Decorating

[Sammy48]

Roller or brush.

[DaisyNonna]

Roller for walls, brush for smaller areas.

[tonyav]

Are you going to be emulsioning walls and ceilings ?

[Sammy48]

I am embarking on my first ever attempt at decorating. My friends husband said always use a brush to emulsion walls then his friend said no, a roller. Am confused.

[tonyav]

Right, if you use a roller you will get splatter from it and you will find that you will use more paint than you would with a brush.

[craft1948]

I'm a roller girl..............

[Sammy48]

Will the finish with a roller be better than a brush, tonyav. ?

[tonyav]

Yes crafty, a roller is quicker.and I have heard that your partial to a quicky lol.

[gness]

Roller, Sammy....wearing a shower cap. Much better finish I find and ceilings are easy with a long handle on the roller. x

[tonyav]

You will probably get a more even finish with a roller.

[DaisyNonna]

A Rolls Royce on the ceiling? You are hallucinating Tony.

[Sammy48]

Right, thanks for all your info. I will go forth to Homebase tomorrow and look for paint.

Then to Boots for shower cap lol lol

[tonyav]

Must be Daisy, it's those blasted paint fumes.

Good luck Sammy.

[Sammy48]

I have a feeling that I will give it a go then get a man in.

[gness]

Indeed you will not get a man in Sammy48!!!! At least not for the painting. :-)

You can do it without a man...go for it! x

[Sammy48]

I will give it a go gness, but my attention span is very short, I may get as far as opening the tin and putting the shower cap on my head, but would I rather put strokes on the wall or stroke the thigh of a fit tradesman. Lol lol

[gness]

Oooo...To hell with my last post.....go for the fit tradesman!... ;-) x

[carrust]

Cut-in with a brush then use a roller on the end of a roller pole so you can work from the floor.

[Sammy48]

Should I remove the shower cap before said fit tradesman crosses my threshold, gness ?

[Prudie]

If your motivation is already low then definitely roller for the bulk of the walls. You need to be quite skilled to get a good finish with a brush.

[gness]

Sammy!!!!! Ditch the shower cap.....full waxing, facial, manicure and hairdo is the perfect preparation for this decorating job...x