Any painters/decorators in?

... and most of the images are perfectly innocent, aside from the pro tip extenders....???
This is coming from the bloke who used to live in a village called Lubrin - Google Lubrin cream if you dare...
 
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Gonna hijack this thread. SiL needs her room painting and has chosen matt emulsion. >This< stuff. The room has had areas replastered and smoothed down with one of those mouse hand sanders.

Does it need primer or other base coat? Or will two coats of the matt emulsion be sufficient?
 
I would do a mist coat of white emulsion first, diluted about 20% with water. Use trade emulsion: it has much better opacity and covering power. That'll seal the bare plaster and get everything the same colour for the top coats. I usually do two colour coats, sometimes you get the stuff underneath "grinning through", no matter how good the paint is.
 
On new plaster (even just patches) we used to use Dulux Supermatt which allows the new plaster to dry out properly before a final finishing coat went on a few weeks later. Pure Brilliant White used to be significantly cheaper than colours (other than Magnolia). Personally, I would use a Dulux colour rather than Laura Ashley stuff but it's her money! Dulux always covered PBW in 2 coats (worst case scenario) while on the rare occasions we were made to use customers' choice of brands we needed and extra coat or 2.
 
omens said:
Gonna hijack this thread. SiL needs her room painting and has chosen matt emulsion. >This< stuff. The room has had areas replastered and smoothed down with one of those mouse hand sanders.

Does it need primer or other base coat? Or will two coats of the matt emulsion be sufficient?
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I don't want to put you off, but last time I used Laura Ashley paint was a l-o-n-g time ago. Shortly before I vowed never to use it again. And some time after I started on the third coat.

They may be better now, but I'd seriously consider getting some Dulux mixed to the shade your SiL wants. Or just using Dulux Dove Grey and claiming it always looks different from the shade card ;)
 
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I didn't even realise Laura Ashley did paint. Looks like it still needs to be avoided. :(
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews92524.html
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I think I assumed that Dulux or somebody good were making it for them. And TBH the shades are pretty nice. But "patchy" would be a generous description.

I did the same thing last year when I assumed B&Q paint would be good by now. After 2 coats it looked horrid and I had to put on another coat of Dulux "Once" to be sure. Wouldn't normally use one coat but I couldn't face a 4th coat of the same room........
 
JonathanRyan said:
I think I assumed that Dulux or somebody good were making it for them. And TBH the shades are pretty nice. But "patchy" would be a generous description.

I did the same thing last year when I assumed B&Q paint would be good by now. After 2 coats it looked horrid and I had to put on another coat of Dulux "Once" to be sure. Wouldn't normally use one coat but I couldn't face a 4th coat of the same room........
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I'm a convert to trade paints nowadays. We had some work done at the house last year and the builder told us about a trade paint shop that's quite near and recommended which stuff to buy. I got Crown trade emulsion, it's much better than anything I'd used before. Dulux Trade is apparently even better.

If I had to use normal gear, I'd always go for Dulux or Crown. Most of the DIY shops own brand stuff is made by Johnsons and it's not great.
 
JonathanRyan said:
I don't want to put you off, but last time I used Laura Ashley paint was a l-o-n-g time ago. Shortly before I vowed never to use it again. And some time after I started on the third coat.

They may be better now, but I'd seriously consider getting some Dulux mixed to the shade your SiL wants. Or just using Dulux Dove Grey and claiming it always looks different from the shade card ;)
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I did say to get paint colour matched to what she's after but she's adamant that she's gonna use Laura Ashley. Our own house has been decorated with Laura Ashley wallpaper some time before we moved it. SiL loved it so much she decided to get a Laura Ashley advisor for design ideas.
 
omens said:
I did say to get paint colour matched to what she's after but she's adamant that she's gonna use Laura Ashley. Our own house has been decorated with Laura Ashley wallpaper some time before we moved it. SiL loved it so much she decided to get a Laura Ashley advisor for design ideas.
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Maybe show her the terrible reviews first. ;) Good luck. I know what ladies are like once they've made their minds up!
 
Long time ago now but we used to mix several tins of "boutique" colour paint together to make sure that the colour was constant since we had found visible (even to us mere men!) colour differences between tins from the same batch. Did a couple of walls with LA paper once and the pattern was a real biatch to get aligned properly.
 
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