Preparing walls for redecoration

Chris25

Yorkie1 wrote: »

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

we have natural hessian too - it must be the new magnolia

I saw the olive one yesterday & think it's lovely - it would complement a dresser in my hall but we need to tackle my daughter's bedroom first & I don't want to do anymore decorating after that until the new year.

Yorkie1

'Tis moi again.

Did the first coat of wall paint yesterday lunchtime / early afternoon. It looks great, except there's still a couple of damp spots on the chimney breast. Not sure why but there you are.

I suppose the answer to the question "Do I need to wait until they are dry before doing the second coat?" is Yes?

Leif

Chris25 wrote: »

we have natural hessian too - it must be the new magnolia

I think it is. According to some pro decorators on one forum, natural calico (Dulux) is the most popular colour and natural hessian is popular too. I discovered a bit too late that Almond White is almost the same as natural calico, but a bit nicer to my eye. I'm sure Farrow and Ball call the equivalent colour elephant's diarrhoea, or septic abscess, something suitably silly.

Leif

Yorkie1 wrote: »

'Tis moi again.

Did the first coat of wall paint yesterday lunchtime / early afternoon. It looks great, except there's still a couple of damp spots on the chimney breast. Not sure why but there you are.

I suppose the answer to the question "Do I need to wait until they are dry before doing the second coat?" is Yes?

I would worry about that. It suggests damp in the chimney. One possibility is to cover that area with a primer such as Zinsser 123, then emulsion. But that seals in the problem. Do you have issues with damp in your chimney? Maybe you'd better sort that first.

Yorkie1

Hmm, there weren't any signs before painting - either there or anywhere else in the chimney, although there was a picture covering most of the marks (but not all, I think) there before.

Photo of the damp.


I do have some stain blocker which I can spray on - covers water marks etc.

Any thoughts on what 'sorting it out' may involve (cause and remedy)?

ETA: I suppose the alternative, although far more unlikely, is that it may be grease marks - but I definitely can't see how that would have got there. The previous owner did have children but they wouldn't have been able to reach that high!

pinkteapot

keystone wrote: »

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

I beg to differ.

Is that photo Natural Hessian OP? Thought I had chosen a paint colour but that looks nice so you might have just thrown a spanner in the works...

Yorkie1

Yes, it's natural hessian, pinkteapot

The colour as shown on the piccie is probably halfway between the darker left corner and the colour on the chimney breast.

I was going to use ivory lace or orchid white, but then saw this with the overtly olive combo in a neighbour's same rooms, and decided to go for it.

Am slightly nervous of the darker green in a small, north-facing kitchen, but we'll see how it pans out.

Yorkie1

OK, if I do decide to go for sealing it at present, is Zinsser 123 the same thing as Zinsser 123 Plus? If not, which one is better for this?

I've just rung my local Leyland centre, who said that the "cover stain" product would be better as it's not water-based?

Or, I already have Plasti Kote stain sealer. Would that do the job?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plasti-kote-400ml-Stain-Stop-Sealer/dp/B000TRL3GE/ref=sr_1_2?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1351603208&sr=1-2

gibson123

Leave it overnight, walls never dry evenly. You may find when it dries properly it's not damp at all.

Chris25

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Hmm, there weren't any signs before painting - either there or anywhere else in the chimney, although there was a picture covering most of the marks (but not all, I think) there before.

Photo of the damp.


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Do you usually have a rectangular mirror or picture there? Perhaps the back of it has left some residue?