Painting a re-skimmed ceiling

Colliewobble_2

Hi all,

I've just had my kitchen ceiling re-skimmed. I know new plaster needs special treatment before painting etc, but does same apply to walls/ceilings that have just been skimmed rather than fully-replastered?

Any advice would be great,

Thanks in advance,

CW

ohyeahitssorcy

Let it dry out completely and then give it a scratch coat (a thin coat of watered down paint matt emulsion is best for this) then paint as normal no special treatment needed as far as im aware.

Coveredinbees!!!!

Ditto above worked every time for me even on totally new plaster, you can buy plaster sealer but I never have.

ronaldmacdonald

Won't the paint crack if the plaster is not sealed properly? I am sure something else is used to seal plaster - not watered down emulsion or you could end up with aforementioned cracking.

phill99

I run a Maintenance Company and we do a lot of decorating on new plaster. So0rcy is right. Get some cheap MATT emulsion and water it down 50/50. Apply as normal and once dry emulsion with 2 coats of ordinary emulsion. We only ever do ot this way and have never had a call back. All prof decorators will tell you exactly the same thing.

Plasterer

phill99 wrote: »

I run a Maintenance Company and we do a lot of decorating on new plaster. So0rcy is right. Get some cheap MATT emulsion and water it down 50/50. Apply as normal and once dry emulsion with 2 coats of ordinary emulsion. We only ever do ot this way and have never had a call back. All prof decorators will tell you exactly the same thing.

Agree, 50/50 emulsion water no problems.

Colliewobble_2

Many thanks for your replies - I'll pop off to Wilko to buy their budget paint!

CW

diggerman123

watered down matt emulsion