Paint mudding in the corners!!!!!!!!!!!

[darren7]

No matter how hard I try I seem to get the vinyl matt mudding in the corners,

The architrave against the wall.

I get the small mudding cracks as though the paint is too thick, I have tried thinning it down but still no luck, and putting it on nice and thin.

I have used a decorators calk first, and on some I have used a flexible one, should I use a flexi one? Why do people use them? As emulsion does not really flex…. What ones do the pros use please (brand and link if you can.

So really I am stuck between using a flexible or not?

I have even tried to use a thinned down oil base first then go over it very lightly with the emulsion …ggggggggrrrrrrrr and have even waited a few weeks after calking



Any methods and advise please


Darren

 

[Zampa]

Its probably doing it becuase the caulk is thick and is slowly drying..

 

[darren7]

Ok glad you replied...

what about all the other questions... flexible or not? when to use?

is there a brand you really like?

I did try letting it dry for a few weeks..then a little oil based thinned down.. nib it down and a thin coats of emulsion.


Darren

 

[Zampa]

There isnt a non flexible caulk,,thats what its designed for really.

Cant really say about which brand the trade use, theres so many and people have their favourites, but IMO leyland/mangers stuff is crap.

Polycell do a decent one

I would rake out whats there, and fill it again, if its a big gap, more than say3-4 mm id go for traditional filler.

Most caulks can be overpainted after and hour...but thay dont mean they are dry..it just means they have skinned over enough.

Do your caulk and leave it a week if thats possible.