Internally Plastered Walls - Painting Advice

sulli

Hi, So we have got a bit of work done internally, got floors laid with skirting boards, new doors internally and the walls plastered and skimmed.

What is the best way to paint these? I have done the other walls in house which took 2 layers of undercoat followed by 2 of the fresh colour...i presume 1 layer would do newly plastered and skimmed walls followed by actual paint colour?

Thanks for help!:D

garv123

sulli wrote: »

Hi, So we have got a bit of work done internally, got floors laid with skirting boards, new doors internally and the walls plastered and skimmed.

What is the best way to paint these? I have done the other walls in house which took 2 layers of undercoat followed by 2 of the fresh colour...i presume 1 layer would do newly plastered and skimmed walls followed by actual paint colour?

Thanks for help!:D

one undercoat 50% watered down, and 2 finished coats.
if you dont apply the watered down undercoat, the plaster will suck in the moisture and the paint could flake

sulli

garv123 wrote: »

one undercoat 50% watered down, and 2 finished coats.
if you dont apply the watered down undercoat, the plaster will suck in the moisture and the paint could flake

Ok, 50% watered down, that emulsion paint or matt or whatever you'd use for undercoat?

garv123

sulli wrote: »

Ok, 50% watered down, that emulsion paint or matt or whatever you'd use for undercoat?

white emulsion paint is usually a lot cheaper than any other colour, let them know its for a fresh plaster wall in the shop and they'll sort you out.

BrokenArrows

sulli wrote: »

Ok, 50% watered down, that emulsion paint or matt or whatever you'd use for undercoat?

Just buy some super cheap emulsion.
When watering it down its better to be on the side of more watery than less.

I actually just painted a freshly plastered ceiling and i watered it down by 70% and i got better results than my other 50/50 surfaces.

The point of watering it down is to get the paint to soak into the surface of the fresh plaster rather than having the thick paint just sit on top. Your subsequent coats of paint then stick to the soaked in paint.

dodzy

Or just but a few litres of woodies own brand vinyl matt. It's got plenty of water in there already:)