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Painting question

faolteam · 2011-04-13 21:19:28

i am in the process of painting a front small wall , that has a Metal fence built into the wall to stop people sitting on it, what I NEED TO KNOW IS were do i stary first ,? the metal fence has to be rubbed down with a wire brush the centre of the wall has the dashing effect so that has to be one colour and the outer one…

13-04-2011 10:19pm

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faolteam

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i am in the process of painting a front small wall ,

that has a Metal fence built into the wall to stop people sitting on it,

what I NEED TO KNOW IS were do i stary first ,?

the metal fence has to be rubbed down with a wire brush

the centre of the wall has the dashing effect so that has to be one colour and the outer one has to be a differnet colur

so what i need to know is were do i start first do i do the metal fence first rub it down and paint it or do i do the wall first and work down .

or do i do teh dashing middle part helpppppppppppppppp

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#2 13-04-2011 10:25pm

CarrickMcJoe

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Clean down the railings, spot prime any rust, and apply 2 coats metalguard, or undercoat and gloss. Then paint the dash area of wall followed by the smooth bands.

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#3 14-04-2011 12:06am

faolteam

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was just going to paint it once

then start on wall???

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