#655
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by eirian » Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:41 pm
we got our two cats as 12 & 18 month old, so not kittens, but you are always advised to keep them in for a while. Well, one decided he really didn't want to be kept in, and after one night we came down to find a broken cat flap..... he wasn't trying to escape though (was back in for breakfast), think he just didn't want to use the litter tray!
today I've mostly bin... decorating the nursery. We've decided on the colours (finally) and stripped the wallpaper, sanded and washed the walls ready for an undercoat. This left a thin coat of paint over the plaster (even after sanding), which decided to attach itself to the undercoat and flake off... not what we expected and frustrating. So we went back to B&Q to see what they suggested.
B&Q had no real idea and just suggested a paint stripper that was really more suitable for removing from wood/metal.
If you ever need to strip paint off plaster, we can recommend the undercoat - Polycell Base Coat.... Much quicker than official paint stripper! - so we painted a quick coat, didn't even need to wait for it to dry, (or blister the paint which the paint stripper would have) before removing it, and the paint underneath, with a wallpaper-stripper-thingy, leaving a nice plain plaster ready for another, and this time more permanent, undercoat. Might even get round to the proper colours tomorrow!
Perseverance: - the courage to ignore the obvious wisdom and carry on anyway