Not Happy with Decorator
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Just had a decorator in to repaint our external paintwork. To say I'm not happy is an understatement
The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just rubbed my fingers on part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
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The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just rubbed my fingers on part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
forest07 said:
Just had a decorator in to repaint our external paintwork. To say I'm not happy is an understatement
The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just rubbed my fingers on part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
Are your fingers made of concrete?The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just rubbed my fingers on part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
The scrape on the left hand side looks like it's been done with something considerably harder than human skin.
He's coming round tomorrow, his first suggestion to my partner was it may need another coat!!
I've lost confidence in him. In my opinion the whole lot needs removing and repainting, it's jus how far should it be taken back. Should I have the existing blue coat removed.
Another photo looks to me as there's to much paint applied in one coat.
I've lost confidence in him. In my opinion the whole lot needs removing and repainting, it's jus how far should it be taken back. Should I have the existing blue coat removed.
Another photo looks to me as there's to much paint applied in one coat.
forest07 said:
Just had a decorator in to repaint our external paintwork. To say I'm not happy is an understatement
The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just scraped a brick across part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
EFA.The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just scraped a brick across part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
The paint hasn't even had time to harden in 4 days
227bhp said:
forest07 said:
Just had a decorator in to repaint our external paintwork. To say I'm not happy is an understatement
The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just scraped across part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
EFA.The external doors were blue and we wanted a colour change. They were undercoated over a week ago and glossed last Monday. I had suspicion about the preparation and was told everything would be fine.
Just scraped across part of one door. I might be better doing it myself, any suggestions.
The paint hasn't even had time to harden in 4 days
forest07 said:
He's coming round tomorrow, his first suggestion to my partner was it may need another coat!!
I've lost confidence in him. In my opinion the whole lot needs removing and repainting, it's jus how far should it be taken back. Should I have the existing blue coat removed.
Another photo looks to me as there's to much paint applied in one coat.
That is a rubbish job right there. He's applied FAR too much paint, and hasn't prepped the surface properly. It's perfectly possible to fill and prep imperfections like those screw holes on the drip bar so that they can't be seen. And it's not difficult.I've lost confidence in him. In my opinion the whole lot needs removing and repainting, it's jus how far should it be taken back. Should I have the existing blue coat removed.
Another photo looks to me as there's to much paint applied in one coat.
However, scraping at recent paint with your fingernail will remove it - even though it's touchdry it's still very soft and easily damaged. It takes weeks to harden fully.
You don't necessarily need to remove all paint, you need to get back to a sound surface, and prepare that properly, which in this case probably means removing what he just applied.
Edit - he's also not filled the existing cracks in the door. I doubt this is a professional decorator, they know that the paint won't fill\cover problems like that. I'd play it as "I could see the crack in the paint already..."
Double edit - and tell them to use a tack rag next time, the amount of dust in that finish is disgraceful.
Edited by shtu on Friday 28th August 15:11
T5R+ said:
Struggling to see the preparation work - what colour undercoat did he use.
In any event would expect 2 coats with possibly a slight "sand" in between for adhesion and exterior longevity.
The undercoat is grey, just need to get them to accept that little prep was done on the existing paintwork!In any event would expect 2 coats with possibly a slight "sand" in between for adhesion and exterior longevity.
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