Paints

[Pennyviz]

And just to say that Bedec MSP have finally started tinting their paint again, which means that I can finally start on the outside windows. Hurrah I think.

 

[malcolm]

I didn't finish my outside windows during the linseed season this summer. It was always too hot, too cold, too rainy, or I was doing something else, and there are still some coats to go. Mustn't rush these things.

 

[Pennyviz]

A few years I used a decorator and he used car body filler to plug the big holes and it it hasn't lasted well as the paint has split and peeled at the junctions of wood and filler. I'm now refilling with the High performance wood filler and hoping that will last better. Anybody used either?

 

[overlander matt]

I'm having some bother getting a good covering on some old plaster cornicing with the white casein distemper. It's had multiple coats now trying to cover whatever was on it before - emulsion, shiny paint, who knows what?! It doesn't seem to like whatever it is and I need to look at an alternative to provide a base for the distemper if that's possible.

A bit annoyingly, where a new cornice was fitted, the installers seem to have slapped so much PVA on the fresh lime wall, there's a good 150-300mm band that won't cover well either! Nothing is simple... I guess this will just need some sanding off.