Hi, can anyone tell me why I have these patches in my paintwork? The wall was new plaster but completely dry. How can I rectify it? It looks a mess. Thanks.
Patchy paintwork query
- Thread starter Murdoch77
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Hard to tell from the photo if it was bad plastering or not. Did you paint it?
It looks (to me) like someone forgot to the thin the first coat of emulsion and then applied the second coat which then pulled the first coat off.
Personally, I would use a DA (random orbital) sander (with 100 grit paper) connected to a dust extractor and sand it flat.
If you paid someone else to paint it, get them to sort it out.
As a decorator, I routinely sand new plaster skim coats. It makes my life easier.
Image 1, you seem to have vertical lines running down the wall. V odd. It makes me wonder it they used long straight edges rather than floats after. When a plasterer uses a float after using a derby (a long edge), I would expect to see curved float marks (the result of the swing of their arm as they run the float over the wall).
Sorry, I appreciate that I have not explained that very well.
More info will hopefully help to give you more definitive advice.
It looks (to me) like someone forgot to the thin the first coat of emulsion and then applied the second coat which then pulled the first coat off.
Personally, I would use a DA (random orbital) sander (with 100 grit paper) connected to a dust extractor and sand it flat.
If you paid someone else to paint it, get them to sort it out.
As a decorator, I routinely sand new plaster skim coats. It makes my life easier.
Image 1, you seem to have vertical lines running down the wall. V odd. It makes me wonder it they used long straight edges rather than floats after. When a plasterer uses a float after using a derby (a long edge), I would expect to see curved float marks (the result of the swing of their arm as they run the float over the wall).
Sorry, I appreciate that I have not explained that very well.
More info will hopefully help to give you more definitive advice.
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