plaster sealer

i just say mist coat if a customer asks, with some let down cheap white emultion - if a plasterer is worth his salt they will know not to polish the hell out of a wall so the paint adheres properly. i also say a standard answer of 7 days drying for skim over board or a week per 10mm of float and set.

hth

(ps would be pretty **** off is someone took some 100 grit to a wall i have finished!!)

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Ask a plasterer how to plaster......

Ask a painter how to paint......

 

For sealing, yes a mist coat will do. For skimming a wall, how long depends on how big. Not long (less than a day) to skim a ceiling and a couple of walls in the average bedroom of around 12Lx12Wx7H. As for thickness of skim, if you have to level a wall don't use multi, it'll look wrong. Bond it out & feather it off then skim on that, you can't use one thing to do another's job...

 

Also, drying times: Skimmed wall / ceiling is 3-5 days depending on weather and float is around a day per 10mm - same as screeding (providing screed is set onto decent surface and not on some sort of sealed surface...).

 

I've been involved with literally hundreds of new-build houses over the last 20 plus years, (render and set, bOnd and set, board and skim, hardwall), and NONE of them have use any form of proprietry sealer.

One mist and 2 full coats of trade emulsion, Dulux Supermatt or similar.

 

how long to skim room 14 x 14 approx 7 ft high - 4
walls ceilign already skimmed

Thanks ps is there any way taht the dust can be to a
bare minimum I will try and seal up must of the flat
but it is difficult- any tips



Don't eat yellow snow.

 

Just a day. Any good plasterer will not mix up in your house, and should have some clean(ish) dustsheets. so there really should be no dust involved...

 

Gladys you old slapper - you post he same garbage time and time again. Dont help this old tart guys - he is taking the mick