Hi there, we've fairly recently moved into a house, and stripped the wallpaper off, along with a fair bit of plaster. We had the whole place replastered (to varying depths, but mostly just skimmed), which finished about 4 weeks ago. Our original intention was to do all of the decorating ourselves, but have come to the conclusion that with the limited time we have available, it'll take us ages if we do, so we're considering getting a professional in.
I've already done a bit of research on the correct methods (here and more generally), and concluded that a mist coat followed by a couple of coats of colour is probably the right way to proceed. We've had two guys come round to quote for doing the work, one of whom said that he would do a mist coat plus two, but the other guy said that mist coats were pointless - with decent paint you can just wang two coats of the colour on to the dried plaster. So... is that a commonly-held opinion, and not necessarily wrong, or just a sign of someone who likes to cut corners? He's been in the trade for 20 years, so presumably has more than half an idea of what he's doing!?
Cheers.
I've already done a bit of research on the correct methods (here and more generally), and concluded that a mist coat followed by a couple of coats of colour is probably the right way to proceed. We've had two guys come round to quote for doing the work, one of whom said that he would do a mist coat plus two, but the other guy said that mist coats were pointless - with decent paint you can just wang two coats of the colour on to the dried plaster. So... is that a commonly-held opinion, and not necessarily wrong, or just a sign of someone who likes to cut corners? He's been in the trade for 20 years, so presumably has more than half an idea of what he's doing!?
Cheers.