staining

Hello, Newly painted ceiling has caused this yellow spotting to come through the new paint in a small box back bedroom and on the landing ceiling. House is relatively old with the previous owners not doing much in terms of painting. After noticing the colour coming through, we have since...

We've just had a new sandstone pathway installed up the side of the house and meeting the existing patio along with some patching around some removed brick planter and replacement of metal drain covers. I was aware we would never be able to match the existing stones exactly and it wouldn't be...

Hi had my kitchen ceiling skimmed about 5 weeks ago, over the top of the old ceiling which was just in a bad state. It was boarded originally. Everything has been fine, until yesterday, I noticed a yellow stain in one of the corners. Ironically it’s the corner than dried out first after...

Hi, There is a mark on our couch that i'm trying to get rid of. I've attached some pictures of it, we've tried hide soap and this hasn't worked. Simply scratching it with a finger nail doesn't work. Any ideas would be appreciated

Hi, I'm currently in the process of redecorating the hallway and stairs and I'd like to stain/varnish the handrail a dark brown which is currently painted white gloss, is it possible? What's the best approach? Is there a primer that could be used over the top of the gloss and then able a...

Morning, I'm about to sand a bedroom floor and use a rug rather than get a carpet laid (Victorian property). There is currently a stain around the edge of the floorboards, presumably when years ago people used rugs and just stained the edges. Is it ok to do this? It would save a lot of work! Or...

Hi All - Bought a house with lovely white painted rendered garden walls with York stone caps. Every cement joint between the stone caps bleeds horrible dirty brown stains down the walls. How do I stop this from happening? Repainting lasts a month, if that. As you can see, these walls have fence...

Hey all, hoping for some advice please. I live in a first floor flat that used to be an outbuilding, stone walls as far as I'm aware, not sure of the type of plaster (I've never been told about the property itself) usually very cold inside. The property has been in my family for a long time, it...

We've sanded down our table due to it having a few marks and im stuck as to what to do next. I'm not sure what was used previous, the table felt smooth and had to be sanded down as we spilt nail Polish remover on it.The 2 benches are in perfect condition and if I can get away with just painting...

Hi We have a bronze fireplace - it was custom made in bronze with an ornamental open gas flame fire inside (all looks great, but not very good at heating). Anyway, I think rain water has dripped down the chimney and splashed over the bronze box that forms the fireplace. There are small green...

After much deliberation, I decided to clad my garden studio in ply sheets and some cedar as an added feature. I will cut the ply sheets so they have a shadow gap between each one so will definitely need to treat the edges properly which will be exposed. I want to stain the ply a dark...

Not sure if this is the best forum for this query, but hope someone can advise. After much deliberation, I decided to clad my garden studio in ply sheets and some cedar as an added feature. I will cut the ply sheets so they have a shadow gap between each one so will definitely need to treat...

Hello, I've sanded my landing floorboards and have found some damage I'd like to fill. I'm using Osmo stain and polyx oil, which are good products, so I got their natural wood filler after talking to Osmo. Having tested a bit of off cut floorboard it looks awful after staining, quite obvious...

Hi all Hope you can help! I'm (trying to) restore my stair case. The plan is to stain the treads, newel posts and rail dark, and paint the risers white. Have got as far as remving the carpet, hundreds of nails/staples, stripping the paint from the treads/risers etc, and have now started...