mist coat

I had put PVA on new plaster and then filling (quite a lot along the edge as I am a DIY plasterer), and have finished sanding now, Then I found that many comment online says for new plaster wall it should be mist coat instead of PVA. Should I mist coat 50/50 like many suggest now, or lower...

Hello all and HNY! Can you recommend me some rollers and brushes please, The best ones (regardless of price) please, my level is definitely beginner DIY. The finish level I would like to achieve is: smooth (no orange peels, no tramlines) here are my starting points: Ceiling was replastered a...

Help a newbie out please. Plastered and fitted new kitchen over a year ago. So happy to finally have a kitchen that we just got on and used it... Re-plastered walls are still bare plaster. Now GOT TO PAINT THE BLOOMING KITCHEN! Bare plaster now has the expected spots of pasta sauce and has...

We have had a painter paint a room in our house. He was painting over fresh plaster, which had been applied as a skim over the existing walls. The day following completion of the work, we removed masking tape on the wall around the edges. I guess the masking tape was put on while the paint was...

Advice please! We have been working toward completely renovating our sitting room. Walls scraped back to bare plaster and damaged spots filled and sanded. Today we used no nonsense trade bare plaster for the mist coat…. But… we didn’t dilute it. It’s fairly warm at the moment and the walls are...

Recently had all our rooms replastered, they’re now dry and ready for a mist coat however we’re unsure on whether we put the coving up before or after the mist coat. We’re going to be using plaster coving but also unsure on what the best adhesive is to use. Any help would be great thanks.

Hi my extension is nearly done and never painted new plaster before. I’ve read all the info on painting new plaster with watered down contract Matt. However my plan was to do water based silk for the top coats. However today speaking to one of the tradesman that seem to do everything from...

Morning all, We have a 3 storey 4 bed house with new plaster on every surface. We spray all our paint now as the speed is phenomenal specially when it’s an empty property. Where is the best place to source Matt emulsion paint at a reasonable price? Every surface needs 2 coats of 50/50 mist...

The mist coat I had done on bare plaster walls seems to be weak and peeling off with anything sticky applied to the wall like masking tape or blue tac. Mist coat was done with Leyland hardwearing matt diluted down 1 part water to 4 parts paint as recommended. Gave exceptional coverage as though...

I've tried a sample pot of Farrow & Ball Blackened (estate emulsion) on different surfaces, on a white mist coated wall, on the bottom of the wall where it's bare plaster, on primed skirting board sample, and unprimed pine moulding etc It is producing different shades. It seems on porous...

Currently finishing off panel moulding on the walls and thought I'd use some blue tac to do like a dry fit of the pine mouldings to double check measurements and cuts, before fixing to the wall with adhesive and nails. When pulling the blue tac of the wall the mist coat I had done is coming off...

Hello, hoping someone here can help me. We had a plasterer repair and freshly skim a bedroom. He said it was ready for painting when dry. We let it dry for almost 3 weeks, and it looked like a nice polished plaster surface, with no visable markings or drips. The paint we're using for all rooms...

Hi All I am painting a bathroom a new colour. The paint in not in terrible condition apart from a few areas that have peeled. See image. Looking under the peeled paint it looks like a mist coat was never applied to the freshly plastered walls. Instead the top coat was added on-top of the...

I'm having 3 of my rooms re-plastered on Monday, really excited!! But I want to get the finished look just right. I'm likely going just for white. Advice needed for mist coat... Is it 50/50 and should it be matt finish? Also having tried, and got confused along the way, is Dulux the best for the...

I'm fixing up a recessed window sill. I removed decades' worth of paint, many layers of which had mould between them (which was expected, and the reason for stripping back entirely). Once I skim the wall & sill, what's the best way to mould-proof? Unsure if there's anything I should do with...

When adding an anti mould additive to paint like vc175, should this be added to only the top final coat or all finishing coats? I have done my mist coat and now plan to do two top finishing coats.

I have painted two mist coats on newly plastered walls (50% white emulsion and 50% water), looks well. Next step I’m confused what to do next. Should I paint all the walls with just white Matt emulsion paint THEN paint it the colour I want it? Or can I go straight to painting the walls with...

Been searching around for a good quality white matt emulsion to use for the ceiling and a white feature wall I want to do, and honestly so much to choose from and so many mixed reviews that I'm confused. Ideally I'd want to use the same product for mist coat by watering down as walls and...

Had room newly plastered. Solid exterior wall has always caused problems with condensation and mould so would like to put up Wallrock KV600 thermal liner paper with 2 coats of mould resistant paint on top (maybe using a paint additive like VC175). Should I mist coat the fresh plaster walls...

Hi I had my living room skimmed just before christmas, some areas they took back to brick and used plasterboard and reboarded the ceiling. the job included painting. soon after, many cracks have appeared on every wall, including areas skimmed and on plasterboard. the pait is also peeling off in...