Painting straight onto a newly boarded ceiling

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i Have just re boarded my ceiling and am happy with the taping and joining. i have rubbed it down and its ready for painting. its in my kitchen, is it ok to just paint on matt emmulsion ??????
 
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You can use a plasterboard primer for this but I personally would use a non vinyl matt watered down about 30%. This will soak into the plasterboard and give a good surface for the subsequent layers of paint. It will also be a lot cheaper than a propriety plasterboard primer! ;)
 

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