Help With Painting onto New Plaster Without Mist Coat

by **JustaDIYnovice** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:08 am

Hi Guys,

I've recently bought a new home with my wife & got the walls plastered throughout but just a tad worried about the paint!

After allowing the walls to dry for a couple of weeks, my wife & mother-in-law kindly offered to start the painting while I was away with work to get things going.

With experience of painting fresh plaster, I've always used a mist coat prior to the emulsion. Although I noticed they hadn't painted with a mist coat. The paint seems to have dried well but wondered whether to expect any long term effects?

I know if this was in the bathroom, it may be a problem with condensation etc!

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks!

by **collectors** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 12:35 pm

You can only see how it goes. But, yes, it is always best to mist coat it at at least 50/1 minimum. Not a lot you can do now.

by **gc1967** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:22 pm

All new plaster should be clean and dry and always mist coated to take the suction out of the new plaster and makes putting on more coats easier to apply.
I was was doing a job 2 weeks ago and there was a bubble on the wall Emulsion so I got my putty knife and opened it up before I knew it I had a 4 inch scraper on the wall and the Emulsion on the wall just completely stripped off without any effort, and this was due to who ever done the job had put a coat of neat vinyl silk to the new plaster. Always mist coat. But everything crossed for you that you have no issues.
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