No matter how good a Decorator you are there is always a customer with a limited amount of money to spend that can only go so far with the job they need doing ,its frustrating at times but thats life i suppose .Those walls should be taken back to brick and replastered or at least over boarded but you can only work within the budget available at the time .Common problem i see every week so you just have to switch off your desire to do a nice job and move on to the next one .
Fair play mate! You’ve managed a silk purse out of a sows ear haha!! And your right when you say white hides a multitude of things. I’m sure your customer will be chuffed! Take care! Marc
I sympathise. I'm a spread, my best mate is a deccy like you. I'd wind him up by over poloshing on final trowel, you know the score! But that's brutal mate tbh! You did sound depressed in this video lol. I do like to look after the decs, just for personal pride in my work let alone reputation on a serious note. Subscribed.👍🏻Good job.
Cracking job. I have a similar problem (less filling) but the customer has had it previously painted with a very shiny paint, not gloss, assuming vinyl silk. I have to paint over this, do I need to sand it first and then apply vinyl silk again? (I'm new to decorating and its a massive learning curve) - thanks if you find the time to reply. Keep up the great work :)
@@andrewmcgeorge7820 do you not to give it light sand to give a key for fresh new paint to be applied , which has been painted say about 5-10years. It is ok if you have painted the wall few days before or few weeks before then you are ok applying the paint without sanding,as it still fresh.
I've had that at the house we moved into. Looked good but over time plaster chalked away. Have to sand it and redo. Case of mask it for the sale i think
I was happy on ur work and it supposed help me to solve problems;thank u! But one thing like to ask u is the chemical or material u used sell is what was it? Writing u please
Do you have to dilute paint before painting and by how much? Total noob here (well made a mess of bathroom by slapping on Matt paint and steam made it all peel off)
Excellent video. I have been following your channel for some time now. Using the products you use. One thing I keeping struggling with is the filler shows through the paint. Even after multiple coats. I think you call this flash back. Not sure. Any pointers on this please. Thank you
Nice job..may I ask about the pva though ..on a number of forums incl trade it seems to be seen as a bad idea to emulsion over pva . Is that only in relation to neat pva and what's the max strength dilution you'd be happy to use then emulsion on top?. Many thanks, Bill in Devon
The end result looks fabulous. While I was repainting my shower room, a piece of plaster fell off, exposing the pinkish unfinished wall underneath. How can I fix this problem? Should I sand it and then apply some dilute PVA? I have some wood glue at home and it says it's PVA, do you think this would be suitable? I'd very much appreciate your advice.
Hi, I am starting off my DIY career in my new house, can't get enough of your videos. But this one leaves me confused, most places I look it says not to PVA before painting. When and where is this rule applicable?
why do you have to use diluted pva please? to seal the large areas of plaster & filler? due to a bathroom or always as best practice to seal filler prior to painting?
Every comment you seam to leave is derogative.. which leads me to only one conclusion. You will have to forgive me if I ignore you from now on. Thanks.
@@PaintingandDecorating All I asked was what paint you used, how is that derogatory? Was it the joke about the spray foam, I thought that was a bit of fun an in joke amongst regular viewers, wasn't meant to offend. Anyway, unsubscribing, strange reaction from you.
Like night and day - another great job!! I am about to tackle a room, with cracks running down the internal corners. Do you tape them before filling, or do you rake out, PVA and then fill?
As a professional painting contractor, I have worked on walls just like this unfortunately, and they are always a lot of work and very time-consuming to restore.
Hi, love your video, cracking result! I've got a cheeky question... I understand if you don't have the time to answer. I've recently moved into an old house after years in rented accommodation, so my DIY skills are scanty. I've filled some cracks in my plasterboard ceiling, but have over-filled it I think, so lots of rubbing down! Ceiling is slightly textured (textured paint I think, not Artex or anything like that), but the rubbed- down areas are now obviously smooth; it will look horrible when I paint over it. Short of sanding the whole ceiling flat 😬, I was thinking of rollering the smooth bits with textured paint and trying to blend it in, and then painting over whole ceiling with emulsion. I do want a good result though, so do you think this will work? or can you suggest anything else please? Kind regards, Mike
You obliviously did not watch the video... this was peeling plaster lol... not paint... watch all before commenting.. and gain some knowledge in decorating..
@@PaintingandDecorating I meant the flaking paint issue which is what the original problem was when somebody decided to skim it. I've been subscribed to your channel for a while and didn't think I'd left any bad comments on any but it seems you got out of bed on the wrong side this morning or something so I'm unsubscribing grumpy chops. Some home truths by the way, I did watch all the video and thought you bodged it. Plaster doesn't peel it de-laminates, the bits you left and feathered up to will delaminate just the same because they have the same layers as the rest. It needed all scraping off, PVA and then a re-skim, I can actually plaster and that is a quick job made long winded by a bodging low-skilled decorator like yourself. Bit my tongue on plenty of your bodging videos so to be called out when I said nothing is hilarious. Get over yourself and learn to plaster!
I would scrape that wall then get a cementitious product to do a first coat (durarock 90 in Canada) and try to not sand it, then scim coat over all of that
Not wallpaper, but if paint has aderhered to the plaster good, and isn’t flaking or cracking, no loose parts, and it’s still decent plaster under the paint, like and old wall with browning or something if you scour with Stanley and pva, it will be a good finish on paint. I don’t know what’s happened here
Newsflash - plaster doesn't stick to paint. Had the same problem at my house - skim everywhere, over wallpaper, over poor plaster (cracked to buggery) and over paint. On the topside of one window reveal it was only the outer layer of (horrible grey) vinyl silk holding it up... What can we learn? Skimming doesn't solve anything apart from a plasterer's cash flow problems.
to be honest the problem is not with the plasterers because they would have to stay 2 days to clean 1 square metre of paint , problem is the owner he should paid more to do all the walls with plasteboard or just to shut the mouth not to complain , it's funny when you get phone calls I want it really cheap and perfect quality , is like to say i want the shit to smell like flower which it means they don't come together
