It's kind of …

where bathroom tiles meet bathroom ceiling there's ?
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washed my bathroom ceiling over bath side as looked grubby it dried horribly. looks worse and needs painting. in one corner, small mould spots on what looks like caulk what do i do about this when painting ceiling please

How to stop screed floor paint getting marked?
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I’m having an issue with the floor in my cafe. It’s a screed floor, which has been down for 12 months. The landlords decorator then applied Polycote Flortex PU Twin Pack before 2 coats of Armstead TR floor paint. As we are currently closed due to Covid-19, we decided to …

Rough door frame / jamb
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Hi there, I live in a ‘30’s property and despite best efforts I cannot get a good finish on the interior door frames. I am useless with filler if that is even the route to go. I do not want to replace the frames as it’s a first floor maisonette …