George Fecsik
Hi Sam, yes Chris is right wait a bit. I asked many times from cusumers to paint straight on a wet plaster after 1 day with fresh plaster paint ( it says on the tube you can do it ). For best result wait a few days.
Mist coating potentially wet plaster before fitting new bathroom
Posted by SAMANTHA BEER, on
Hi - just wondered if I could get seem advice on when to mist coat fresh plaster, and whether I then need to top coat quite soon after or not, please??
My builder is suggesting I mist coat our newly built, and newly plastered, bathrooms before he starts to tile and install the bathroom fittings, because it can be such a messy job. Meanwhile the rest of the house is also being plastered, and the weather outside is pretty cold and damp, so I imagine the plaster is going to take longer than normal to dry, especially as we have no heating in the house at the moment.
Are we okay to mist coat before the plaster is potentially fully dried out, and then do the top coats at a later date, once the bathrooms have been installed? Or would we be better to just wait and do the whole paint job later on, properly covering everything up, when we can be sure the plaster is fully dried out?
Thanks!
Chris Thackeray
Hello there Sam, best to wait till it is fully dried out as could make the mist coat peel of the wall. It is quite messy with the mist coating just try not go mad with mixing with water and paint. Although it says best mixed 50/50 but past experience suggest not as much as that.
