| Contributor |
Post |
Category |
Post ID No. |
| Butterfingers |
Q. I painted my garage door acouple of months ago as it was
looking tatty. This forum is now closed
lately I noticed the paint started to flake off.
it was a bare metal door with no rust but I put undercoat and gloss
finish on it.
wots gone wrong! |
Painting metal |
120501 |
| Chev |
A. It sounds like yuor garage door was galvanized.
I believe that needs a special zinc primer or the like. |
Painting metal |
120501 |
| Big Ted |
A. Hi BF, before you can paint the door with a
suitable primer you must scrape off every bit of paint back to the bare metal
or if you wait long enuf it will eventually fall off! ;-) |
Painting metal |
120501 |
| Arabella |
A. Benjamin Moore make a primer for aluminium and galvanized metal but you can use it on anything - glass, plastic, anything smooth, even your fridge! |
Painting metal |
120501 |
| Vicky Pollard |
Q. How much more rolls is needed if you pick a big pattern over a smallpattern. Thanx. |
Wallpaper |
140501 |
| Chev |
A.If you have a very small or random pattern then you should get 4 lengths from a roll in an average height room (7'6" or about 230cm) but with a medium sized pattern then you will only get 3 lengths from a roll. So a room could be done with 8 rolls with a very small pattern and the same room with a big pattern will take 11 rolls. |
Wallpaper |
140501 |
| Leonie |
Q. We are considering papering all the ceilings in our house with embossed wallpapers. I was wondering what sort of cost we might be looking at. The ceiling are smooth and painted at the moment. |
Wallpaper |
140502 |
| Mr Spock |
A. I had my lounge ceiling done recently. For a start you need a professional paperhanger and you have to clear all furniture out of the room so they can set their gangplanks up. I needed 5 rolls at about £100+ and the man charged £140 for a few hours work. Remember if you get ceiling paper that needs to be painted afterwards that pushes up the cost.Good luck. |
Wallpaper |
140502 |
| Colette |
Q. I painted my kitchen a sort of wedgewood blue colour but it seems to light and dark all over the place. Where I cut in at top of ceilings and edge of walls is lighter than the areas I rooled in. Do I need to paint it all again. |
Colors |
220501 |
| Bozzle.com |
A. You will find the answer on this page Colour Problems. You will need to re-paint. |
Colors |
220501 |
