Painting a new plaster wall

Nov 10, 2004 2 Replies

I have just had one of my walls skim plastered after I erected a stud wall. This was last Thursday, the wall looked good and I painted an undercoat yesterday (a cheap trade magnolia with some water added as suggested by the plasterer).



I have just put on a second coat today (paint seemed dry) but on one small area of the wall (about 2x5 inches) when I run the roller over it a small amount of the paint underneath lifts off. I've just spent a good half hour trying to get this painted but have had to give up in the end with this patch still bare plaster.



What am I doing wrong?


Plasterer polished it too much and/or you didn't water down enough. Sand that bit and recoat.

Hi Brian

I am no expert but when I had my kitchen plastered recently, the plasterer told me to water down some PVA bond and paint that on. I did, and my cheap emulsion worked a treat...

Simon

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