How Long For Plaster To Dry

SquirrelJ

I have no heating in my house and will be getting a few rooms done every couple of days. So I have a few questions

How long will the plaster take to dry before i can paint??
Do i need anything to aid the drying process??

Cheers

OddjobKIA

SquirrelJ wrote: »

I have no heating in my house and will be getting a few rooms done every couple of days. So I have a few questions

How long will the plaster take to dry before i can paint??could be anywhere from 6 hours to 6 months
Do i need anything to aid the drying process?? yes Heaters

Cheers

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you can get fast drying plaster as on DIY SOS

Li0nhead

As a builder.

Personally if i had a room plastered i would leave it a week (if room kept in normal dry conditions) before painting.

I have read against using heaters etc in the drying process.

But a friend of a friends company who did a hell of a lot of work after last years summer floods had heaters drying out plaster.

Personally i would not reccommend it im a million years.

OddjobKIA

as per heaters............as per lionhead

if you whack them up to full heat and put them a foot away from the wall then you will get problems
but having an oil filled rad in the centre fo the room and keeping at a constant low temp can aid drying

agent_orange_2

You'll know when it's ready to paint - the colour of the skim-coat will turn a light pink.