wash old paint work ?

longforgotten

Do you still have to wash down walls these days before
painting on emulsion ?

I'm hoping it's ok just to get cracking with the painting ?

Would be grateful for your advice.

bigdic

Depends how dirty they are or how long it's been since they were last decorated. Or if it's a kitchen, or if you smoke in the house.

If in doubt then wash them, it'll give you a nicer finish too. You know what they always say about painting 70% preparation 30% appliction (or something along those lines )

longforgotten

You mentioned 'if you smoke'. If I wash down the white gloss paintwork and it still doesn't come up that white, I'll have to undercoat it again I suppose

Preparation,preparation, preparation !

nickj_2

use sugar soap to wash down walls , you will be supprised how dirty clean walls are
solvent based paints for woodwrk do yellow , use water based ones , they don't