Great tips. I've always considered prep work really important and have extended both my preparation and painting and decorating knowledge by viewing your channel. Thanks for sharing 👍
Clever how you took time to sand the edge of the skirting before scrapping the top face of the skirting board, to limit the extent of your scrapping. Please can you show parts of say, a frame you might want to remove paint from back to wood and parts of the same frame you might leave alone and how you might manage merging the two areas? Many thanks for your great videos and your timely responses, much better than myself.
Unfortunately you’ll never stop that cracking along that stringer, unless you get underneath the staircase and add some extra support. But what you done there, will definitely improve the appearance of it and not having all that caulk smeared everywhere, on raw plaster and timber waiting to fail. Im not a fan of knocking up filler with the wall colour malarkey, I’ve tried it but, you still gotta spot it in anyways. Every step is just as important as the next in my honest opinion, sadly though, the general public doesn’t always want that level of work ( which is frustrating ).
Have to disagree with you on the statement that you'll never get rid of that crack on the stringer. I've been using the foaming method for years now and every stringer (and it's alot) that I've gone back to has had 100% success. If you understand the reason it cracks in the first place, you can prevent it from happening again. The movement between the wall and the stringer is stopped by the foam pushing out against both surfaces and absorbing that movement. The method this fella is using is absolutely correct and will last for decades.
@@AspireDecorating 100% what he’s done is correct and like yourself, I’ve been doing this myself for years too. However, it doesn’t completely solve the issue as I mentioned, because 9 times out of 10 it’ll be the support for the staircase itself (where the string is fixed to the wall ) or the newel fixings. That said, after doing this method as shown in the video , it will greatly reduce the appearance of a crack over time. I’m not interested in getting into a debate about it, and who’s right or wrong etc I’m just giving my 2c 👍🏻
@James-sf5bb I didn't say I wanted to get into a debate did I?!! I merely stated I disagreed with you on that single point. Have a good evening old chap. 😊
Prep is key and using the right brush for the job , know what your result will be before you paint it . Gotta see into the future . Have a good relationship with your carpenter so when he does shotty work you can tell him 🤣
My wife wants the hallway and passage all white ! But I want to put a different shade of white ! My question is that I have a few cans of brilliant white matt dulux I have 5 litre ! Question can I use this spare paint as an under coat and if so will it effect the final top coat if I use another white shade and brand !!! What would you do
