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I am in the unfortunate position that i have to decorate some rough walls and woodwork. Are these paint pad things as good as a roller and a brush? i need to get it done (bare plaster) in a day or so.
I think paint pads are best suited to smooth walls. Roller would be best for rough surface
They look brilliant in the ads, but I've never seen a painter use one. No good for rough walls for sure though.
i need to get it done (bare plaster) in a day or so.
Don't forget to do a mist coat first.
Don’t forget to do a mist coat first.
Is that when you stand back to admire your handiwork and the missus says "Mist a bit there....and over there…."
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BTW OP - I recently painted a wall using a 'FatHog' roller from a Johnstone's Trade Centre – so much better at covering than a million other rollers I have used in the past.
Don’t forget to do a mist coat first.
Nah that that's old school.
No nonsense bare plaster paint at screw fix is the way forward ..... Much better. ****ed around with the mist coats last time. Even using good paint watered down took many coats to cover bare plaster
Did the kitchen last night . One coat of bare plaster paint and it's ready for top coat.
Happy me as I was dreading the paintwork
With a roller.
I like using pads, I find rollers fling paint around. Once you get the knack they're pretty quick too.
Even using good paint watered down took many coats to cover bare plaster
You aren't meant to cover it, you are simply sealing the plaster so the good paint lays on well – painting straight onto plaster isn't a good idea because the emulsion doesn't bond well with it.
Of course using specialist paint like you have achieves the same end result, but it will cost more (especially if you have old tins of water based emulsion laying around ready to be used as base coat).
You aren’t meant to cover it, you are simply sealing the plaster so the good paint lays on well.
Source ? I'm following advice from a guy who does it for a living.
The label on the side certainly suggests it does what you expect and it also does what I expect it to do.....not have pink plaster bleed through for many coats....
At 16.99 for 10l and seeing how well it's worked I'm happy with the cost Vs time savings having messed around doing the watered down paint on the upstairs.
Source ? I’m following advice from a guy who does it for a living.
Renovating an entire house myself for starters, and Google it if you don't believe me. One coat is enough, two at the max to be 200% sure it's fully sealed.
But you chose a different route, that's fine. It isn't wrong to do that, but mist coating remains a widely-used approach by professionals and DIYers alike.
I'm a deccy and always use contract matt on bare plaster, thinned down 20%ish. Never used pads TBH but the cheesy aussie infomercial ('Paint runner pro' IIRC)) on random freeview channels at daft hours make them look easy. The way I see it is no one else I know of in the trade uses them so its brushes and rollers everytime for me!
Definitely dont have to cover the plaster with the mist coat, it's purely to make sure subsequent coats stick
Don't have to. But why take twice as long to do the job that's bike riding time we wasting.
It's not just the mist coat. I found the subsequent coats of emulsion would bleed through the pink too. No such issue with this.
@trail-rat - that’s fine then. If you want simple white walls then what you have done is fine.
But I am confused now - you used new plaster paint because your expert said to, but you had already tried mist coating?
I have many rooms...
I also used to do splash and dash renovations for student flats.
Crack on then - you are happy with your approach, I with mine.