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by timtx2
Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:59 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: No! No! No! Silk emulsion straight onto new plaster! Help!
Replies: 8
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Re: No! No! No! Silk emulsion straight onto new plaster! Help!

Well, we got it all off by eventually having to sand it down. Scraping was gouging holes in the plaster; not good! Just went with different grades of paper until we found one that removed the paint but left the plaster smooth. It was a helluva job, and the dust was quite simply ridiculous. I'm afrai...
by timtx2
Mon May 06, 2013 11:10 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: No! No! No! Silk emulsion straight onto new plaster! Help!
Replies: 8
Views: 42807

Re: No! No! No! Silk emulsion straight onto new plaster! Hel

Thanks for the reply - I bought something similar from Wickes (in fact it looks identical) but the blade edge is 'squared' definitely not razor edge. Admittedly it is a thin piece of metal, but I can run my finger across its edge with no fear of cutting myself, so not sharp. More like the normal scr...
by timtx2
Mon May 06, 2013 11:29 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: No! No! No! Silk emulsion straight onto new plaster! Help!
Replies: 8
Views: 42807

No! No! No! Silk emulsion straight onto new plaster! Help!

Please don't anyone have a go at me, I am upset by what I've done as it is, and the wife has been in tears. We both have a great deal of difficulty with manual labour through various age related 'ailments' we have, so to do it ourselves was a big thing for us. A few months ago, we had our kitchen ar...
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