When is plaster dry enough to paint?

misskool

I know it's probably an obvious question but as someone who has no idea and we need our kitchen soon, how can you tell when plaster is dry enough to paint?

TomsMom

It will go a nice even pink colour and you should leave it as long as possible, preferably a few weeks.

We recently had a house renovated, all plastering work was done around February/March. The decorator started painting first week in April although one of the builders started doing the mist coats about four weeks after the plastering was finished.

Chippy_Minton_2

OP will be back to ask about a mist coat soon.

misskool

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

OP will be back to ask about a mist coat soon.

mist coat = paint + water first coat on new plastered walls

Chippy_Minton_2

misskool wrote: »

mist coat = paint + water first coat on new plastered walls

Google is you friend.;)

Now you can search the answer to your original question.:rotfl:

misskool

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

Google is you friend.;)

Now you can search the answer to your original question.:rotfl:

If you wanted advice on genetic cloning and gene recombination, I'll be happy to answer your questions instead of giving sarky advice.

If you don't feel competent to answer my question, please move along to the next one.

I already knew what a mist coat was, having already painted other walls in the house, this is the first one where we needed to have the whole space replastered from the bare brick and it was something new.

Chippy_Minton_2

misskool wrote: »

If you wanted advice on genetic cloning and gene recombination, I'll be happy to answer your questions instead of giving sarky advice.

Wrong time of the month.:rolleyes:

dampdaveski

Miss kool,
It depends on a couple of other factors
If you have had replastering done after damproofing works, it's an old house ie 60 yrs old + or the builder used a sand / cement render you would need to leave the walls (in an ideal world) for a minimum of 4 weeks, this to reduce the chance of salt migration messing your new paint up.
If it's a relatively new house and the builder used dot & dab drylining (ie sticking plasterboards onto the wall with adhesive), and it all looks nice and pink (as others have stated) then lash your mist coat on to your hearts content.
Hope this helps
P.S. Regards gene whatsits, and cloning thingymajigs, whatever happened to that sheep?

Chippy_Minton_2

vaio wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Chippy, after a comment like that I'd stay away from her normal boards otherwise you are likely to get your genes recombined with a couple of house bricks in an eye watering way.

I’m scared of squirrels too, that why I keep my nuts in a bag:rotfl:

misskool

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

Wrong time of the month.:rolleyes:

wrong time of your life?

Chippy_Minton_2

misskool wrote: »

wrong time of your life?

For that answer, it'll be a yes then.:rotfl: