Painting mist coat problems

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So after having my living room re-plastered I have started giving the walls a mist coat with Leyland contract matt emulsion. I used 10l paint to 1l water

I have come across two problems which I hope someone can help me with.

I have come across patches where the paint will not soak in as much, if i try painting over the patch again with a brush or roller it just drags it

The other problem is around the window reveals where the corners have angle beads, I give the angle beads a coat of zinsser 123 water based paint before the mist coat, this is to prevent any rust stains ruining the wall. However in between the mist coat where the two paints meet up you can see it looks rough.

I did try and sand it down with 120 grade sand paper between mist coats but it's not done much after applying the 2nd coat

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Skiddley yeah thats what it says on the tub ratio 10/1

When I read people dilute to 50/50 it must be water they put on the wall and get everywhere before it reaches the wall :D

I did notice some dark brown drip marks on the plaster near some patch work, got me thinking now if it's pva as the paint can just be wiped off with a damp flannel, how did you deal with it Skiddley?

I have given it another sand down with 120 grade paper and hopefully that works

As for the beads I have decided to go at it again and sand it down

What ever happened to pitchfork? I seem to remember this was his line of work
 
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Just noticed it says to dilute 9/1 ratio with the tub being 10 liters

I think I should have put more water in it now ffs

I did two coats of this as well

Will this cause any issues do you think?
 
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Not sure on the best course of action now, I don't know whether to leave it or sand the whole lot down now.

Even at a 9/1 ratio with a 10l tub is 20%, I only did 10% doh

What is the quickest method to strip the pain without damaging the plaster?
 
Thanks guys

I'm getting someone in to strip the lot with a mirka dust free sander as it's all the walls plus ceiling, it would take me ages to do and the mess would be horrible. The guy I spoke to says it should be done in a day and be ready to re-mist again.
 
No Kimi, the paint went on a little thick to begin with but I rolled it out nice, in some parts the paint was making a webbing pattern and wouldn't stick properly, if I tried using a brush it would just leave stroke marks ect but you could still see the plaster

If I literally left the paint for 30 seconds sat on the surface it would start drying out and be hard to roll out after

Hopefully this decorator will be able remove all the paint and I can start a fresh again

Setter, will just a damp cloth be good enough to dust the walls down after its been sanded?
 
Update on above

Ok so I've pretty much got it back to bare plaster but...

I have had a few bits of plaster pop where the boards are screwed in the ceiling exposing some of the plasterboard

Also you can faintly see bits of the mesh tape on some of the joints

Can I just use easy fil on the screw holes and then mist coat it again or is this going to require re skimming with proper plaster again?


I really hope no one has to go through this scenario, the amount of mess and now imperfections is slowly killing me
 
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