Gloss or Emulsion first?
[Edited on 8/11/08 by ReMan]
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Gloss or Emulsion first?
[Edited on 8/11/08 by ReMan]
emulsion
^^^^^^ As he said ^^^^^^^
Trust me! Just finnished 6 months of DIY! 
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.
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
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 
Sorry , emulsion first because it will not stick to gloss so any areas that overlap emulsion will peel off.
ah...but gloss wont peel off nice new emulsion
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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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
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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Originally posted by locoR1
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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
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
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)
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.
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]
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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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]
Gotta go, sun is shining and I need to buy paint, in the MK of course, it's a long way to B+Q