Help with freshly plastered walls

Chicken_Samosa

Afternoon all,

I have a bit of a dilemma that I would appreciate some help with. This morning me and the wife decided to paint our newly plastered bedroom, which had had around a month of drying off time.

Ive read about applying a mistcoat co off we went to b&q yesterday to get some emulsion, however the mrs (by accident) picked up Silk emulsion. Cue this morning with the two of us applying 1 coat to the walls and ceiling and only realising while tidying up.

We then went and bought some matt emulsion for the walls which we applied reasonably well to 3 of the 4 walls however on the 4th the paint below has started to peel off.

We've stopped all work on it for the moment as im not sure if its worth continuing with more and more coats or if i need to do something else?

Anyone got any bright ideas?

Cheers,
Indy

stebiz

STOP - applying any more paint. Silk will stop the plaster from breathing. Was it just skim?? or were the walls plastered back to the brick??

Stebiz

Chicken_Samosa

it was both, new plaster then fresh skim

misgrace

Sorry to have to tell you this, but it will have to come off, as you will eventually have the same problem on the other walls.

You will have to invest in one of these tools used by Kuztardd.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=469244


if you had wanted to paint the matt over the silk, then to avoid a reaction like you got, the best bet would have been to then paint the walls over the silk with soft sheen, then you could have gone over with the matt.
But cause you have gone over the silk with the matt, I am not too sure if the soft sheen would work in this case

I think the best bet is to scrape it off, as you have painted silk over new plaster, bonding and finish, so you need to get as much of the silk off, and start again with matt.

Chicken_Samosa

even though i was expecting these responses it still doesnt make it easier to swallow lol...

cheers for the advice though, much appreciated.

handyman.

silk is devil's work:mad:

Chicken_Samosa

Quick question: is there any way of painting directly over silk? The ceiling in the bedroom is proper high and even if im on top of the step ladder, trying to remove it manually is too much of a job.

I dont mind putting several coats of something on the ceiling if it saves from the backbreaking!

Cheers,
Indy

Loobysaver

I've been reading the threads about silk paint on new plaster and found them interesting.

I had never heard that you couldn't use silk on newly skimmed walls. I have decorated 3 rooms of the house using first diluted silk emulsion, then the colour of our choice in silk. I have not had a problem with any of the rooms.

Have I just been lucky??

handyman.

yes............

ginger_nuts

my bathroom had been replastered . How do I go about painting it .

misgrace

Chicken_Samosa wrote: »

Quick question: is there any way of painting directly over silk? The ceiling in the bedroom is proper high and even if im on top of the step ladder, trying to remove it manually is too much of a job.

I dont mind putting several coats of something on the ceiling if it saves from the backbreaking!

Cheers,
Indy

Read back to my previous post.....

You can go over the silk with Soft Sheen,leave for a couple of days then go over with your matt.

Loobysaver.... yes you have been quite lucky, but when you come to repaint the walls and if you decide to use matt, the chances are your paint underneath will wrap round your roller in strips and you will be taking the silk off as your trying to paint with the matt.

if you ever did decide to go for Matt, follow the advice I gave chicken, I have done this quite a few times in my job.