How To Prepare A Painted Ceiling For Plastering

Step 2 Use a small damp brush to polish off the edges and corners.

How to prepare a painted ceiling for plastering. Decorating your new home. You simply apply the PVA wait for it to dry and apply the second coat. But generally the ceiling or the wall will be ready for painting a month after plastering.

You might sometimes need 2 coats. PVA isshould be used in plastering to control suction and NOT to provide a key. In short plastering a ceiling is so much harder than plastering walls and we just werent sure we could pull it off to the standard we really wanted.

Cut in or outline the perimeter of the ceiling with primer using a 2-inch angled edge paintbrush. Ive done a little bit of amateur plastering myself but never a ceiling. The reasons could be indoor and outdoor humidity excessive condensation temperature changes the multi-coat plaster system ventilation etc.

Hold the paint scraper at about a 30-degree angle from the ceiling then push it toward the loose paint. Once the plaster is completely dry then its ready to be painted or. You apply the first coat wait for it to completely dry and then apply the second coat.

The double coat increases the efficiency of the PVA providing a better rate of control over suction. This will remove any dust and grease and help the new coat of paint to adhere to the wall. Perhaps I will get.

Use a paint scraper to remove all of the loose paint. Once the plaster has dried to the right condition you need to polish off your work. And of course after spending money on a DIY plastering course we obviously didnt want to fork out on a professional plasterer either.