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| Thread ID: 87271 | 2008-02-14 23:36:00 | Painting bathroom confusion. | sam m (517) | PC World Chat |
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| 640428 | 2008-03-07 03:28:00 | Rollers will almost always leave a stippled finish...not as smooth as flowing the paint out with a brush. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 640429 | 2008-03-07 03:34:00 | Rollers will almost always leave a stippled finish...not as smooth as flowing the paint out with a brush. Stippled, good choice of word as I was struggling to describe the finish. Interesting comment SJ, as leading up to this point I have only had advice to use a roller. It is first coat so maybe I can make amends on 2nd coat, now do I use brush or roller? There appears to be alot more to this painting lark than meets the eye. |
sam m (517) | ||
| 640430 | 2008-03-07 03:45:00 | The trick with acrylic enamels is to not play with them too much - traditionally, with oil-based enamels, they work best when 'layed-off' with a a brush, or rolled with a fine roller such as you're using. Oil-based enamels have better self-leveling qualities than acrylic enamels, so the trick with acrylic enamels is to load up your brush or roller sleeve with a little more paint, roll in a W-pattern to ensure even coverage, and then lay it off only once with a single 'roll' down your wall. I'm not too sure why, but with acrylic enamels, if you over-roll or over-brush, the paint tends to come back off the wall onto your brush/roller. Just make sure your first coat doesn't have tram lines (caused by too much paint at each end of the roller as you apply it). If there are some, give it a light sand. You should find your second coat looks better. What colour are you using, and what colour are you going over? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 640431 | 2008-03-07 04:05:00 | The colour is a really light light green called "nuns veil" . It was previously wallpapered but we are painting now over pig sealer . I think over rolling might be the cause but when I have just loaded roller the paint applied initially looks horrible until I roll it out . Had a look and I can see a few tram lines, what grit sandpaper do you suggest? I think 2nd time around should be better now that I have got a feel for the flow . |
sam m (517) | ||
| 640432 | 2008-03-07 04:46:00 | I'd go for a 180g paper - see if you can get Norton No-fil; it's a white-coloured paper loaded with zinc-stearate, which stops it clogging so much. You're right on the money about getting a feel for it; the initial learning curve is really steep compared to other types of paint, but once you get into it, you'll be fine. One other tip when you're rolling is to not get too far ahead when cutting in with your brush. If you cut in a whole wall, and then roll, you can end up with what's known as 'picture framing' - that's when the brushed paint dries before the rolled part, and you get a border around the outside of the wall where the paint's texture looks noticeably different. This is especially true with darker colours, but applies to all jobs where you're rolling a large area like a wall. The most important thing when painting is to be as systematic as you can!! |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 640433 | 2008-03-07 07:12:00 | What is pig sealer? | XRNZN (13406) | ||
| 640434 | 2008-03-07 07:20:00 | What is pig sealer? Usually a pigmented oil based sealer I have used it in a couple of houses that had the old fibrous plaster instead of Gib as it seals the wall well before painting. :2cents: |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 640435 | 2008-03-07 08:07:00 | Do you need pigmented sealer on MDF. I just made some cupboards for my house bus I used a primer, an undercoat and two coats of white enamel. It looks ok but should I have sealed the MDF? | XRNZN (13406) | ||
| 640436 | 2008-03-07 21:20:00 | Do you need pigmented sealer on MDF . I just made some cupboards for my house bus I used a primer, an undercoat and two coats of white enamel . It looks ok but should I have sealed the MDF? No - in fact, using an oil-based paint on man-made timbers like MDF can actually dissolve the glues that hold them together . Sometimes you do need to use pig sealer on certain native timbers like totara, which are oily and full of tannins that can leech out unless sealed . Pig sealer is also really useful in an outside application if you need to paint a plastered/roughcast wall, and the plaster has gotten a little sandy . The pig sealer helps lock everything in place . It also seals water stains, smoke stains, and any other nasty marks you need to paint over - in short, a bloody useful thing to have lying around!! The only downside is that it stinks!! |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 640437 | 2008-03-08 00:22:00 | Ok i got a question, sorry to hijack thread, still bathroom related tho :) if the bathroom has wallpaper . . . . . . is it best to paint over it or remove it? what if it has mould? then the next one would be how do i clean the mould? the bathroom in this house i think is paint over wallpaper . Now its growing mould . . . i have one of those fan things in the ceiling . . . . . . . but right upbove shower its paint / paper and mouldy . I know in the future this bathroom is due for a spruce up, to what proportions i dont know, so to keep it mould free, till repaint or remove wall paper time maybe? And if i ever need to paint inside a house . . . . . . . i think ill have a nice textured finish . . . . . thats if i painted it . . . . . lol ill stick to my past fence painting knowledge and leave the rest to some one who is safe with paint:D beetle:confused: |
beetle (243) | ||
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