Painting new plaster, best practice?

LeMatt · 12 Jun 2006

Hello everyone.

I've just had my living room, dining room, stairs and landing skimmed including ceilings so I have a fair bit of painting to do.

I currently plan to mist coat at 30%, lightly sand, second coat at 10% then final coat with Dulux Flat Matt.

Does this sound about right and if so what paint should I be using for my mist coats?

For the most part the walls were just skimmed but there are a few areas where deep repairs were made before the skimcoat so aside from these areas needing longer to dry does it make any other difference to which paint I should select?

All advice appreciated

Matt

Zampa · 12 Jun 2006

You more or less on the rght road there Matt..but depending on the colour, you may need to thin the final flat matt too..its pigment heavy.

Third_Eye · 12 Jun 2006

Why do you want to use Dulux Flat Matt ? Anyway coat your new plaster with Dulux Supermatt & follow instructions on tub/tin. However, if your New Plaster is still not fully dreid out then do not put Dulux Flat Matt on. To be honest i would coat your new plaster with Dulux Supermatt & leave for about 6 months then paint again with Dulux Flat Matt. The reason is Dulux Supermatt is for new plaster that has not fully dried out (24 hours after plaster application) but Dulux Flat Matt is not, if you see what i mean.

LeMatt · 13 Jun 2006

Two people that I was really hoping would reply!

In order of how it will go up.

Supermatt sounds like it could be just the thing, would there be any considerations with that if I later went over it on just one wall with some feature wallpaper?

Regarding Flat Matt - No particular reason for it's selection other than it sounded quite good. Which Dulux matt paint would you usually go for?

For final colours across all of the rooms I was looking at 3 shades of very light brown.

Regards

Matt

Zampa · 13 Jun 2006

If its only a skim then flat matt wont be a problem, but I wouldnt use it as a mist coat, go for something cheaper.

3rd is right though about the reason your using it....Supermatt gives a flat finsh, allthough its not washable, but its fine on wall that wont have a lot of stick.

It your thinking of papering over at some point then flat matt may be risky...you'd certainly have to seal it well with PVA or zinser..and even then it might be dodgy.

Just make sure you dont hump it on too thick.

Ive used flat matt instead of traditonal vinyl matt and to be honest there really isnt much in it.

Falt oil has a lovely finish though

Third_Eye · 13 Jun 2006

I agree with Zampa. However, Supermatt is rather chalky (when dreid) & it is great for new plaster that has not fully dried out. Though as Zampa said it aint washable. Also you state that you want to go over one wall with wallpaper at a later date, if so then coat that one wall (and edges of other walls/cieling) with a thinned down by 10% water coat of Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt on the one wall & leave for 24 hours. Then size wall with very thin paste & leave for 24 hours (just to be safe). The wallpaper wall. The reason i advize papering over Vinyl Matt is coa if u paper over Suppermatt then u will tear all the Supermatt off whilst stripping wallpaper at a later date. In other words the Vinyl Matt will protect your wall more. Also, if you want Supermatt in a specific colour then ask the Dulux staff to mix up the colour with Vinyl Matt Dye Ratio's, though some staff may refuse to do this for you !

alanford · 30 Jun 2007

Have read the comments re: painting newly plastered walls (I'm proposing to paint a new bathroom) The conclusion seems to be - use Dulux Supermatt and then at a later date apply another coat of an emulsion paint.

Does this mean that the Dulux paints sold as "bathroom/kitchen paint" is a total no no on new plaster?

Zampa · 30 Jun 2007

Very risky..plus its rubbish paint anyway

psybear · 30 Jun 2007

First post here, but I've already benefited with advice from just browsing - such as dumping the cheapo Homebase matt I had planned to to use on my new walls in favour of Dulux Supermatt.

Anyway, stage I'm at now is that the new walls and ceiling in my extended kitchen are a lovely blinding white colour - with two thinned coats of DSM on them.

My question (and I'm posting in this thread as it's related, hope that's okay) is - what are my options if I want to paint one wall with a colour?

I'm gathering from previous replies that (a) DSM is chalky, not washable, and therefore not suitable longer-term as a kitchen paint and (b) Dulux flat matt doesn't have the same microporous quality therefore I shouldn't use it over the DSM for about 6 months.

Do I have to buy more DSM and have a colour mixed into it? Or can I paint over the wall with another 'ordinary' matt paint (not flat matt)?

Thanks.

PB

Zampa · 30 Jun 2007

You can buy super matt in a range of colours and they will also tint it for you in the shop

tldavies80 · 12 Jul 2011

Am I to understand from this thread that you would not advise painting newly plastered walls with 'kitchen/bathroom'paint?

I was planning to do this later this week after painting 2 coats of 50/50 water & paint mix.

Would like to ensure that I get the best finish possible.

Thanks

P.S. this is in a kitchen

joe-90 · 12 Jul 2011

This post is 4 years old and the posters long gone. Start another thread.

Zampa · 12 Jul 2011

joe-90 said:
This post is 4 years old and the posters long gone. Start another thread.

5 joe....5........lol

joe-90 · 12 Jul 2011

Are you still reading this forum but not replying - or did you get an email alert?

Zampa · 12 Jul 2011

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