Title: How much should I dilute emulsion to seal new plaster with a first coat? | Yahoo Answers
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How much should I dilute emulsion to seal new plaster with a first coat?
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Content: renovated many houses, right down to bare wall and back up again. Anonymous
1 decade ago
There's 2 ways to paint new plaster, the DIY way and the trade way. DIY - Thin emulsion down with 10% water, coat and then recoat with standard emulsion, with no water added, twice. Trade - Go to Leyland, buy super leytex and apply 2 coats. It does new plaster. Don't put soft sheen or vinyl on new plaster without first coating with matt. ...Show more
chauncey1970cam
1 decade ago
DO NOT USE PVA the whole idea of a mist coat is to let the plaster breath so it sinks in to the plaster not just sit on the top buy dulux super matt it tells you how much to water it down by
you can use normal emoulsion just make it really thin 25 percent paint 75 persent water
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5 years ago
Sealing New Plaster
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Ang
1 decade ago
Use B&Q cheapest of the cheap white emulsion it is watered down already and is fine for using to seal plaster
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