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Painting freshly stripped Victorian plaster corbels
Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.33 PM
Thank you for any helpful tips. We have stripped our Victorian corbels and scrolls using Peelaway 1 and then neutralised. I'm trying to work out the best paint to use now to decorate them. I understand normal emulsion flakes immediately (as I have seen from a small test patch). Exterior masonry paint was suggested but I feel this may be too thick and cover the beautiful details again. Would something like Zinsser 1-2-3 as a primer and then normal emulsion do the trick?
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IDL DECOR
Rating: 5 out of 5
Apply a oiled based primer as a sealer then apply the emulsion
Answered30 July 2020
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Anonymous user
Oil based primer would be the best let dry completely then apply emulsion hope that works
Answered30 July 2020
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Timothy David Interiors
Rating: 5 out of 5
My best suggestion for any internal surface that is highly porous, dusty, distemper etc is to apply zinsser gardz as a primer, it penetrates the surface and works well with high ph
Answered30 July 2020
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Anonymous user
Use Zinsser bin primer first for 1 or 2 coats then lightly sand, then apply an emulsion paint for 2/3 coats.
Answered30 July 2020
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Basing Decorators
Rating: 5 out of 5
YOU MUST NOT USE an oil based sealer on the corbels and scroll you dont want to be sealing them with anything as they are more than likely made with lime plaster. What I would recommend is using something natural like a farrow and ball or little green product. these are made from chalk and alkaline based materials witch helps stuff breath. I would water down the estate emulsion farrow and ball or you can buy the ceiling and wall undercoat and water that down abit, then apply the colour you like.
Answered5 August 2020
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