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Plaster over latex paint
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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 |
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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? Thanks Alec I'd scratch it up a bit first. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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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? 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. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Plaster over latex paint
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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). -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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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 |
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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 |
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