primer

Hi all, We are currently looking to paint over previously wallpaper walls. We have removed the wallpaper and lining paper and filled any holes or surface imperfections we can see. However, the wall is now a mix of a very thin layer of old paint and exposed plaster. We were originally going to...

Recently purchased a house and wanted to repaint the walls in the office. Assuming it is drywall/plasterboard. I started by washing down the walls with some light soap and water - which resulted in most of the existing white paint coming right off the wall and into the bucket. It did the same...

Hi, looking for some advice, and apologies for long post. Full disclosure, I am a DIY novice and usually mess things up the first time I try to solve a problem. Here is the situation. My wife and I bought our first home just over a year ago. The former occupant smoked heavily in the main...

Hello, I am painting with sadolin superdeck black over previously painted black on gable end timbers. Have chiseled out some rot, sealed and filled with a ronseal 2 x part filler. Sanded flakey paint and filler. What type of primer, or what works best with both those TWO sanded finishes...

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...

Can anyone tell me if i can use Zinnser Gardz as a primer on cheap bare timber doors in prep for waterbased gloss?

Hi, I think I have heard it correctly that I should not use PVA on a wall before tiling. Should I use KA SBR on the plaster? https://www.wickes.co.uk/KA-SBR-Bond-Co-Polymer-Bonding-Compound---1L/p/139061# Best regards

Would appreciate advice on choice of suitable primer... I painted a Crittalls window (i.e. zinc galvanised steel) last year using this Rustins water-based paint as a primer: https://www.rustins.ltd/rustins/our-products/speciality-paints/quick-dry-galvanised-metal-primer But I didn't like the...

I got some bad advice from an overworked member of staff at a consumer DIY store. I got sold some Dulux trade solvent-based undercoat for wood and metal. Having painted this all over the walls and ceilings of a room in my house, I am realising my Farrow & Ball All White Modern Emulsion is not...

Hello, DIY-Novice here hoping to get advice on how to repair some walls I’ve stripped of lino-paper and wallpaper My intention was to strip paper, sugar soap it, sand it and then prime, before filling in crack/gaps. However I am now confused by what I’ve found underneath. In Room 1 it seems...

I have just sanded down some skirting which had a water based gloss on and whilst sanding/scraping the water based paint and whatever was beneath has flaked off in large areas revealing bare wood whilst other areas the paint remains tight. I was thinking of using bin primer to seal the bare...

I'm about to fit a couple of bespoke aluminium fascias to my extension, replacing the rotten plywood and timber mess left by the builder. My question is: what should I do to the new plywood I'll be installing, which will then be clad in the aluminium? Can it just be primed or sealed, or does it...

Mistakingly picked up the tin of acrylic eggshell instead of the acrylic primer and undercoat I'm supposed to be priming and undercoating old oil based gloss work on door frames. Once the eggshell's dry, can I just use the primer/ undercoat on top of it, and then the eggshell, or do I need to...

Hi, We recently moved into a new house and stripped a bedroom of really thick wallpaper that had also been painted. On taking off the wall paper it has also removed some of the primer / mist coat from the plaster in some quite big patches on two walls (see photos). We want the end finish to...

So I made a wet room. Half is wet - freestanding bath and shower, half has vanity unit toilet and, for arguments sake, is dry. I tanked the wet side - acrylic primer tanking strips tanking liquid before tiling. When tanking, i painted the primer and liquid 200-300mm into the dry half. Imagine a...

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...

Making some Sapele replacement windows and would like advice on the best primer to use. In the past I have seen Aluminium primer used but I was disappointed with the application. It seemed to drag and blob easily. For finishing I’ll probably use Dulux Weathershield oil based. Richard

Hi Recently moved into a new house and I'm looking to do a quick, cheap makeover of my kitchen as I can't afford to rip it all out and get a brand new one just now. One of the things I want to do is try and paint the horrible old plastic(!) ceiling that's in there (see pictures attached). How...

Hi all, I have stripped all external paint from my wooden windows for my kitchen extension, treated, filled and sanded. Checking around my garage I have only a white Interior wood Farrow & Ball Primer rather than exterior wood primer, though I do have Farrow & Ball white exterior Wood paint...

Hi, Is there are a primer paint / something similar that will even out slight bumps on a wall caused by old paint that has chipped off? e.g. like below. Last time I sanded it down with an electric sander but still as you can see the second picture the surface is uneven at an angle. Would like...