Plaster over latex paint
 

Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?

Thanks

Alec

Plaster over latex paint
 

alec green wrote:
Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?

Thanks

Alec

I'd scratch it up a bit first.


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Plaster over latex paint
 

"alec green" wrote in message
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Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?


Ask your plasterer.
In general they are not keen on plastering overt artex, and latex paint
doesn't sound like something you can easily bond to.
Another layer of plasterboard is sometimes the safest option.

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Plaster over latex paint
 

In article ,
alec green writes:
Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?

Depends, and I don't know it.
You might have to PVA it to get the plaster to stick, as for a reskim.
If the paint is water soluable (like artex), you might find that
as it absorbs moisture from the plaster, it comes away from the
ceiling (although you can normally get away with plastering over artex
itself).

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Plaster over latex paint
 

On 14/08/2012 15:21, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
alec green writes:
Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?

Depends, and I don't know it.
You might have to PVA it to get the plaster to stick, as for a reskim.
If the paint is water soluable (like artex), you might find that
as it absorbs moisture from the plaster, it comes away from the
ceiling (although you can normally get away with plastering over artex
itself).


IME plaster sticks well to any sealed surface as long as the first coat
is not too thick

Plaster over latex paint
 

"alec green" wrote in message
...
Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?

Thanks

Alec


No, and you have just discovered why latex paint should never be used on any
surface that you don't intend completely rebuilding a few years down the
line.

Choices:

1) try and get it off with heat gun = time consuming, stinks to high heavens
and makes a complete mess.

2) put up with the uneven, rough-as-a-bear's-arse texture until you move

3) re-plasterboard and skim

You /can/ skim over it as it is, but it doesn't stick well to plastic and
will crack up and fall off in sheets within a few years