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As I haven't been able to resolve the problem, It basically comes down to either their was something wrong with the paint or the plaster. The plaster did go off pretty quickly, it took about 25 mins to put on , then had to be troweled up straight away, but this is a warm house, and no surface is...

The plaster had 3 months before the use by date, so that wasn't an issue, but I am beginning to wander if one of the bags was corrupted.

No, I only ever pva the ceilings first, and as this one was on new plasterboard there was no need for any pva.

There was definitely nothing wrong with the plastering, my plastering is always smooth, and I have hundreds of happy customers. I think the quickest and easiest fix here would be to re skim it and start again, rather than to start rubbing it down and using easy fill. Thanks to everyone for all...

Thanks to everyone for the quick replies, there was nothing wrong with the plastering, as I did it myself, as I am a plasterer. Looking at the ceiling the rough areas are rough to the touch, as if the ceiling has sucked all the moisture out of the paint. I have attached some photo's to my...

The paint appears streaky, this is where the paint is rough to the touch and looks like sandpaper, it's as if the ceiling sucked all the moisture out of the paint. This ceiling has had 6 coats of paint using 15 litres

I had my living room ceiling re plastered a couple of weeks ago, and last weekend attempted to paint it. Apparently it is no longer recommended to seal it with a PVA mix, just apply a coat of watered down emulsion with a roller, so I did. It dried in a couple of minutes, but I kept to the...