painting over new plaster

Some say put dilute PVA on first. I recon thats what thinned paint is actually. Give or take a molly cule ;-)

.. xxi have newly plastered walls in my kitchen i was just wondering before .. xxi paint should i water the paint down. also should i buy the special .. xxkitchen bathroom paint? as a first coat? or will standard emulsion be .. xxfine?

For better or for worse, I painted a thinned down emulsion on the bathroom newly plastered walls and then finished of with an Eggshell finish.

Mike P

I have tended to buy B&Q own brand white emulsion and create a 1:1 mix with water, and apply 2 coats of this before adding an undiluted coat of the same paint. It's horrible stuff to apply because it goes everywhere - but I have found that if you don't do this the paint will come off in flakes.

Mark.

Others say DON'T do that whatever you do as you may end up with a PVA layer which peels off - use the dilute paint and you can't go wrong.

BTW, having recently done that job myself for a whole refurbed house, next time I have to do it, rather than using diluted cheapo white emulsion for priming I'll use the actual paint I'll be using, diluted... I realised too late that if I'd used diluted magnolia rather than brilliant white primer, I'd have got away with applying one less coat of paint to the whole place .

David

i'm confused, i went in wickes and had a look at the kitchen/bathroom paint. the preparation instructions said to first use trade paint for new plaster or matt master emulsion watered down. ok, so i went to the trade paint for new plaster and it says on the back 'not suitable for kitchens and bathrooms - use kitchen and bathroom paint range'.

lol, so whats the best way? i 'm thinking watered down kitchen/ bathroom paint?

Oh, I think you shoudl read that as 'not suitable for kitchens and bathrooms AS A FINAL FINISH - use kitchen and bathroom paint range'.

So by all means use it as an undercoat/primer.

ah i see.. i like things to be easy so - could i get away with watered down kitchen/bathroom paint as a first coat on plaster? then after that coat do a neat coat of it?

If its emulsuion, yes. I prefer a matt starter, bit eggshell seems to work.