Home DIY

Repainting the ceiling next.

I have bare plaster, water stained plaster and painted plaster.

What products do I need for each of these?

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Mist coat (watered down emulsion) as first and probably second coat of plaster then two or three coats of white super matte across the whole ceiling.

Might want this for the waterstained bit, I've had to use it on water damaged plasterboard before.

Has anyone tried this instead of mixing your own mist coat? I want to use Little Greene for a couple of the rooms and at £99/5L, I am not making any mist coat out of it and don't have any leftove cheap paint lying around. So thinking maybe buy a primer would be easier.

Not too concnered about the cost as it's only a few quids difference.

No but I've used about 50l of this and it's great

Even better price wise! :-)

I need to either strip/cover wallpaper from a bedroom. All walls are regular stud plasterboard (room in roof). I'm worried that trying to remove it with steaming or whatever will just remove all the paper from the plasterboard though.

I could cover with lining paper, but I want something that is going to last as we're never moving again.

Has anyone done this? Anyone have any tips? Advice?

what's wrong with the current paper?

Its cream and dark red with shiny reflective floral patterns all over it. Not quite my vibe

Better for possibilities as it's not falling off. Check there's no very fine embossing to it and I'd probably say paint over it - only if it's really shiny vinyl like would I look for specialist primers but they won't hurt

hadn't thought about painting over it! thanks. its got some peeling and a few rips but i can probs tidy that up. I'll have a look at zinsser as I'm sure they have a primer. will do a test spot and see what it looks like. thanks again!

Overboard it with some 6mm plasterboard? Or just reboard it?
You did say forever home.

This was my first inclination, but I don't know if I have the time/motivation to do it. And I Can't afford to pay someone else. I do need to internally insulate the sloping ceilings as these are rooms in roof. Maybe it will make sense to have a completely reboarded room, urgh, I don't know if I can face it... ha

Paint it this weekend and if it looks shit, put it on the backlog and live with it.

That’s the advice I was looking for! 😂

Any recommendations for window frosting film cut to size? Found one but it’s fairly dear.

I've a suspicion there's a rattle can that'll do the job if you're able to mask and trust yourself with application

We just bought a roll from Amazon (rabbitgoo brand lol) and cut it. Not that fiddly and it’s cheap enough you can re-do it if you mess it up.

Craft knife and a long ruler and it's easy enough to cut.

There's ambiguity about 'cut to size'

can't but help think that's right it's easier to lay smooth and then trim excess

Yeah, I am entirely capable of doing it but it’s just another barrier and I left my long ruler at my old work. That said, the Amazon stuff is pretty cheap.

Window frosting film is mad expensive. We got a load of stuff off an eBay shop in the end. Worth checking that out.

Rabbitgoo is a stupid name but a great product. Any straight edge will help you cut it with a Stanley knife - spirit level, piece of timber, curtain track, that random long straight thing you've got...or scissors if you're confident.

forum preference for garage racking? free standing ideally (rather than shelving) but ability to screw to the wall would be good