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Is this plaster ready for painting?
powerful_Rogue
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Hi,
Just a quick question.
On Monday we had our bathroom re-skimmed. All seems to have dried out nicely, however there are still a couple of darker patches. Ive attached some pictures below.
Are we at a stage yet where we can apply the first mist coat, or do we need to wait for the darker pacthes to go pale pink?
Just a quick question.
On Monday we had our bathroom re-skimmed. All seems to have dried out nicely, however there are still a couple of darker patches. Ive attached some pictures below.
Are we at a stage yet where we can apply the first mist coat, or do we need to wait for the darker pacthes to go pale pink?
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I'd give it another week.0
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poppellerant wrote: »I'd give it another week.
Wow, that long. We've got the bathroom fitters coming back in on Tuesday. Was hoping at the latest I could paint it all on Monday.
The rest of the room dried out pretty quickly - its just the few odd patches in the photo. Hopefully another 80 hours should do the trick!0 -
I'd paint that. Doesn't look wet to me."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0
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powerful_Rogue wrote: »Wow, that long. We've got the bathroom fitters coming back in on Tuesday. Was hoping at the latest I could paint it all on Monday.
The rest of the room dried out pretty quickly - its just the few odd patches in the photo. Hopefully another 80 hours should do the trick!
Wouldn't it be easier after the fitters have been?0 -
looks about dry to me,just leave the windows open as much as you can,I would paint it tomorrow onwards0
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Thanks everyone. Will leave it until Sunday evening and start then.0
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Make sure you do a mist coat first- i.e. 50% emulsion, 50% water so that the paint covers properly and does not become patchy/ peel off0
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