Decorating Question

Chriswil

I am about to paint some of the rooms in my house. The house is a year old and has never been painted before, except the builders painting everything magnolia and white.

Due to some shrinkage - blown tapes and nail marks showing through the paint on the ceiling, the builder sent out some painters. The painters scraped off the cracked/blown bits and scraped a filler over these bits. They left them to dry before coming back to paint over them.

The result is fantastic, absolutely no hint of a painting touch-up. Unfortunately some other bits have gone and the builder is no longer liable for shrinkage.

Does anyone know what the filler was - it dried a sort of yellow colour, and was almost like honey when applied...

Any help greatly appreciated.

Chris

Mustang

Sorry .. no idea what it was.

I don't paint plaster walls directly. I always use lining paper, and paint on that. You can get different thicknesses of lining paper to cover over various type of imperfections.

Cymraeg_2

Not sure what the builders used by your description , but try using a product called "Decorator's Caulk" .
You should be able to get this in any DIY type store .