ReMan
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 07:35 PM |
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Decorating question :-(
It's payback time 
Gloss or Emulsion first?
[Edited on 8/11/08 by ReMan]
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kendo
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 07:37 PM |
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emulsion
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matt.c
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 07:50 PM |
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^^^^^^ As he said ^^^^^^^
Trust me! Just finnished 6 months of DIY! 
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coozer
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 08:06 PM |
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Bugger, she's buying paint now, nagging, and I'm looking for a decorator. DOH!
Emulsion is as good as anything. Tons of different colours, textures etc. You only need gloss outside on a boat.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 08:48 PM |
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the easy way to decorate
1/ pick up the phone "hello pat how you doing?"
2/ pat comes round and splashes paint everywhere
3/ pay pat some money....job done
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Fozzie
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 08:54 PM |
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Just to be awkward....
Gloss first.....
Reason...... if you accidently get emulsion on the gloss work (once its done) it is easy to clean off.......
but....
if you get gloss on your newly emulsioned walls it's not very easy to get off......
IMHO (and experience) of course 
Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 08:59 PM |
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Sorry , emulsion first because it will not stick to gloss so any areas that overlap emulsion will peel off.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 09:20 PM |
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ah...but gloss wont peel off nice new emulsion
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 09:48 PM |
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I made the mistake of putting the gloss on first once . Have since been informed by my brother who works for a very high class building and decorating
company to apply the emulsion first.
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locoR1
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 10:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
Just to be awkward....
Gloss first.....
Reason...... if you accidently get emulsion on the gloss work (once its done) it is easy to clean off.......
but....
if you get gloss on your newly emulsioned walls it's not very easy to get off......
IMHO (and experience) of course
Fozzie
I'm with Fozzie on this one have always done gloss first, so easy to slap the emulsion on (not literally) then wipe a nice straight line along
the shirting board with a damp cloth!
Personally I cant see why you would do it the other way round
 
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ReMan
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 10:32 PM |
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My logic was the same a s Fozzies to the letter.
And as far as my old drunk brain can remember I've always done it that way.
But a mate and my mother! have suggested the opposite.
So I thought I'd ask the xperts
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Fozzie
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 10:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoR1
quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
Just to be awkward....
Gloss first.....
Reason...... if you accidently get emulsion on the gloss work (once its done) it is easy to clean off.......
but....
if you get gloss on your newly emulsioned walls it's not very easy to get off......
IMHO (and experience) of course
Fozzie
I'm with Fozzie on this one have always done gloss first, so easy to slap the emulsion on (not literally) then wipe a nice straight line along
the shirting board with a damp cloth!
Personally I cant see why you would do it the other way round
^^^^ Exactly.....and I do like lines that are straight...... which as you rightly say, can be better achieved 'our' way round!
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Fozzie
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 10:40 PM |
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ReMan......I think people will always have different views on which way round, I remember my dad and grandad always having debates about it!
I think, IMHO, that which ever way gives you, yourself, the best end result is the 'right' way
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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locoR1
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 10:44 PM |
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out of interest my neighbours a painter and decorator ill ask him how he dose it! should see him tomorrow(not that it will make any difference im not
about to change now)
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eznfrank
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 11:18 PM |
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I've always done gloss first (3 property renovations). As Fozzie says, you can wipe emulsion off it but not the other way round but also if you
want to mask up, you're more likely to pull the paint off if it's emulsion than you are off gloss.
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ReMan
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| posted on 8/11/08 at 11:38 PM |
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I should have done a poll!
Thanks for the input, I'll carry on as before then
Colin
[Edited on 8/11/08 by ReMan]
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rgr33n
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| posted on 9/11/08 at 08:06 AM |
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emulsion first. you don't apply gloss to skirtings and architraves with a roller so it's much less likely to flick everywhere and hence
you're much less likely to get gloss on emulsion unless you've been drinking and you can't steady your hand....
if you gloss first and then use the roller on the emulsion, the emulsion will (90% certainty) flick to some degree. you will then end up with emulsion
on your gloss and will have created another job for yourself.
9/10 professional decorators are likely to agree with that, especially "price work" decorators
...trust me, i'm a chartered surveyor. managed more new builds and refurbs than i can remember (certainly more than 100 resi units, 20
shops/offices of different sizes, industrial units etc etc)
btw, i never use gloss. have been using satinwood but am using more and more eggshell these days. if you use acrylic eggshell you could just paint the
walls and woodwork the same, then there's no conflict between which you apply first (prob too late for that now though)
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bob
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| posted on 9/11/08 at 08:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
I should have done a poll!
Thanks for the input, I'll carry on as before then
Colin
[Edited on 8/11/08 by ReMan]
Colin
Your on the right track, those poles are great workers and at £40 a day well worth it.
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ReMan
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| posted on 9/11/08 at 10:22 AM |
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Gotta go, sun is shining and I need to buy paint, in the MK of course, it's a long way to B+Q
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