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Title: New plaster - what paint should i use for a first coat?
Post by: vtrdaz on March 02, 2009, 17:36:00

I'm about to repaint the kitchen , which was skimmed over about 3 months ago , so it's now nice and dry.

What would be a good first coat to use - i was thinking about watering down some trade emulsion , would that be a good/bad thing to use?

Cheers

Darren

Title: Re: New plaster - what paint should i use for a first coat?
Post by: Llanigraham on March 02, 2009, 17:43:53

Thin coat of Trade non silk emulsion first, leave it for a couple of days and then what ever she wants.

Title: Re: New plaster - what paint should i use for a first coat?
Post by: burgerman on March 02, 2009, 18:00:41

 From memory we Unibonded our plaster to seal it, then a weak emulsion them a couple of coats of finish paint, took a while but worth it, but we did have a complete house to do  :lol:

Title: Re: New plaster - what paint should i use for a first coat?
Post by: eugene on March 02, 2009, 19:33:17

just use a hite emulsion and leave a couple of days as stated above

Title: Re: New plaster - what paint should i use for a first coat?
Post by: leo on March 03, 2009, 22:59:28

unless the plaster has got greasy from the kitchen or has water marks which can stain through and yellow your paint,  i wouldnt bother with the pva .if you do use it, just add a drop into a diluted mix of white emulsion .
when working on new built houses they get one mist coat of thinned white emulsion throughout then two good coats on top.

Title: Re: New plaster - what paint should i use for a first coat?
Post by: richo on March 08, 2009, 08:27:13

don't pva it.The paint won't stick to the plaster only the pva.
Mist coat as someone has already mentioned is all you need.
Just a bit of matt mixed thinned out with a little water.