Hello everyone,

I have recently moved in to my own place and the window sill in the living room is a little rough, I am not sure what I need to do to make it better so if any one could offer some advice I would appreciate it.

Attached is a picture of it, the wood is bumpy and all sorts.

Is it plastic or wood? You could always just get another piece of pvc window sill and stick it on top

It's wood, I will look in to the PVC.

I bought a 10 inch wide by 2.4 metre length for £10 last weekend just cut to size stick down with some no nails or silcone and a nice bead of white silicone around the edge it will look brand new

This is on the inside, not the outside.

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just thought I would make sure

You know the bend, will that cover it all or will the wood still be on show?

As long as you get the right height or there abouts as the sill you are replacing

I'd say it just wants a good rub-down with some coarse scratch, filled with some two pack filler and rubbed down again with a finer grade and repainted.

Maybe asking in the decorators section for a more complete schedule would be a plan.

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I would chisel the front off and replace with uPVC

I would chisel that beading off at the bottom of the window too, otherwise youl have an horrible joint..

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Sand it and paint it. You will only need to use filler if you have indentations or cracks on the surface

You sound as if you don't have enough experience from any decorating otherwise you would not be asking.

A small sanding block (cork or similar), 120 grade paper (perhaps some 80 grade to take away the original roughness), sandpaper (aluminium oxide ???), elbow grease, and off you go. If you like electrical tools plenty of gadgets to help you with your sanding. You should be able to produce a smooth enough surface.

Then you ask again about what paint to use .... if you take your time and you are careful about what you do you should end up with a fairly decent job.

Cheers

I purchased some tools the other day and one is a power sander, not sure what paper it came with but I will go in to town tomorrow and get the stuff you have said.

looks like a few dodgy paint jobs to me (painting gloss on top of gloss with no undercoat) and knocked about a bit. a good bit of work preping and repainting should be all it needs. like ayjay says check with the decorators forum

IF you pvc over the top of it. the pvc will get dirty and discolour over time. where as timber can always be repainted