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title: "Paint and Finishes"
url: https://sarahdobbins.com/albums/paint-and-finishes
description: "Preparation, sequence and drying time - the three things that decide how a painted surface looks a year later."
---

# Paint and Finishes

Preparation, sequence and drying time - the three things that decide how a painted surface looks a year later.

- [Patching a plaster wall before paint](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/patching-a-plaster-wall-before-paint)
- [Paint sheen, and why a wet sample lies](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/paint-sheen-and-why-a-wet-sample-lies)
- [Cutting in without a wobbling line](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/cutting-in-without-a-wobbling-line)

Entries in this album

- 14 June 2010[Patching a plaster wall before paint](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/patching-a-plaster-wall-before-paint)
- 28 May 2010[Paint sheen, and why a wet sample lies](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/paint-sheen-and-why-a-wet-sample-lies)
- 11 April 2010[Cutting in without a wobbling line](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/cutting-in-without-a-wobbling-line)