DIY Phobia...

[Nickpop]

This is a ****ing nightmare. Just should have paid someone to do this, kept the economy ticking over and all that.

Fsake

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Weirdly this is also me. I just hate it, not scared of it per se.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Ha did my kitchen a couple of weeks ago, I'm no expert just the victim of a the female need for having stuff painted every few years

As its the kitchen you'll need to clean the walls properly first, was them all down with sugar soap and again with clean water
Fill any holes with polly filler , sand off any rough patches

Any particular greasy areas try this Krud Kutter its amazing stuff

If you've got any stains that need covering use a "Problem solving primer" this will stop the stain coming thru you lovely paint work

I would also apply at least one coat of standard white emulsion (unless you're painting in the same colour, in which case don't paint white first).



Paint the ceiling next as you'll probably get bits on the walls , which wont matter too much as you'll be painting them

User a roller for large surface areas, get your missus to cut in for you (the corners etc where the roller wont go)

If your glossing as well, do this last, sanding down and undercoating first (prob best to do the undercoating before you start painting the walls)

Don't get too much paint on your brush, about a quarter of the way down the bristles when dipping into the paint

That sounds like way too much work just to paint a wall badly and have to pay someone to do it properly anyway after all!

 

[Davey_Moist]

Hate DIY.

Like somebody mentioned, you can try doing something, take five times longer than a professional and it still looks pathetic.

I messed up painting a wall by getting purple paint all over some expensive wooden flooring, ffs.

 

[tommye]

Call yourselves men?


shameful

 

[EFC Si]

DIY not even once

 

[Groucho]

This does not exist for me - I was a labourer for my father in law once upon a time.

I'm a commercial asparagus grower now, like.

 

[McBain]

I rent and therefore swerve this situation.

 

[orchard]

This does not exist for me - I was a labourer for my father in law once upon a time.

I'm a commercial asparagus grower now, like.

Get yourself a crown mate

 

[orchard]

On topic, I wish I was better, and over the past year i've been picking up woodwork kit, and as time permits, i'm familiarising myself with the various techniques. Never going to catch up to an artisan who's been doing all his/her life, but I enjoy being able to employ bespoke solutions domesticaly

 

[Moomin]

I'm not too bad, just no good at wall papering though. It also helps that the father in law was a builder as well.

 

[orchard]

I'm not too bad, just no good at wall papering though. It also helps that the father in law was a builder as well.

I don't relish my first attempt with wallpaper like. I'll do it round yours if you want Moomin