Hi,

I'm going to re-skim one of my bathroom walls. I got some
Artex-Rawlplug Finishing Coat plaster from homebase and I've plastered
a small patch. It looks OK, but it is quite dry and although quite
hard, is very very slightly sandy. Is this how things should be? I was
hoping to paint directly on top of the finishing plaster - is it OK to
do this, or is the dryness of the plaster going to cause problems for
the paint? And finally, have I used the correct plaster? I was in B&Q
the other day and saw that in addition to the Artex-Rawlplug Finishing
Coat plaster, they've also got Artex-Rawlplug Gypsum Multi-Finish
plaster, though I'm, not too sure what the difference is.

Thanks for any tips, and apologies for my barrage of questions!

Steve

steve wrote:
Hi,

I'm going to re-skim one of my bathroom walls. I got some
Artex-Rawlplug Finishing Coat plaster from homebase and I've
plastered a small patch. It looks OK, but it is quite dry and
although quite hard, is very very slightly sandy. Is this how
things should be? I was hoping to paint directly on top of the
finishing plaster - is it OK to do this, or is the dryness of the
plaster going to cause problems for the paint?

Either use two coats of diluted, watery emulsion (25 water/75 paint), or
else two coats of very diluted, watery PVA (80 water/20 PVA). Either will
penetrate the surface, bind it neatly and give you a good base for
decorative paints.

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Hi,

I'm going to re-skim one of my bathroom walls. I got some
Artex-Rawlplug Finishing Coat plaster from homebase and I've plastered
a small patch. It looks OK, but it is quite dry and although quite
hard, is very very slightly sandy. Is this how things should be? I was
hoping to paint directly on top of the finishing plaster - is it OK to
do this, or is the dryness of the plaster going to cause problems for
the paint? And finally, have I used the correct plaster? I was in B&Q
the other day and saw that in addition to the Artex-Rawlplug Finishing
Coat plaster, they've also got Artex-Rawlplug Gypsum Multi-Finish
plaster, though I'm, not too sure what the difference is.

Thanks for any tips, and apologies for my barrage of questions!

Steve


Not sure about the plaster but you can either dilute the first coat of
emulsion by about 10% or go down to your local decorators merchant and buy
some specialist emulsion made for bare plaster.

On 9 Jul 2006 13:54:20 -0700, "steve" wrote:

Hi,

I'm going to re-skim one of my bathroom walls. I got some
Artex-Rawlplug Finishing Coat plaster from homebase and I've plastered
a small patch. It looks OK, but it is quite dry and although quite
hard, is very very slightly sandy. Is this how things should be?

Yes, if you rub up against unpainted plaster you get dust on your
clothes. You have to paint it to stop the dust. Just use emulsion and
follow the instructions for new plaster.

I was
hoping to paint directly on top of the finishing plaster - is it OK to
do this, or is the dryness of the plaster going to cause problems for
the paint? And finally, have I used the correct plaster? I was in B&Q
the other day and saw that in addition to the Artex-Rawlplug Finishing
Coat plaster, they've also got Artex-Rawlplug Gypsum Multi-Finish
plaster, though I'm, not too sure what the difference is.

Thanks for any tips, and apologies for my barrage of questions!

Steve