Any tips on using sugar soap on painted woodwork?
The paintwork in my house – doors, skirting boards – is discoloured through tobacco smoke. I intend using Mangers Sugar Soap to clean it down, now that we have both stopped smoking.
I have read somewhere that unless you wash every last trace of it off the woodwork, you will have problems painting. But I don’t intend painting it for a while – the paint is sound. Its just discolouration.
Any experiences or tips?
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: doors, experiences, paint, painting, paintwork, skirting boards, soap, tobacco smoke, woodwork
How can I remove spilt paint from flagstones?
Whilst painting the woodwork at the top of my house with white paint, I inadvertently spilt some drops of paint on to the flagstones below. When I say some, I mean a lot.
I’ve tried blasting them with a pressure washer, but to no avail. Any other ideas, please?
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: avail, flagstones, painting, pressure washer, white paint, woodwork
Is it possible to get sadoline out of wood?
The people we bought our house from painted the doors, frames, windowsills, etc in sadoline which is *very* red. I want to paint the the woodwork white, but will the pain stay on? Will it chip off easily? Will I need to sand or plane the wood?
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: doors, woodwork
What can you paint woodwork in that doesn't completely stink?
We have a lot of woodwork which needs painting in our house.
I did some glosswork yesterday and the smell made me feel incredibly sick. It doesn’t help that I’m 6 months pregnant either (and apparently shouldn’t even be using gloss)
What else can we use that won’t smell so bad?
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: gloss, painting, woodwork
how much should a painter and decorator charge to paint my living room 1 coat on the ceiling and 2 coats on?
the walls and 1 coat on the woodwork the room is approx 18 by 18 feet also how much to paper a bedroom with 7 rolls ive done ceiling and woodwork
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: woodwork
Painting a kitchen, colour advice for old house?
My mums very old, cold house has a massive kitchen with lots of uneven walls to emulsion and lots of wood to gloss. At the moment the walls are sky blue and the woodwork is sunflower yellow, so nice and bright. We want a complete change in colour scheme but we haven’t a clue, it’s been this colour for about 15 years so nervous to change it and make a mistake – any ideas, please! The wood has to be painted not stripped, some of it is chipboard covering pipes etc.
Had a look at Farrow and Ball found some ideas thanks
…..Wow, moved 16 times! I was thinking of 3 colours, you’ve given me lots of ideas something to thinik about (for ages)!
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: clue, colour scheme, colours, emulsion, farrow and ball, mistake, mums, pipes, sky blue, woodwork
How much for s decorator to paint my house?
how much would this cost approximatley. I have 2 small bedrooms and 2 large bedrooms. 2 bathrooms & down stairs WC. hall landing and stairs. Kitchen, 2 medium sized downstairs rooms and a very large living room. I want all the walls ceilings and woodwork re painting. there is some filling and sanding to be done in each room but its a tiny amout. what will this cost me and how long should it take
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: amp, bathrooms, bedrooms, ceilings, downstairs rooms, hall landing, large living room, painting, stairs, woodwork
FAO Painters and Decorators-Why has the white under-coat I used got a brown tinge through it?
It was a brand new tin of paint, brushes were clean, I can’t think why this has happened and want to avoid it on the final coat.
OK if is damp will it dry off eventually
OK if is damp will it dry off eventually?
It is woodwork I am painting
Categories: Decorators surrey Tags: paint brushes, tin, woodwork