painting newly skimmed walls

mk2phil · 16 Jul 2008

I just thought of another question guys.

I'll be using no-nails/gripfill to attach skirting to the bottom of the walls once finished. When I paint the plaster as described above, should I leave a section at the bottom to remain as bare plaster so the no-nails can stick to it? Or should I use the first coat supermatt to go everywhere including behind where the skirting board will eventually go?

I was just thinking that if I painted the whole wall and then tried to stick the skirting baord to it, it might not take properly as its only stuck to the top layer of paint and not the wall directly.

Thanks again

veryfluffy · 18 Feb 2009

I have some leyland Contract matt paint emulsion -- it doesn't say vinyl on it -- is this the same as the "supermatt"?

Growler · 18 Feb 2009

Yes it is fluff, apart from the cost.

ste420 · 11 Dec 2009

Hi all, just to go back to sealing new plaster walls, i too have heard of using pva diluted 4/1 before painting, this was advised due to my first coat of matt gliding off parts of the wall and just not sticking,any thoughts,thanks.

jondecs · 11 Dec 2009

ste420 said:
Hi all, just to go back to sealing new plaster walls, i too have heard of using pva diluted 4/1 before painting, this was advised due to my first coat of matt gliding off parts of the wall and just not sticking,any thoughts,thanks.

Pva and you will be fine ... Untill someone touches it with a broom, you wallpaper and when you strip it laters, most of paint will come off, laters when you redec with emulsion you will be asking why does my paint bubble every where and stick to roller ....~~~there loads more.. why cant you just thin your matt emulsion 1st coat 20/ 30% whats the deal with this pva ****e???? I've mist coated whole estates not a drop of pva.. look at the money i saved

Your advisor is an idiot ..

rant over

Richard C · 11 Dec 2009

A bit brutal jondecs but as a spread, I agree with everything said

PVA is not suitable for priming plaster; use ordinary white matt emulsion but you must thin the initial mist coats 25-30% or the paint won’t stick to the wall properly; I give it 2 to 3 coats in quick succession to keep the surface moist, gives better adhesion.

jondecs · 11 Dec 2009

Richard C said:
A bit brutal jondecs but as a spread, I agree with everything said

:

Your a poet did you knowit

well it is xmz innit

taz88 · 16 Dec 2009

I've been advised by my builder to use Leyland Super Latex for the first 'mist' coat. Will this give the same effect as watered down Matt emulsion?

Zampa · 16 Dec 2009

It is matt emulsion..

Richard C · 16 Dec 2009

taz88 said:
I've been advised by my builder to use Leyland Super Latex for the first 'mist' coat. Will this give the same effect as watered down Matt emulsion?

Never heard of it but that don’t mean much, is he selling it to you? You don’t need to use anything fancy, all you need is a cheap, thinned matt emulsion for the initial mist coats; the whole point is to get the initial paint coating to stick to the porous plaster & for that you need something that has a fair bit of water in it to suck the paint into the plaster.

JohnD · 16 Dec 2009

Leyland is quite a good brand, will probably be as good as anything. lots of people prefer Dulux TRADE supermatt for the initial coats. It should be a non-vinyl matt emulsion anyway; Latex is non-vinyl.

Zampa · 16 Dec 2009

Richard C said:
taz88 said:

I've been advised by my builder to use Leyland Super Latex for the first 'mist' coat. Will this give the same effect as watered down Matt emulsion?

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Never heard of it but that don’t mean much, is he selling it to you? You don’t need to use anything fancy, all you need is a cheap, thinned matt emulsion for the initial mist coats; the whole point is to get the initial paint coating to stick to the porous plaster & for that you need something that has a fair bit of water in it to suck the paint into the plaster.

Super Leytex is just Leylans bog standard non vinyl contract emulsion...been around for years...nothing to write home about..its ok.

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