Hi coleby, yes there should be no problem. Just make sure the base coat is completely dry before putting on the undercoat. I would be inclined to give the primer a very light rub down first as water based ones don't seem to be as smooth a finish as the oil ones. Good luck.
Hi, not sure what you mean by "strip it off" but if you mean just remove the paper then do what you want to do then the answer would be no. To do the job so that the seams or anything else for that matter doesn't come away then the artex has to be removed. If you wet the paper with warm wa...
Hi sureflow, before anyone can answer your question it would help if we knew what paint was on it before and maybe a bit more info on the condition of the walls before you painted them as there could be a number of reasons for this happening. Let us know.
Hi hollyanne, whichever one it comes off easiest with. Just make sure that you wash it with clean water afterwards to make sure all the residue is off.
Hi, firstly you should be able to buy some beading to match the other doors either exactly or quite close to the original. As for filling the cracks you can buy a wood filler to match the colour of the wood. B&Q and most other DIY stores sell them. If you can't get exact match you can get 2 diff...
Hi hollyanne, there is no need to reskim the walls. Where the emulsion is coming off all you should need to do is use a wide filler knife and fill the areas where the emulsion has come off. Leave it to dry then sand it down so that it's flat. It will be best to then give these areas a coat or 2 of t...
Hi, whatever has happened to the ceiling shouldn't be to do with the loft. When the ceiling was last painted had it been painted before or was it new plaster? Did the paint dry very quickly? Had it been papered previously? Was it painted with ceiling white in the past? Any of these can cause it to p...
Hi, yes you could remove it with chemical stripper. If you get the type for removing emulsion it shouldn't remove the original paint underneath but saying that it could take some of it off. You could try sanding it and hope that it doesn't start peeling, or wet them with soapy water and try to get i...
Hi, if you have already emulsioned the doors then be very careful when you put the gloss on them. You need to be very careful when sanding them before you do it to make sure that all little bits are off them and that they are nice and flat. They could peel when being sanded. As for the cutting in th...
Hi, acrylic gloss is a water based paint instead of the usual oil based type. Personally I only use the oil based ones. If you are using undercoat and gloss for the rest of the woodwork then use the same on the wardrobe doors. Using emulsion on them you could get problems later on unless you are luc...
Hi, as Dan says don't put PVA on as it wont help. If it is still wet after all this time chances are that you either have damp problem or leak somewhere.
Hi, if you don't want to go to the expense of buying a stainblock try this, mix equal amounts of gloss and undercoat and paint this on the area where the stain is, then emulsion again. Make sure you mix them well.
Hi, yes I would have thought so. You will need to keep giving the sandpaper a brush off as they tend to get clogged up. But by the sounds of what you have said it shouldn't take very long to do and if you are tiling it you wont need to worry about it being too flat. Good luck.
Hi Matteo, sounds like you have got it now. If you do have settlement cracks which I'm sure you will have some they will need seeing to whichever paint you use so why not carry on and use your prefered colour. Just remember what I said about matt and silk finishes. A matt finish wont show up as much...
Hi Matteo, when I said to touch up the hairline cracks I meant to put filler in them rub them down and then put more paint on them. It doesn't matter what colour you use as it will have only been up for a short time so it shouldn't show too much. If the cracks are quite deep run a putty knife in the...
