paint

Hello! So decided to redecorate a bedroom ourselves. Removed wallpaper, scrubbed, sanded, cleaned, primed, skimmed and one coat of primer/undercoat. My issue is I have a few areas where I can see 'steps' from where I've skimmed, my fault for not sanding well enough in these areas. Can I use...

Hi, I need to bond and seal a piece of timber which is already over painted with a sikkens oils based paint to some bricks. Whats a decent sealant adhesive that will work on oil based paints? Is stixall any good and will it adhere to timber that has an oil based paint? Any advice and...

Hi, I’ve recently had a new bathroom installed and it’s pretty much finished bar the freshly plastered ceiling. I know I need to put on a mist coat first and paint over that with a specialist bathroom paint. What I’m not so clear on is what paint to use for the mist coat in a bathroom. Would...

Disclaimer: I'm not good with DIY at all, but lockdown and situations have forced us to do some stuff ourselves that we would normally contract out for. "Should have paid someone" isn't particularly helpful so I'll save your time writing in saying "I know" in advance. We've recently tried to...

Hi All, Had the house replastered recently. Due to bright white led downlights i could see imperfections. Anyways few rooms filled with easi fill and Tourpet decorators skim. Sanded them smooth. Wiped down the surfaces. Spot primed filled areas. Firstly with wateree down emulsion. Then zinsser...

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help with this. I have a radiator pipe that goes into the radiator, but just before that it splits off to a short terminated end that I assume would have been connected elsewhere long ago... this small end of pipe has some straggly 'thread' hanging off it. Perhaps...

Hi All. Looking at doing a spot of decorating ahead of Christmas and looking for paint recommendations. Current The walls are all Magnolia on plaster with White ceilings. What The lounge and hallway need to be painted totaling around 75m2 Requirements 1. The paint needs to be cleanable as we...

We’ve bought a new build And due to the amount of remedial work and quality of paint work, considering re doing the house. How much would you say it would cost DIY vs Labour Most areas are in good condition, just needs the odd sanding, undercoat and paint. Been looking at scrubbable matts...

Hey all, I'm in the middle of tiling my kitchen, simple splashback around the counters. I'm not overly happy with the colours now I see it up and I'm wondering if I should stop and paint the tiles with Ronseal before grouting? Do you think this would work well? I'm thinking it would look better...

I have started decorating my refurbished house with 50/50 mist coat and then 2 coat by roller. As I`m not very fast I managed to due few rooms on the last fews days. A friend of mine has a wagner airless sprayer and was thinking to borrow it. Any experience? good finish? durability? Any...

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...

I have had for dat all house with 3mm multifinish plastering. Now it's time to start painting. From where I start? I understand a first coat of white Matt 50/50 with water and then second and third coat of paint only or just diluted with a bit of water. Any pva? Any tip on how to paint...

Hi I’ve got an outside tap with blue mdpe pipe. 2 questions 1)I’d like to insulate it - guessing with the standard grey foam tubes. do I insulate the wider elbow connections and how/what with? 2) What’s the best way to paint the insulation so it blends in on the render wall. Thanks in advance.

Rendered and skimmed wall, vinyl paint. What is the vest prep? It doesn't seem like a good surface to tile, maybe a good scoring with el diablo or a plasterers roughing out saw? Maybe bolster the skim off? What's the usual way to proceed? Thank you Dain

Does anyone know of a good product for repairing the enamel where an integrated oven mounts to the unit? I bought an ex-display unit and someone has managed to damage it in the process of removal Enamel is a gloss grey and I don't need much but not sure which products are suitable and not too...

Hi, Just a quick one. We repaired and painted (both weathershield undercoat and satinwood) an old external bay window and we have some stains which have bled through. When internal we have used B.I.N before and its worked great, however it states not suitable for external. So question is, would...

Got 20+ 5ft fence panels that need their first "paint". Want to "paint' (or spray) a clear/natural wood colour but all the usual Ronseal fence/shed stuff is browns, greys, greys, blues, etc. What can I use???? (Remember I have to do at least 20 panels (both sides of at least 8)

Hi, I have a mid 1940s house so am assuming that the wooden skirtings, door frames etc are likely to contain lead... Should I be worried that many areas have chips exposing bare wood underneath and a few areas are flaky, potentially exposing my family to lead? (I used to think that as long as...

Does anyone have any recommendations for the best Shed and Fence paints? I have been using Cuprinol 5 Year Ducksback but I am finding that on the fence in particular its fading in sort of yellowish bits on the fence and not lasting five years. On the shed there is some fading on the door but...

I’m in the process of redecorating our living room. I stripped off the wallpaper and found a layer of white paint beneath that wad flaking off in many places, so I decided to strip this all off as well. I want to paint the walls so I patched and sanded them where needed and then washed down with...