Thanks for taking the time to do this video back in 2014. Has helped me today in 2020.

Thanks for that! I'm about to paint and decorate the first home I've really been proud of and some of the tips in this video have been really helpful. I've subscribed.

What most of the people commenting on this guys work don't understand what he's showing. Yes you can be more careful etc but this guys is a house basher. He's paid to smash houses out to an acceptable standard as fast as he can. The faster he is the more money he earns. That's what he's showing in his videos. How to smash houses out at volume. Good enough to get the money! The best tradesman is the one earning the most money.

Looks great!

Solid..no nonsense tutorial.

Clear, concise and professional video. Thank you.

Good video and a smooth finish on the boards by the techique used. Is there a particular type of brush I need to achieve this effect? Thanks.

I need help, my house interior flat surfaced doors already had 10 year old yellowish coloured (not sure if this was the original colour or it turned this colour due to dirt etc) gloss paint before I painted over them recently using high gloss paint without any prepping, the yellowish old gloss is bleeding through and you can see brush marks from the new high gloss layer, what's the best way to fix this issue so when I use high gloss, I get a smooth clean finish?

Love going over your older videos. Sometimes I pick up little things that I may have missed the first time watching it.

Thanks, I am trying to paint but the white paint I bought is turning yellow any suggestions which one to buy, I want it to as white as the one you are using, I bought homebase brand pure brilliant white. Any suggestions will be appreciated thanks.

Hi buddy,,what’s best for best look looking skirting boards white gloss or something like a eggshell

What sanding do you do In the new plots mate? Do you rubdown before and after undercoating?

I was once told "if you can piss, you can paint" - I need to check if I'm weeing correctly coz I can't flipping paint very well. Thanks for the video though - It really helped me make a little less of pigs ear of the floor/wall while doing this job.

Blatantly on day work :-)

Very neat Candleman

thanks for the vid.

Great video, as usual. I appreciate what you say about not contaminating the paint left in your can with bits your brush picks up from the wall, but how do you clean your scuttle/bucket when you are done so that the next time you don't contaminate your brush with bits left in the scuttle? Thanks!

Great video and very good painter but get your paint-loaded brush right out of the way when you're cleaning the dust off the masking tape at 5:40.

what do you do with any excess gloss left in the kettle ?

Good paint's lasting longer

Instead of laying off on the boards afterwards could I go over with a clean slightly damp sponge roller to get a smooth finish.? Done this with quick dry satin before and it worked but not sure with gloss

Against popular opinion I like to paint the skirting first and cut in from the wall

Everybody has got a different method , Id like to try and get the dust up with a vacuum first and I don't think I would like working with gloss in that bucket . Anyway as long as you get the job done. We never use to cut brushes , use in emulsion , then undercoat , then gloss. Stir it or not , do what it says on tin. Oh and if the paint in the kettle gets shit in it , you can always strain it through some tights before it goes back in the stock .

hi bud, just a quick question, did you caulk or do you caulk before glossing and painting?

Give me the confidence to crack on and gloss my skirting board

Ed was bang on. U would not dust floor after u had started glossing and take care not to let paintbrush touch floor as that would spread dust all over . not rocket science.

Just used dulux quick dry and it streaked like it had water under it ??? I used dulux undercoat first..... not happy with Dulux.

That cutting in... :D

Helped if you put some paint on your brush

Am about to do one today and I want to go maximum speed the boss pressuring me

All people saying to stir paint before pouring ... Dulux paint says do not stir or shake prior to use, perhaps you should read the tins!!??

Hi, when is the best time to take up the masking tape please? Thanks, great video, Karl 😀

Try not pouring then paint all over the COSHH and manufacturer instructions on the tin would be a ideal tip for new and upcoming painters

How long after glossing the skirting board do you remove the masking tape

After 20 years of painting I found sash brushes instantly ready to use for cutting in skirtings windows and even walls and don't need to be shaped . Update yourself move on to synthetic brushes.

Contamination is a great tip, thanks

Where's your duster brush

I am a painter every good

Why skirtings on before possible laminate installation? Grr

Somehow I'm getting all my painting tips from England now

Wish I had watched this before I messed up my skirting boards!! 😭

It is very important that you stir the gloss first surely?

Aha I see it twords the end

if your on about dust , hoover up and use tack cloths

Ya fighter

Surface prep is key First sand the surface lightly removing any uneven bumps lumps and to create a key for new paint to stick grab onto surface of skirting You can hoover any sanded particles up but if use a damp cloth to clean the surfaces well allow to dry fully And then carefully apply a cost of gloss if another coat of gloss is required then allow sufficient drying time between coats read the application instructions on tin of paint for drying time 1-2 coats of good quality gloss job done If it’s bare wood Surface prep as usual plus very light sand then clean Wood primer 1-2 coats Undercoat 1-2 coats Gloss 1-2 coats

Why don't u put masking tape on wall above skirten then u won't need to worry about cutting in

Here learning in 22

Man, I hate those skinny skirting boards. 50p a metre

I cnnot tell a word he says, despite turning sound up!

Ok Nice fella…but you could use a peace of corex and rolling on the skirt (cutting the top edge of the skirt with a brush for sure)as we both know that doing with a brush will leave plenty of patches …cheers

As soon as I saw the paint all over your sleeves,skull cap,apron,down to your knees,I clicked off lol😳

Sorry but I do not see the difference in technique required between gloss and matt paint.

⚠ Painting skirting boards will knacker your bloody knees.

sorry mate you have just made a school boy error stir your paint every time i am not judging you mate but if you are going to help peeps tell them right

sorry to tell you your job but you should of told peeps to stire the can of paint first ps great job i no you have done that

Ffs use a vacuum cleaner to get rid of all the dust I get rid of 100% that way

Opens a tin of paint with a scraper. Bye.

DIYers please dont do this, particularly the 'simulating masking off a carpet' bit....yes it will protect the carpet but only to a point and if you deliberately hit the tape that heavily with the gloss it will likely bleed through in places. A couple of times in the video you advise not to put the unused gloss back into the tin, which is good advice, however you then demonstrate how it's ok to hit the new bare concrete floor (adding that we "will pick up bits") and seem quite happy to spread that shit up and down the skirting, baffling. My favourite bit of your How 'not' To video has to be the dusting fail..."Before you start just dust off" etc etc, "I've done it already", then you demonstrate and, oh look, a shitload more crap, pmfsl absolutely priceless. I could go on, and on.

i have carpet next to my base boards. What a bitch to paint

IF U CAN PISS U CAN PAINT !

No way ...way too off ..😂😂

You do not mix emulsion with gloss you amateur

Can’t hear you !!