Newly plastered ceiling

Mikey · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:02

How long should it be left until paint can be applied. The work was done over the weekend of 5/6 April

BloomerzUK · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:07

Well, my Step-Dad and Grandad are Plasterers, and they let it dry out for 2 to three days before painting. But I'd give it a white wash first, so the main paint coat won't peel and crack.

niko · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:08

if its dryed(gone pale) it will be fine by now mate
the older type plasters used to need a fortnight+

Mikey · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:10

White wash with just water?

niko · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:17

the cheap way to do it is water down some emulsion paint (about 10% water)
if you used just water all you are doing is wetting it ,the idea is to make the surface less absorbent so you need less of your top coat and save cash

Mikey · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:48

http://www.dulux.co.uk/advice/questions/faq/faq_021.jsp

This goes on about Duluz plaster sealer

FeFiDoh · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:53

leave it for a few days proberly 2-3, just because its gone pale doesnt mean its dried out all the way through completely! I use to do some building work and the amount of people that would paint over the plaster asap and it ruined it was astounding.

Mikey · 14 Apr 2008 at 13:58

Time to ensure the other half doesn't touch it until the weekend at least!

niko · 14 Apr 2008 at 16:15

R5Rich said:
leave it for a few days proberly 2-3, just because its gone pale doesnt mean its dried out all the way through completely! I use to do some building work and the amount of people that would paint over the plaster asap and it ruined it was astounding.

if you read the first post its been a week already
ps ,im building House's myself at the moment

niko · 14 Apr 2008 at 16:17

Mikey said:
http://www.dulux.co.uk/advice/questions/faq/faq_021.jsp

This goes on about Duluz plaster sealer

mate you dont need anything like that it will work but not any better than emulsion paint ,or the other thing you can use is pva glue watered down about 50/50 .

Mikey · 14 Apr 2008 at 16:18

I have PVA in the garage at the moment from when they came round. I'll look into that.

Mikey · 14 Apr 2008 at 16:19

It was PVA'd before they plastered.

ANDARIAL · 14 Apr 2008 at 17:03

Mikey said:
It was PVA'd before they plastered.

That was to help the plaster stick better to the ceiling and to stop it drying out too quickly while the plasterers are working with the plaster
As said water down some emulsion and apply a coat of this first before applying straight emulsion

JAMAL · 14 Apr 2008 at 17:16

I used 50/50 white emulsion/water when i had my room plastered, i was worried PVA would leave streaks under the final paint

Lamo · 14 Apr 2008 at 17:24

use a sanding board with a fine grain paper and give it a rub down, hoover the walls to get rid of the dust.

brush with a 50:50 PVA/Water solution and then allow to dry and then paint with paint of choice. this used to be my job when I was labouring for a local builders.

Mikey · 15 Apr 2008 at 09:17

Suppose to have someone doing it for me, but got the problem at the moment where the other half doesn't like him and she wants to do it.. FGS!

Cosimo · 15 Apr 2008 at 09:31

Let her do it.

Mikey · 15 Apr 2008 at 09:32

simulatorman said:
Let her do it.

Why?

Cosimo · 15 Apr 2008 at 09:44

Mikey said:
Why?

You said that she wants to, so why not.

Hedge · 15 Apr 2008 at 10:49

Uncle just plastered our ceiling last saturday... painted it on wednesday.

just gave it about 3 coats of emulsion, but for the walls i whitewashed them with emulsion too to seal the plaster before doing topcoats.