Painting interior wall

Fart

Hey guys,

So I plan to paint all the rooms in my house, and there are nail holes, screw holes, chips and other holes in most of the walls.

I came across this video which seems to do a good job at explaining how to mend the walls.

Firstly, I will be doing my DIY shopping in Woodies and here is the list of things I need to find:

• compound, aka spackling
• mesh joint tape
• A small tin of primer

If I go to Woodies, would each of the items be listed as above, or are they under different names here in Ireland?
Also, which primer would you all recommend for interior walls?


I'm such a newbie at painting and want to get the walls mended before I waste too much money.


Cheers

paddy147

Fart wrote: »

Hey guys,

So I plan to paint all the rooms in my house, and there are nail holes, screw holes, chips and other holes in most of the walls.

I came across this video which seems to do a good job at explaining how to mend the walls.

Firstly, I will be doing my DIY shopping in Woodies and here is the list of things I need to find:

• compound, aka spackling
• mesh joint tape
• A small tin of primer

If I go to Woodies, would each of the items be listed as above, or are they under different names here in Ireland?
Also, which primer would you all recommend for interior walls?


I'm such a newbie at painting and want to get the walls mended before I waste too much money.


Cheers

Why do you want to go to Woodies??????

Just go to any builders providers instead.

It will be cheaper.

paddy147

Fart wrote: »

Hey guys,

So I plan to paint all the rooms in my house, and there are nail holes, screw holes, chips and other holes in most of the walls.

I came across this video which seems to do a good job at explaining how to mend the walls.

Firstly, I will be doing my DIY shopping in Woodies and here is the list of things I need to find:

• compound, aka spackling
• mesh joint tape
• A small tin of primer

If I go to Woodies, would each of the items be listed as above, or are they under different names here in Ireland?
Also, which primer would you all recommend for interior walls?


I'm such a newbie at painting and want to get the walls mended before I waste too much money.


Cheers

Oh and primer will be some ordinary water based emulsion paint that is watered down by around 20%.


Brush/toller on a coat of watered down paint oveer the filler/compound and leave to dry.

That primes the filler/compound.



You prime a freshly plastered wall in the exact same way....usually watered down white emulsion paint.

Fart

I see, cool.

Is the primer already watered down and do I need to get the same colour as the paint I'm getting for the wall? (Probably a stupid question).

Are there any compound/filler brands that are recommended? Any recommended brush brands that I should try that are not too expensive, or will I just get cheap brushes?

Woodies is just up the road for me, so it's more convenient.

Thanks

Edit: I'm having trouble sourcing the mesh joint tape. Does it go by another name?

paddy147

Fart wrote: »

I see, cool.

Is the primer already watered down and do I need to get the same colour as the paint I'm getting for the wall? (Probably a stupid question).

Are there any compound/filler brands that are recommended? Any recommended brush brands that I should try that are not too expensive, or will I just get cheap brushes?

Woodies is just up the road for me, so it's more convenient.

Thanks

Edit: I'm having trouble sourcing the mesh joint tape. Does it go by another name?

Just take a small bit of the emulsion paint you will be using to paint the walls with,and dilute it with some water.


You can dilute a smal amount of paint in an old cup or a small plastic bowl.

Simply put.......... you are watering down the paint,so that it will soak into the compound/filler and it will prime it.

Then once it is dry,you paint the walls as normal with the emulsion paint from the paint bucket itself.






Scrim tape

http://www.goodwins.ie/p-73-50mm-self-adhesive-scrim-tape-90-metre-roll.aspx

Fart

Excellent! Thank you paddy147, that has cleared up a lot for me.