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  • 02-12-2013 10:17pm
    #1
    cosmowillie53
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭


    Some advice please..
    I'm am going to paint newly plastered ceiling/walls for the first time.
    I have 10ltrs of Johnsons masonry exterior left over from the summer. Its a kind of off white.
    Would it be ok the use this painted diluted as a first coat and if so how many parts paint to water.
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Crazy Eye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 338 ✭✭Crazy Eye


    cosmowillie53 wrote: »
    Some advice please..
    I'm am going to paint newly plastered ceiling/walls for the first time.
    I have 10ltrs of Johnsons masonry exterior left over from the summer. Its a kind of off white.
    Would it be ok the use this painted diluted as a first coat and if so how many parts paint to water.
    Thanks.

    dilute the paint with around 15 - 20% water in it
    1 part water to around 4.5 parts paint and the fresh plaster will soak it up quite fast .


  • #3
    cosmowillie53
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭cosmowillie53


    Thanks.
    Is it ok to use the off white/creamy colour as the first coat..(final coat will be white)


  • #4
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    cosmowillie53 wrote: »
    Thanks.
    Is it ok to use the off white/creamy colour as the first coat..(final coat will be white)
    Yep, use away, and finish with a good quality top coat.


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