When to start painting

Dugsy

House has been plastered about two months and intend to do the painting myself. I am wondering how to determine if the plaster is dry enough to start painting the walls.

FesterBeatty

Refer to paint manufacturer guidance. If its not easily available then phone them to ask.

tred

I painted mine about 4 weeks after the finished coat went on. This was advice from the plasterer and fact scaffolding was up. Best decesion i made.

michael999999

if the plaster is turned pink for longer than a week,your safe out!

Make sure you thin the paint 20% for the first coat!

Dugsy

Thanks for the advice

tred

Dugsy wrote: »

Thanks for the advice

just to clarify i was talking outside walls...apologies.

pumpit2010

what about for internal walls? don't want to trap moisture in the plaster.

would you definitely thin the paint on first coat?

michael999999

pumpit2010 wrote: »

what about for internal walls? don't want to trap moisture in the plaster.

would you definitely thin the paint on first coat?

yes you thin the first coat

pumpit2010

thanks Michael, approximately how long does it take for plaster to dry out? Heating is not connected in house yet and as it is only early March not much natural drying out either.

Upstairs was plastered maybe 3 weeks ago at most, can check this out to be certain and count from there.Downstairs sill being finished.

michael999999

Its impossible to say how many days this time of the year. You should have the windows open every day to get as much air circulating as possible. The plaster will look Pinky/white when it is dry. if your plasterer is still on site get him to have a look at the walls upstairs for you,if he says there dry then youll know what downstairs will look like when dry. you could always post a couple of pics up here.