Painting a new plaster wall
 

I have just had one of my walls skim plastered after I erected a stud wall.
This was last Thursday, the wall looked good and I painted an undercoat
yesterday (a cheap trade magnolia with some water added as suggested by the
plasterer).

I have just put on a second coat today (paint seemed dry) but on one small
area of the wall (about 2x5 inches) when I run the roller over it a small
amount of the paint underneath lifts off. I've just spent a good half hour
trying to get this painted but have had to give up in the end with this
patch still bare plaster.

What am I doing wrong?

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"Brian" writes:
I have just had one of my walls skim plastered after I erected a stud wall.
This was last Thursday, the wall looked good and I painted an undercoat
yesterday (a cheap trade magnolia with some water added as suggested by the
plasterer).

I have just put on a second coat today (paint seemed dry) but on one small
area of the wall (about 2x5 inches) when I run the roller over it a small
amount of the paint underneath lifts off. I've just spent a good half hour
trying to get this painted but have had to give up in the end with this
patch still bare plaster.

What am I doing wrong?

Plasterer polished it too much and/or you didn't water down enough.
Sand that bit and recoat.

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Andrew Gabriel

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:02:35 -0000, "Brian"
wrote:

What am I doing wrong?

Hi Brian

I am no expert but when I had my kitchen plastered recently, the
plasterer told me to water down some PVA bond and paint that on. I
did, and my cheap emulsion worked a treat...

Simon