paint on coving and ceiling

swingg · 17 Oct 2009

Hope you can help,

I am at the moment painting a ceiling freshly plastered.

I have applied a misty, but i have now put on 7 coats of paint, ( silk).

Is there anything i can do to reduce this for the other ceilings i have to do.

also

Whats the best way to hide the join in coving, decorators cork or polyfilla and sand it back. ( or is there another genious way you pro's know about)

many thanks in advance.

joe-90 · 17 Oct 2009

Use a good coat of cheap contract matt as a primer coat. Use decorators filler for small gaps. Silk isn't a very popular choice to be honest, why are you using it?

Dario · 25 Oct 2009

I would use contract matt but definately not cheap paint cos the base paint can't be weak, and the cheap paints are not so good.

LJW61 · 25 Oct 2009

7 coats? strewth! Must be cheapo paint..( wont even mention what I think of silk!)
I just finished a 'new' plastered ceiling Friday morning, it took 3 coats , 1 mist coat ( Crown contract matt) followed by 2 coats Crown vinyl matt -proper trade from Brewers ..

Richard C · 25 Oct 2009

LJW61 said:
7 coats? strewth!

Got to say that’s rather excessive, how much are you thinning the paint down? You only need 2/3 25-30% thinned mist coats on green plaster. Thinning emulsion a little always helps get a decent finish (despite what is says on the tin!) but 7 coats

Paint will never cover cracks/joints no matter how thick it is; for the coving joints use a good, fine pre mix tub filler & just sand it smooth.

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paint on coving and ceiling

swingg

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