Painting recently plastered walls - Pva first or not??

tenke

Hi,

Hope someone can help me with this.

We recently got our walls plastered they are reaching pink colour in most areas.

We need to know do we have to put pva before painting them properly??

I read you must use dulux supermatt but heard you must use pva 1st.

Which is the proper way to go???

Thanks

wallbash

I would NOT PVA

TomsMom

No, don't use PVA before painting or tiling.

When painting new plaster, do a mist coat first - watered down emulsion such as Gliddens Contract Matt for the first two coats, then your chosen top coat.

Hopefully Misgrace will come along and explain fully.

tenke

Hi all,

Thanks for your answers :j

Just to confirm I got it right. Virgin painter here

1 -I must use gliddens or dulux trade supermatt and apply 2 coats of
these.

2- These are concetrated and must be diluted... with water, right?

3- Then after these 2 coats...

4- Apply my colour choice

So there should be 3 coats all in all, to get my desired product??

TomsMom

tenke wrote: »

Hi all,

Thanks for your answers :j

Just to confirm I got it right. Virgin painter here

1 -I must use gliddens or dulux trade supermatt and apply 2 coats of
these.

Others would do but these two come recommended.

2- These are concetrated and must be diluted... with water, right?

They're not "concentrated" as such but your first coats should be a lot thinner than your top coats so as to soak into the new plaster. Water down about 70/30 first coat, 80/20 second coat.

3- Then after these 2 coats...

4- Apply my colour choice

So there should be 3 coats all in all, to get my desired product??

Third coat your colour choice. It may still look patchy (ours did and was done by a professional decorator) so do a 4th coat if needed.

tenke

TomsMom wrote: »

Others would do but these two come recommended.



They're not "concentrated" as such but your first coats should be a lot thinner than your top coats so as to soak into the new plaster. Water down about 70/30 first coat, 80/20 second coat.



Third coat your colour choice. It may still look patchy (ours did and was done by a professional decorator) so do a 4th coat if needed.

Thanks TomsMom :T
By the way, your location seems dreamy, wish I could live where the mountains meet the sea...:rotfl:

rygon

I used approx 3:1 water to white paint. Mix it in well. The plaster will soak it up straight away so should be pretty dry in no time.
The owners before me did not to this and the paint started pealing off in places. Had about 6 coats over the top of this as well so came off like plastic. Took me ages to remove it all (bathroom and kitchen)