Painting & Decorating

Plaster / mist coat problems

Anonymous user 15 March 2024 - 2.37 PM

Hello all, I recently had a lot of plastering done in my flat. I applied two mist coats, with watered down Leyland contract matt white emulsion. I've done this before and know the mixture i used was fine. I've then painted twice with the same paint but the finish isn't smooth. I recently found a post on a forum showing patches where the mist coat hadn't taken, and it looks exactly like the problem I'm having. I can see areas where the paint has taken and others where it has not. Being on the ceilings it is shown up by the light flooding in the windows and looks terrible. Any suggestions on a solution for this? Undercoat the whole ceiling, lining paper etc? The strange thing is the problem only exists on the plastered ceilings, no such issues on the walls. I've finished one room where the walls are as smooth as expected to be. Any tips and solutions would be much appreciated.