Help! Have painted straight over plaster with normal ceiling paint

misgrace

misgrace wrote: »

Did you use the paint straight from the can?
Have you finished all your coats?

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You havent said if you used straight from the can, or how many coats, but you cannot get a decent finish on new plaster with just the one the coat.
I do at least 3 coats on new plaster.
I do a mistcoat with at least 25% water, then a second coat with at least 10% water, and also the same with the third.
I like a good finish on new plaster, therefore I always slighty water down my subsequent coats

vegasvisitor

I remember someone on here said use the 'value' paint as it's already watered down for you

Philip624

we have recently replastered and used a bog standard white emulsion watered down to 60% paint 40% water. apply it sparingly to reduce splashed, you will find it dries almost immediately on the wall, dont apply thickly, the overall effect will be semi transparent.

then top this up with three coats of paint on top for a great finish

amersall

When my hubby paints a new plastered ceiling or wall, he used thinned out wallpaper paste first,then when that dried he gave 2 coats of gloss.A mate of his told him to do this, and i must say the results are very good.

nickj_2

amersall wrote: »

When my hubby paints a new plastered ceiling or wall, he used thinned out wallpaper paste first,then when that dried he gave 2 coats of gloss.A mate of his told him to do this, and i must say the results are very good.

no no no no no no no
who is this mate - he can't be a decorator , to me he sounds more of a comedian- and a poor one at that , he is just making that up - no paint maufacturer anywhere will give you this advice and they should know what their products require . thinned matt emulsion is all that new plaster requires -it will even tell you this on the side of the tin
gloss paint needs something to grip onto ie undercoat - wallpaper paste is not going to give you a decent key if any at all , do not be surprised if it starts peeling .

roddydogs

? Plastering a loft? really.

misgrace

amersall wrote: »

When my hubby paints a new plastered ceiling or wall, he used thinned out wallpaper paste first,then when that dried he gave 2 coats of gloss.A mate of his told him to do this, and i must say the results are very good.

This has got to be a wind up????? !!!!!!, I have never heard anything like it :eek:

nickj_2

misgrace wrote: »

This has got to be a wind up????? !!!!!!, I have never heard anything like it :eek:

it probably looks ok in the dark :rotfl::rotfl:

eco-friendly_2

jd87 wrote: »

Which post are you referring to? What mankysteve said was perfectly logical.

Really?


"The only reason for using a plastering base coat/ water down paint is that the plaster will absorb more of the paint and reduce the coverage nothing wrong with just using normally paint just your paint wont go as far"

Wrong!

LlamaKarma

We used straight from the can, two coats no watering down.
My original question was, now that we have made this mistake what is the best course of action to take? Do we need to strip it all off and start again? Or can we rescue the situation with some subsequent coats that are watered down?