for new wall, alkaline resistant sealer is must, else your are wasting your expensive paint

Don't know about Par, my house was painted with Joton strax & Jotun Majestic, for small stain, dirt, water colour, pencil can wipe but pencil, colour pencil, ball paint, marker pen sure CANNOT lar .
my little twins girl are good artist


for what type of paint to use, pls refer HERE

got all info u want & DIY tips.

NOT to promote the ici brand, you can always opt for the equivalent range of paint, ie
premium interior paint: ici pearl glo vs jotun majestic vs nippon ??satin glo
ici pentalite vs jotun strax vs murabond
cheap interior paint : ici maxilite vs nippon matex vs jotaplast
exterior paint : jotunshield vs ici weatherbond vs nippon weathershield

my advice : always go for repute brand, avoid those kcc, pye, pasifc....... after all you will not save a lot & what u paid is what u get

This post has been edited by skng03: Dec 8 2009, 12:03 AM

preperation+skim surface -- your wall finishing bad/ uneven?? ask them how the skim... touch up the bad finishing part or re-do with another skim coat to the whole internal wall.
redo the whole wall surface u need to paint a coat of sealer follow by two coat of paint, skim coat cost rm 0.8-1.2 psf include labour & material


different range of paint serve diff. applications, each brand have thier own strength IMO

Scheme coat ?

should be Skim Coat

In proper way, it should be one coat of alkaline resistant sealer follow by two coat of pentalite

Don't let those contractor bXXl SxxxT you, every one also want the easiest way to work.

ask the painter to paint the sealer & 1st coat of finish coat first, then ask the flooring guy to proceed & protect, last is the painter paint the final coat. the flooring guy come back to fix the skirting. each of them take half of the risk

of course you have to warn the flooring guy not to chin chai chin chai damage your wall lar, minor scratches shouldn't be any problem for the painter. on the other hand, tell the painter to be carefull on the finish floor, else they may pour whole drum of paint on the floor......

This post has been edited by skng03: Jan 7 2010, 08:24 PM