You two should do a video with a question and answer theme for your viewers. I watch all your videos and In my opinion there is no other decorating channel that is as professional and as thorough as you guys. Would be interesting to know more about you both and how you became to be where you are today! I’ve always done a lot of decorating over the years, and I enjoy watching your videos to expand my knowledge in this trade, being a jack of all trades kind of guy myself spending Monday to Friday doing up houses. Thanks. Marc

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

Marc Gray Cheers mate, hopefully as more and more videos get uploaded, we should just about cover everything. Some great videos in mind. Your welcome to ask questions.

Thanks mate, this was really informative. Renovating a new build (1999) and can't paint anywhere as roller would just rip up paint. Drove me nuts. Now I understand what's happened. Way I'm solving it... Big sander with hoover attachment (reduces dust massively) to get rid of as much badly adhered paint as possible, sanded down to the plasterboard paper. It took about a day for living room with 120 grit. Next will apply zinsser product which is designed to go over cracked and peeling paint, this should help areas where there is still fine original magnolia paint left and stop it from lifting. What a pain, all because some didn't add a bit of water.

@hmmcinerney

4 жыл бұрын

Ray's World Had the same problem, used Fluxaf Super which lifts the paint and can be scraped off after about twenty minutes. Laborious but worth it.

On a molecular level... 😂 Next week on a spirit level.

Great tips thanks👍what is the best ratio to mix water to paint?

Have you ever thought of doing a live Q and A? You have kindly answered many of my questions, however I have many more! I think your subscribers would like this a lot. Also have you considered doing some real core ‘basics’ videos; I.e. loading a roller showing how much paint should be on it etc.?

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

No have not thought about that. But will defo be going more in-depth. Have only scratched the surface as yet.

Great videos 👍 how would you recommend dealing with over polishing when must coating. We have a patch that just won't take. Thank you in advance 👍

Top Advice, love dipping in to his videos, looking for pointers on painting,🖖

@PaintingandDecorating

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you glad we can help.

Very informative video this is - thanks for the upload!

@PaintingandDecorating

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Good advice. So what's the best paint to water ratio . Can I use cheap matt emulsion or should I use a quality emulsion even though I'm watering it down.

Great videos, mate. A couple of things please: would you suggest contract matt for mist coating new plaster ceilings in shower/wet rooms? I've seen another of your films where I think you used a PVA mix? I'm finishing all areas with either Diamond Matt or Diamond Eggshell. Cheers, Phil

Thank for the explanations. Often i hear of things that much be done but no real detail as to why other than "but that what others do". For me know why to the details helps me understand and remember well too. Thanks for the details.

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome and thanks.

About 10 yrs ago I had my staircase plastered and decided to do a mist coat with some old paint out of the garage Plasterer said use 50/50 water/emulsion and I thought the vinyl silk emulsion I had would be ok. everything was going great until I put a coat of the final paint on. The mist coat started blistering and peeling off as it hadn't stuck to the wall. I had to scrape it all off, but it wouldn't all come off. I could have cried !!!

@emeraldmayy

2 жыл бұрын

This happened to me recently but it was a decorator that did it to my freshly plaster walls. Did you manage to fix it in the end?

@geffthebricky

2 жыл бұрын

@@emeraldmayy I had to sand the edges where the paint wouldn't come off to feather it in. After mist coat to the patches where the paint pealed, and 2 coats of thick emulsion it was ok. It was a shame as the plasterer had done a fantastic job. I hope this helps and you manage to get it sorted.

@emeraldmayy

2 жыл бұрын

@@geffthebricky thanks for replying!

Great stuff

with a bare plaster is best to pva and use 50 50 wtaer and mat to seal then top coat loved the video.

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

Once PVA is dry just two coats of your emulsion usually no water in the paint.

My theory is that you're best off using a durable emulsion for a mist coat. Expensive, but it has the vinyl that you'd get in PVA, and it provides a good base coat for subsequent coats, Contract matt is great for new builds where the plaster might not be dry yet, but it's a dusty substrate for any future work and needs sealing just like fresh plaster, especially if you're papering. The whole mist coat debacle is too much 😅

I’ve been searching everywhere for answers and finally found it. I will explain in detail what I did and how best I can avoid this nightmare in the future. I stripped some wallpaper, washed the walls with sugar soap and filled and sanded using 180 grit sandpaper. I made sure that all existing wallpaper residue was removed. There was still original paint on the wall, most probably from the1930s when the house was originally built. Because it wasn’t bare plaster I went ahead a painted 2 undiluted coats of Leyland Contract Matt emulsion on the wall. a month or so later decided because the surface was starting to form cracks and it wasn’t as perfect as I had wanted it to be to use lining paper. I knew I had to seal the surface as contract Matt is quite chalky. I used watered down PVA to size the wall, left it to dry and then lined the walls using Solvite wallpaper paste from a packet. After 24 hrs I was about to paint it and noticed the paper was starting to come away from the wall and with it chunks of paint. I’ve been asking around online and off as to what to do. Some people suggest Zinzeer Guardz but I would rather ask you because I like your logical scientific approach to things.

@DavideAnastasia

8 ай бұрын

PVA is activated by water, and the wallpaper paste contains water: that's the reason why it didn't work.

Just started painting recently skimmed wall with a 50/50 mix but there are some areas where the paint hardly takes and looks blotchy. Im sure the plaster was dry before I started, it was plastered a few days ago.

@TomTomTomTom538

3 жыл бұрын

Could be a patch of plaster that's been over polished and so isn't as porous as the rest, second coat will be fine of so

@jadonx

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomTomTomTom538 I think your right there, I talked to a local decorator who said the same. I could of rectified by sanding with a course paper. I persisted with overcoats and is now finished with final colour coat. Thanks.

Thanks for all the tips. What if the desired finished coat is not going to be white is it still best to use a watered down white emulsion and then apply the finish coat in whatever desired colour?

@PaintingandDecorating

3 жыл бұрын

That depends on your paint that you use for your finish because some can be thinned and used as a mist coat. But white contract emulsion is cheap and used as a mist coat is a good base for any colour.

@southcoastsealantsltd

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating love thank for the advice 🤝

In my experience the paint will flake from a wall if 1) it was painted before the plaster was properly dry, so that the paint just sat on the surface or 2) the PVA or mist coat was insufficiently thinned and therefore could not soak into the surface. Good video.

@PaintingandDecorating

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you..

Clicked on this while using Zinsser perma White on my bare plaster bathroom ceiling, I've diluted it. Hope it works.

@forridersofsatan

11 ай бұрын

What problems did you have?

Great video but it's left me even more confused as to what I need to do in my newly skimmed bathroom ceiling - thinking of using Zinsser Perma white as the top coat, but from what you're saying I shouldn't be using a watered down contract emulsion as the mist coat as it won't be stable once any humidity hits it. Any suggestions as to what to use as a primer/sealer on bathroom ceilings? Thanks. Dave

@PaintingandDecorating

2 жыл бұрын

We use diluted PVA like milky water allow it to soak into the plaster.. should not sit on the surface. Allow coats to dry fully.. and only becomes tough after fully dry. Thanks

@davehatton3314

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating That's great - thanks very much- really appreciate the response

I would quite happily go get water on site to thin down the mistcoat. Puts it on quicker and generally seals surface. Time is money.

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

9 out of ten will be doing it correctly. A lot of the problem is when anyone with no understanding decides to paint new plaster. I do understand on site and when your working for others time is money.

@cathedralImages

5 жыл бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating what is the correct ratio paint /water for mist coating ?

@PaintingandDecorating

5 жыл бұрын

@@cathedralImages This video will explain all hope it helps kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq2kmpmdkbDbeZc.html

What can I do if my painter/decorator has used silk paint for the most coat and the paint is now peeling off? I had my hallway plastered two years ago and then paid for it to be professionally painted by a local person who was recommended. Initially it looked fine but a week after he had finished some of the paint peeled off right down to the plaster. I didn’t know what to do so left it alone but now parts of the wall could do with a fresh coat of paint, I tried today and the paint peeled off, I guess it was wishful thinking to believe it would be fine to paint over. Any advice would be much appreciated.

@PaintingandDecorating

2 жыл бұрын

Extremely difficult you can try and seal the wall from re wetting. But that is difficult you have to paint fast and allow to fully dry... using a washable matt or Zinsser 123.. other one is steam strip or wet and strip... if it wants to come off take it off. Thanks good luck

@emeraldmayy

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating thank you for your reply! I have decided to have the walls plaster again as it just seems like the easiest option right now. I will just take it as a costly lesson learnt!

We stripped out bedroom wall of paper and there was bare plaster underneath. I put contract matt on mixed with the correct amount of water but it peeled off the next day. I washed the walls too. Tried putting zinsser guardz on too but it still peeled off. Any ideas? I may just line the wall. A shame because it's a very smooth wall.

@PaintingandDecorating

3 жыл бұрын

Does sound like a problem wall.. funny that the zinsser peeled.. did you remove the old paste from the plaster... although zinsser should have sorted it.. I would sand down coatbif diluted PVA and line..

@korgscrew2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating yes. I washed down and scraped the old paste off. It's a beautiful plastered wall. It's very very smooth though, almost like glass. That could be the problem. It sucks everything in too. Going to use wallrock power adhesive and fibre liner.

one coat plaster paint... Done the hole house.. Took 50 litres.. Never had no trouble...

would pva work on the bare plaster before painting

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

Yes especially in kitchens and bathrooms.

@dermook6436

6 жыл бұрын

I would apply an acrylic primer first to bathrooms and kitchens in particular.

when i mist coat i put at least 30/40% water leave it soak in as long as i can even over night .. the longer you leave it the better ...i mostly spray i never touch the serface

@Tigerratcat

Жыл бұрын

Do you normally spray it on heavy? Pva or primer sealer?

@garethdavies7564

Жыл бұрын

@@Tigerratcat one coat is eough it just seal the plaster for top coat

NOOICE!

@PaintingandDecorating

Жыл бұрын

Thank you..

Contract matt isn't normally the finish coat though , it should really only be used for mist coating or a base coat. Acrylic Eggshell , A Vinyl Matt etc as a finish coat and your point is irrelevant. I still say PVA on bare plaster is a big no, no and most other painters would agree. I do know some painters that don't thin contract matt with water though ,absolute clowns. 25 years in the trade so no young buck here . I wish i still was !

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

It works for us and saves me money. We are not saying mist coating does not work and if your doing room after room on building sites or just a house plastered all the way through and you're told what to do then it's fine. On jobs, we use PVA all the time to seal dust and holes before filling and after. PVA before we paper instead of using size. It's great stuff as long as you understand how to use it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a5ikztVtiKXOirg.html This property was all PVA first to seal plaster.

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

It's a six-inch flat brush that we use. And would not save you time on site or new build, but when am working just in one building or room, I find that you can do a lot of sanding and filling before you paint and PVA hardens the surface and seals filler. Plaster sometimes needs a lot of work on it before you can paint. And I like to get my work looking good.

@orbitalforest

6 жыл бұрын

"Applying a mist coat will sufficiently seal your new plaster after it has dried. Many professional painters do not recommend using PVA glue to seal your plaster, as it can cause issues later on. The paint that you then apply afterwards is likely to sit on top of the PVA if you use this method. This means that it will fail to deeply penetrate your surface and subsequently the paint will not last very long. Paint quickly starts to peel off and chip away if plaster has been treated with PVA prior to application." Just one of many bits of advice i've seen on various builders/decorators websites.

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

watch this video PVA was used when it was new plaster and then a leak occurred a year later. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a5ikztVtiKXOirg.html

@adriansandry2783

6 жыл бұрын

PVA dries more quickly than a mist coat and therefore can speed the job up. Whether PVA or mistcoat the secret to sussesfully sealing the surface is sufficiently thinning the mix so that it soaks well into the surface. Insufficiency thinned PVA or mistcoat will just sit on the substrate.

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PVA is activated by water, and all paints contain water, hence why it is discouraged as primer. Contract Matt (and especially Leyland) leaves a chalky/dirty residue on the wall that doesn't let paint stick, so that's a terrible product to use for mist coat/undercoat.

@PaintingandDecorating

8 ай бұрын

Wrong... Because PVA is a reversible material it's perfect for water based paints. PVA is a glue it soaks into a surface and is very difficult to extract it may get wet but that only helps the paint to stick better. Once fully dry it's tough a lot better than a mist coat. Paint can be thrown out by moisture that doesn't happen with PVA. Also I'm not a paint manufacturer trying to sell you more paint... a mist coat done correctly does work but is not my go to choice. Because New plaster always needs a lot of preparation PVA is perfect for the first coat. Thanks

@DavideAnastasia

8 ай бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating For the avoidance of doubt, there is plenty of documentation of why PVA should not be used with paint. A very quick search on Google will show plenty of links/videos that explain the reason why not. I just want to make your viewers aware.

can i use NO NONSENSE TRADE BARE PLASTER PAINT BRILLIANT WHITE 10LTR on newly plastered walls and ceilings instead of 'mist coating'???

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

MR V If it says for bare or new plaster yes follow instructions.

@mrv5801

6 жыл бұрын

yes - it is designed for bare / new plaster - and no dilution required. how much do u normally dilute the contract emulsion for mist coating..........50/50??? thanks buddy

@PaintingandDecorating

6 жыл бұрын

MR V Yes about 50 / 50 but I like to use PVA diluted then it's ready for any paint.

@seanokeeffe5604

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaintingandDecorating thank you for that advice. In my case there is dark areas on the bottom of the wall and when I use the roller to paint over them its not sticking to it

@mrv5801

4 жыл бұрын

@@clintlemGenesis1 removing all the paint off the ceiling is gona b one hell of an arse ache - and most likely a complete waste of time!!!!! i would try lightly sanding back the edge of the adhered paint - until its smooth as can be - and then mist coat that area - b4 u finally apply the final coats of undiluted emulsion. GOOD LUCK BUDDY!!!!!!!