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Painting & Decorating

Painting new plaster. Did a mist coat but plaster is still sucking up the paint.

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.22 PM

Hello. I have had a room plasterd and applied a mist coat. I used Albany Supercover. The blurb....Albany Supercover is a high opacity matt emulsion for interior walls and ceilings. It has a smooth consistency and excellent breathability for decoration on newly plastered walls when thinned as indicated. Ideal where only a decorative matt finish is required. I watered it down as instructed and the plaster sucked it up quickly. I have started on a second coat a day later using the same paint but the walls are still sucking it up incredibly fast and the misted walls still feel dusty to the touch. What should I do? Keep going with this coat? Water it down for a second mist? Thank You for your help.

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4 Answers

Saturn Interiors (TR Crafts & Furnishings Ltd)

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Northampton
Hi miss_b_18, your doing everything right by the sound of it, 10% water on your second application is widely regarded as the maximum that should be added. Regards, Ben (Saturn Interiors)
Answered16 August 2016
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Ollys Painting & Decorating Services

Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Swansea
mist coat sound ok done to product instructions I would just give it a full undiluted coat leave it dry properly to cure then apply a 2nd full coat if still flashy give it another hope this helps
Answered18 January 2017
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LJP Painting Contractors

Rating: 5 out of 5
Abergele
Always use contract paint on new plastered walls and ceilings,when dry paint in chosen emulsion.
Answered18 January 2017
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Home and Proud

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Blaenau Ffestiniog
I would suggest contract Matt High Opacity Emulsion. Water it down 70% to 30%. It will suck it up it's new plaster. The mist coat acts as the foundation for the 2x coats of emulsion.
Answered22 April 2017
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