If the walls or ceiling you wish to paint have been recently plastered then they will need to be completely dried out before any paint can be applied, this could take several weeks depending on how warm the room is. It is sensible to wait this long because if paint is applied to a plastered wall / ceiling that has not dried completely, any moisture will effectively be trapped and could result in mould growth and the paint may not 'key' to the wall / ceiling as it should, resulting in flaking and peeling. New plaster should be sealed with a primer coat before you apply the top coat(s), there … [Read more...]
PAINTING WOODWORK.
Once you have prepared the woodwork for painting (see post), seal any bare wood with a coat of wood primer. If you decide that the colour change will be very different from the original paint that is already present, as an example, painting skirting boards white that are at present green then use an undercoat, preferably one the (top coat) paint manufacturer recommends. If you need to pull back any carpet away from skirting boards, give the floor a quick brush or vac to remove any dust that will otherwise end up stuck to the paint on your brush .Apply the paint with a suitable size brush … [Read more...]
PREPARING WOODWORK FOR PAINTING.
Preparing wood surfaces for painting can take, dependant on the condition of the timber /woodwork , quite a lot of time and will require a lot of patience. The list below gives various tips on how to prepare wood surfaces dependant on their present condition. New timber / woodwork. New timber should have any knots sealed with knotting compound so the wood resin is prevented from staining the paintwork in the future, this can be purchased from most good DIY stores for around £5 to £6 and is applied with an ordinary paint brush. The timber should be lightly sanded down, cleaned off … [Read more...]
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