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Hi, I am going to paint over tanking slurry with weather shield masonry paint. The slurry is pretty dusty though. Would it be wise to spray/paint with PVA/SBR bond first? Thanks in advance Graham

So I'm decorating my living room, have put up a picture rail and painted the first coat above the picture rail with some Wickes Pink to White paint I had leftover from painting my bedroom ceiling. The first coat looked fine but I needed to do a second coat but had run out that paint, so I went...

hi everyone. i have commissioned a professional painter and i am wondering if his work is of acceptable quality. i think theres too much paint stipple on a brand new plaster? what do you think? also shouldnt the skirting be better sanded? i took a couple of pics to show but not sure how clear...

Hi, I would appreciate any tips for removing dry emulsion paint from the visible metal surrounds of bathroom spotlights and silver chrome finished rads. Thanks

I used Dulux Diamond Matt in my first rental property. Its worked out well. Tenants are just moving out after a year, and we were able to just clean all the dirt and scuff off the walls with very little effort. Dont think we will need to repaint for many years. I had put Dulux Endurance in...

hi, I spent a painstaking long time removing woodchip wallpaper from one of my bedrooms and now I'm left with something on the walls underneath. Ok, here's what I did. Once I was able to get under the wallpaper with hot soapy water in a spray bottle I scrapped all the soggy backing away and I'm...

Hi. Ive recently moved into a house of my own, thought I'd decorate the main bedroom. Put up a curtain rail. Then a couple of months later noticed it coming off the wall. So prepared the wall and used polyfiller on the wall where the holes were and where the paint had peeled away. Now its...

Hi, about 2 years ago we had the whole house re-plastered and painted when we moved in, however this one single patch has refused to dry and the paint has flaked off. It's on the left hand side of my fireplace and I haven't a clue what's causing it! Can anyone help identify it? It doesn't smell...

Hi, a DIY novice here - as you will soon realize Due to circumstances that do not reflect well on me (inexperience, incompetence, general lack of concentration) I have painted the section of our bedroom above the picture rail not with simple emulsion but with oil-based satin internal and...