Hi there, just curious, what exactly is colour theory and how does it relate to painting a room?

Hi, 👋 have a garden wall and steps surrounding my patio. It’s rendered and I painted it white last year with brush, took me two days 😔 it needs cleaning up after the winter so I’m going to use my karcher and plan to use a masonary roller. Any quick ways to cut in between the bottom of the wall and patio? Or do I need to use a brush again?

My stair case is currently dark brown stained wood. I would like the paint the handrail and the bottom black with white spindles. What paint and techniques would give the best finish?

Recently purchased property has a lot of peeling / flaking paint in the basement which turns out to be lead. What's the safest way to get this removed?

Which of the following products might be best & long lasting (no peeling/flaking etc) to paint old, worn concrete pavers please? 1) Smartseal Colour Seal - this apparently is a stain & paint: https://www.smartseal.co.uk/sealers/patio-sealer/patio-color-seal-5-litre.htm 2) Resincoat Outdoor Patio Paint: https://www.resincoat.co.uk/en/outdoor/455-resincoat-outdoor-patio-paint.html 3) Rust-Oleum 7200 PU - Solvent based: https://paintersworld.co.uk/rust-oleum-7200-floorcoat-colours 4) Flag Heavy Duty Elastomeric Floor Coating: https://www.promain.co.uk/heavy-duty-elastomeric-floor-coating.html 5) Everest Ultimate QD Concrete Floor Paint & Sealer: https://premiumpaints.co.uk/products/everest-trade-qd-ultimate-concrete-floor-paint-sealer-internal-external-anti-slip 6) Polar Patio Paint: https://polarcoatings.co.uk/products/polar-patio-paint

If I have a surface that I’d like to paint over, can painting over mould kill it off or does it need to be fully removed before I move on to repainting my walls and ceiling? It's the spare room in question and mould has grown quite a lot. It looks awful and we’d like to get rid of it as soon as possible. I thought I would ask whether mould can simply be painted over and ‘suffocated’ if you’d like or do we need to get rid of it first? I’m planning to repaint these surfaces either way as they’re in need of an update.

I have arranged for someone to paint my h/s/l and the ceiling as I have health issues I can’t do it myself. I said do the woodwork myself I can manage that. I have 2 bannisters on my stair one has been up for years and well painted over the other is new and been painted once by my partner, he didn’t use primer and the painter who is coming said I’d be better using it before doing the satin wood. Do I need to undercoat every where doors skirtings etc or just the bannister? And do I sand it down first? Thanks

Hi, what’s a good mist coat paint ratio? I’ve heard of 50/50, 90/10 and 80/20. Any all advice is appreciated

Hi, I have some rips in the lining paper in a house I've just moved into. It looks like these are from command strips stuck to the walls, so it's just ripped the surface of the lining paper off. I want to paint over these but because of the fluffy texture I'm not sure if the paint will stick. How would I fix the ripped patches? Any help/advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Hi. I have new wooden panelling a mixture of mdf tulip wood and pine. I primed it 2 to 3 times until it was evenly white. I didn’t undercoat because farrow and ball only supply a combined primer and undercoat and another combined option like that was v thick and viscous and difficult to work with. So I went straight to farrow and ball modern eggshell for a 40-% sheen. I have put two coats on and from a distance it looks fine bit up close it looks streaky and pretty obvious brush marks. The paint goes on v smoothly and looks v nice but once it dries it looks terrible. Can you help???