We've had a room skimmed but want to paint it as soon as possible for
M-I-L to return from a minor operation.

It would appear that there are special paints which can be used in
this situation, e.g. Dulux Supermatt. Are these really necessary? ...
and how soon can one actually paint using them?

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Chris Green
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On 13/05/2019 19:08, Chris Green wrote:
We've had a room skimmed but want to paint it as soon as possible for
M-I-L to return from a minor operation.

It would appear that there are special paints which can be used in
this situation, e.g. Dulux Supermatt. Are these really necessary? ...
and how soon can one actually paint using them?


Screwfix do one which is considerably cheaper
https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsen...te-10ltr/51004

Read the reviews on that page.

Dulux approx £5/litre
Screwfix No-Nonsense appox £1.70/lire

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDSY3sjKoco

I've recently used the screwfix no-nonsense product to quickly paint a
few recently skimmed wall and confirm that it covers well with two coats
applied around 2 hours apart. Applied quickly with a roller.

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On Mon, 13 May 2019 19:08:22 +0100, Chris Green wrote:

We've had a room skimmed but want to paint it as soon as possible for
M-I-L to return from a minor operation.

Just skimmed? How thick? Room ventilated/heated?

Trying to establish how long the plaster may take to dry.

It would appear that there are special paints which can be used in
this situation, e.g. Dulux Supermatt. Are these really necessary? ...

If you have the time to leave a few mm of skim to dry in
heated/ventilated room, say 24 to 48 hours (plastered today paint on
wednseday) probably not. I'd use a slightly diluted first coat so the
"dry" plaster doesn't suck the moisture out of the paint too quickly,
leaving it as film rather than adhered.

... and how soon can one actually paint using them?

Read the instructions?

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Cheers
Dave.

Well it can stop the dustiness effect often found in places where plaster
has been used, but other than that I'm a little out of touch with current
paints.
Brian

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We've had a room skimmed but want to paint it as soon as possible for
M-I-L to return from a minor operation.

It would appear that there are special paints which can be used in
this situation, e.g. Dulux Supermatt. Are these really necessary? ...
and how soon can one actually paint using them?

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Chris Green
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 13 May 2019 19:08:22 +0100, Chris Green wrote:

We've had a room skimmed but want to paint it as soon as possible for
M-I-L to return from a minor operation.

Just skimmed? How thick? Room ventilated/heated?

It is just a thin skim to cover minor blemishes on a sound wall and
some new plasterboard drylined walls. It's probably just a few mm.


Trying to establish how long the plaster may take to dry.

It's mostly turning to its pale pink dry colour already we can easily
wait until it's all pale pink.


It would appear that there are special paints which can be used in
this situation, e.g. Dulux Supermatt. Are these really necessary? ...

If you have the time to leave a few mm of skim to dry in
heated/ventilated room, say 24 to 48 hours (plastered today paint on
wednseday) probably not. I'd use a slightly diluted first coat so the
"dry" plaster doesn't suck the moisture out of the paint too quickly,
leaving it as film rather than adhered.

If that's all the time a thin skim will need then we can easily wait
that long, thanks.


... and how soon can one actually paint using them?

Read the instructions?

:-)

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