spent ages getting my plastered ceiling as flat as possible.
but after my first coat of paint i could slighty notice some parts
where i had filled and sanded.
decided to invest in polycell basecoat after reading good things on
here.
put it on with my cheap short nap roller and when dried the finish is
all bumpy ( people seem to refer to it as an orange peel effect ).
as i wanted a flat finish after all. i dont really rate this product.
ever so slighty got rid of the flaws in the patch work but left the
ceiling with a crappy finish.
i gave it a quick sand and bought another roller, better quality this
time said smooth finish on the packaging and was a very nice feel to
it, like a towel. anyways. gave it a second coat with the nasty stuff
hopeing it was the cheap roller that gave it that bumpy finsh. same
effect.
im thinking of really going to work on it tomorrow with a sander
gettting the high spots off then painting with my top coat. hopeing for
a fairly flat finish.

will my top coat dry with that orange peel look even after sanding down
this polycell stuff?

should i use a paint pad to apply the top coat? or just a plain old
prush?

any advice would be geat. im just glad i havent used this stuff on any
of my walls yet.