This will give you a better chance for a strong bond.Ģ. Sometimes your walls can hold a grease which prevents the plaster bonding so the best option is to wash your walls down with sugar soap. Wash the walls down I always recommend this. All you have to do next is prepare it with 2 simple stepsġ. If the paint looks in good condition and it’s not peeling off then perfect. Has the wall recently been painted? Are there areas where the old paint is peeling from your walls? Is there any grease or residue? The first thing you need to do is look at the condition of the wall your working on. Knowing when you CAN plaster over paint (and preparing it correctly There are some cases where you definitely can’t plaster on paint. Now I want you to get this right because I learnt a massive lesson that day. Next thing I know the whole lot is on the floor with the paint stuck to the sheets of plaster. I went back to the job the next day and noticed a huge bubble in the centre of the finished plaster. It was the last job of the day and I was good to go home after that. I PVA’d the surface (speak more about that in a second), and skimmed it out. I’ve had it once where I was plastering a little ceiling that I thought was fully prepped. However there’s some cases where you definitely can’t. You just need to provide correct preparation. The best answer is yes, the majority of the time it’s perfectly acceptable to plaster over paint. I’m going to show you the right way to plastering over paint.
Imagine spending all that time for nothing!
Today I’m going to give you the answer to this crucial question and let you know what to look out for because getting this wrong could lead to your plaster falling off in sheets. Can you plaster over paint? Is it ok to do so or do I need to strip it all back? Let’s talk about a very common question that needs to be asked.
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