"Eric Cartman" wrote in message
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(N. Thornton) wrote in message
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Personally I'd want any gloss off. Enamel is very hard stuff, breaks
easily, and new gloss paint is soft, so not the best base for enamel.

I hear what you are saying but I just aint got the heart to strip it
all down again now, especially as the frame is now firmly fixed
(biscuits and gripfill) to the wall, plus fresh new paint surrounding
it on the walls!

I've got a week or so until the gloss fully hardens so plenty of time
to mull over which way to go (shoot myself and end it all perhaps?)

Cheers

EC
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Stick with the gloss for this one - try the roller. You need (more
expensive) celulose thinners for cleaning brushes for enamel anyway.

For sanding back, I'd do a little each day after the first couple of days
initial drying - shoudl speed up the drying of the layer below the top of
the highs (runs, curtains).

I'm a perfectionist with paintwork - a trait drummed into me by the chief
decorator (namely my mother) when I was still living there. You can get
perfectly good finishes with gloss, but as I say I've found a better,
flatter finish can be created with ease using eggshell.

cheers
Richard

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