Hi,

I've got my partition wall up, drywall plasterboard. how should i
"treat" this before painting it, I'm not getting it plastered as I
have jointed it with compund.

Am I right in thinking I should use some PVA mixed with water to seal
it. I may be using a textured finish on the other side of the wall
before painting, so is PVA the job for that too?

Tom

Thomarse wrote:
Hi,

I've got my partition wall up, drywall plasterboard. how should i
"treat" this before painting it, I'm not getting it plastered as I
have jointed it with compund.

Am I right in thinking I should use some PVA mixed with water to seal
it. I may be using a textured finish on the other side of the wall
before painting, so is PVA the job for that too?

Tom


I've painted plenty of bare plasterboard with paint straight from the
tin. However, don't use a ridiculously thick paint like the last lot of
Dulux I bought. Own label or Crown has always been ok for me. Accept
that the first coat won't be the last and don't overload the brush/roller.
Diluting paint with any kind of uniformity is a pain, and the result is
not the same as a paint originally formulated that way.