Preparing walls for redecoration

Yorkie1

No sense of adventure, some people :rotfl:

Yorkie1

Ah, I knew there was another proper question to ask.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't use a sander to sand down the polyfilla (on fine paper, obviously)? Or must it be done by hand?

keystone

You'll get a better result if you do it by hand rather than using mechanical assistance.

Cheers.

vivatifosi

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Don't suppose anyone wants to tell me whether to have putting green or soft coffee in the kitchen?! That's the main dilemma!! :rotfl:

I have a green kitchen at the moment and will shortly paint a similar colour to soft coffee if that helps. It's a minty green and quite a nice colour, makes the kitchen look jolly if that makes sense, but it's a dated colour and has to go. My kitchen is north facing, so never a very bright room and I know it will look less bright with the more muted colour.

jcb208

Get oe of these

Will be the one of the best decorating tools you have owned,saves sore fingers and you can rub the filler flat as well as all the walls .Also uses the glass paper on the rolls so a wide choice

Yorkie1

Thanks jcb - what actually is it and I'm not sure what you mean by glass paper on rolls?

I'm proud of myself so far - painted my first ever ceiling. Didn't fall off the ladder or drop the paint! Hopefully I won't see any patches in the morning!!

Went for overtly olive in the kitchen and natural hessian in the main dining room. I know you were all on tenterhooks wondering!!

jcb208

Its a hand sander ,the paper clips between the 2 ends and give you a flat surface when sanding.Easier to use then a pole sander If you have not had the practice.Rolls of paper HERE

shegirl

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Thanks jcb - what actually is it and I'm not sure what you mean by glass paper on rolls?

I'm proud of myself so far - painted my first ever ceiling. Didn't fall off the ladder or drop the paint! Hopefully I won't see any patches in the morning!!

Went for overtly olive in the kitchen and natural hessian in the main dining room. I know you were all on tenterhooks wondering!!

I love overtly olive!Glad you didn't go for coffee-too many people using certain colours.Lacks personality!

Yorkie1

Well, given that overtly olive was the only colour almost out of stock in Homebase, I do wonder whether the whole country and its sister are now using it and that I'm behind the trend!

Leif

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Thought I'd resurrect my old thread as the new one would just have the same title!

(Different room from the first enquiry though, I'm not that slow at things, well not always :cool: ).

Anyway, I have two new questions which I hope you can help with.

1. I polyfilla'd some cracks yesterday using the plaster repair powder mixed with water. It says leave 24 hours before sanding etc. What would happen if it was nearer 16h?

I finished at about 5 pm yesterday and could either sand first thing this morning or after doing the ceiling coat(s) of paint by about lunchtime.

A couple of the cracks were about 6mm deep, the rest were about 2-3mm deep.

I learnt to try and fill flush to reduce the amount of sanding. For deep holes it does tend to shrink, so two coats are needed. I think drying time will depend on room temperature and the suction from the wall, bare plaster having high suction and painted walls having no suction.

Yorkie1 wrote: »

2. More about painting sequence than prep. I have coving which is painted the same colour as the ceiling. In which sequence is it best to paint the ceiling and coving? I guess there are 3 elements: roller the ceiling, brush around edges of ceiling, brush on coving. (My Dad did this last time when I was out at work!)

It makes sense to cut in the edges first, then roller, otherwise you see brush marks around the edges. Doing it this way, the roller covers most of the brush marks, to give a more even finish. Anyway, it probably makes sense to cut in an area of ceiling/wall, then roller, then cut in, and so on, so you roller over cutting in while wet.