Questions about the Filling & Painting poster

What’s on the Filling & Painting poster?

6 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. The order that produces a finish that lasts. Clean and de-grease — Sugar soap. Paint does not adhere to grease or dust.; Fill — Slightly proud of the surface; filler shrinks slightly as it dries.; Sand smooth — Fine paper, feathered into the surrounding wall.; Prime the fill — Filler absorbs differently and will flash through the topcoat if unp…; Cut in, then roll — Edges with a brush first, then the field with a roller.; Two thin coats — Always better than one thick one.. New plaster must have a thinned mist coat first. Full-strength paint on bare plaster peels off in sheets later.

Who is the Filling & Painting poster for?

Filling & Painting belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning repair can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Filling & Painting poster?

Preparation is 80% of the result. Painting over a poor surface just makes it shiny. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Filling & Painting belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Filling & Painting?

Choosing an Adhesive, Soldering and Bleeding Radiators sit alongside Filling & Painting in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Choosing an AdhesiveSolderingBleeding Radiators

Is the Filling & Painting poster free to download and print?

Yes. Filling & Painting downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Filling & Painting poster print at?

Filling & Painting is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Filling & Painting loses nothing.Printing guide