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is it easy to fix stucco walls with skim coating? I saw this video explaining it and it looks easy. Is it possible to do myself?

 

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Steamy Tom said:
no it is not easy, easy to make a mess, hard to do right.
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@undesign I see you made a post about this in 2021 but your walls were purposely textured! Not like mine, did you get someone in to fix those walls? Or did you do them yourself? Mine look like this
 

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Can someone please tell me why geysers are so expensive? The plumber that installed mine would only use a copper one
 
Hi all, I have a question related to the repainting of doors and door frames. The frames are the old steel ones and painted in a gloss enamel. I'd like to use a water based enamel paint due to the reduced VOC's but I'm not sure what prep work, if any is required? If I don't have to sand it down to roughen the surface that would be great as the doors have a lot of grooves and detail on it that I won't be able to get in to.
 
Sheppard_za said:
Hi all, I have a question related to the repainting of doors and door frames. The frames are the old steel ones and painted in a gloss enamel. I'd like to use a water based enamel paint due to the reduced VOC's but I'm not sure what prep work, if any is required? If I don't have to sand it down to roughen the surface that would be great as the doors have a lot of grooves and detail on it that I won't be able to get in to.
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With enamel you will have to sand to get a good key for the new paint.. the enamel is too smooth otherwise for new paint to adhere properly..

Can always go around to builders, pickup someone for the day to sand the doors for you..
 
WAslayer said:
With enamel you will have to sand to get a good key for the new paint.. the enamel is too smooth otherwise for new paint to adhere properly..

Can always go around to builders, pickup someone for the day to sand the doors for you..
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I assumed as much. I don't mind the labour, it is only a few doors. Its more the detail on the door that I did not want to deal with. I'll try one of those sponge sanding pads and see how it goes.
 
Sheppard_za said:
I assumed as much. I don't mind the labour, it is only a few doors. Its more the detail on the door that I did not want to deal with. I'll try one of those sponge sanding pads and see how it goes.
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Yeah the foam pads should be easier to get in there, depending how fine the detail is and should be more than enough to get a good key going..
 
Sheppard_za said:
I assumed as much. I don't mind the labour, it is only a few doors. Its more the detail on the door that I did not want to deal with. I'll try one of those sponge sanding pads and see how it goes.
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For detail you might want to try some paint stripper and/or a Dremel with wire wheels, flap wheels, abrasive points... you can find no-name versions of these bits at decent prices on Temu.
 
When using M140 bricks for a standalone garage. I'm guessing it's cheaper and faster to build with but the tradeoff it's not as "nice" ? Or what are the drawbacks?
 
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