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Welcome back to “What interior house paint goes where and why” for painting walls the second part, painting plasterboard walls. Well let us get straight into what interior house paint to use for our second type of walls, remember they were the most common walls, plasterboard or gyprock plasterboard.

Now when interior wall painting these types, they need to be sealed also, using an… acrylic sealer undercoat…Unlike the oil based type we used for wet set plaster the water based product also penetrates the plasterboard.? It seals its cardboard like fibres back preparing it ready for its top coats. The best finish or coats of paint to apply again is a good quality interior low sheen acrylic. There are some great low sheen’s on the market. You can also purchase it in eco friendly or low VOC paints that are really good for the environment and have very low emissions. Very easy on your snout so if your interested in going down that path ask for it when buying your paint.

Do not forget when painting walls always use two coats of paint and get a nice thick durable coat on, it makes cleaning a whole lot easier and it’s easier to put on as well. As long as you have prepared your walls and filled properly you’ll get a nice pro looking finish with low sheen.

Put time into prep work you will get good results remember this! Painting is 95% prep and 5% finish work. OK! I will have you painting like a pro in no time.
By the way if your walls have existing coats of paint and you’re looking to repaint as long as you have prepared your walls correctly, two good coats of low sheen will be fine to redecorate.

Well I still have a lot of interior painting tips to cover and I would love to share my knowledge of what has made me the tradesman I am today. So please keep your eyes cast on this spot and I will endeavor to share the secrets of the painting trade with YOU! and you will have a paint finish you’ll be proud of.

Remember a good quality low sheen when home painting is what you want when painting walls. Splash some paint around and colour your world he he! That is it for what interior house paint goes where and why when painting walls of the second types.

Catch ya and happy painting……………………Wayne the painter

Welcome back to “What interior house paint goes where and why” for interior wall painting. Like my last entry “of what interior house paint goes on ceilings” I’m going to explain what materials {paint} to apply when painting walls. So put your seat belt on, stick your drop sheets down, kick the cat and the dog out of the room and get ready to be injected with good, honest solid information about interior house paint for walls.

Firstly there are two basic types of walls, you’ll bound to have one of them, cause if you don’t your house will fall down!(God I kill myself )Anyway they are:

1.Plaster or wet set walls. They have even been known to be called soft plaster walls.
2.Probably the most commonly used material in the building industry, Plasterboard or gyprock plasterboard.

We’ll talk about No1 in this post, being painting plaster walls. These are the most important walls to get right because the biggest mistake people make when doing this type is not sealing their walls. The most common reason is cost cutting which is fine until the paint falls of the walls, then it’s a huge job. I’ve seen it first hand and it’s an ugly situation you don’t want to be in. Literally the whole house will end up this way and its a job that never ends so don’t scrimp on your sealer. Get it right the first time and believe me you’ll sleep better too.

So a good quality oil based sealer binder is the answer. It does exactly what it says. It seals from moisture and other elements and binds the surface together to give you a nice surface that your finish coats can grab hold of and stick hard to. You’ll get no peeling dramas or paint falling off later down the track and it’ll never have to be done again. Now try to use a good quality paint where it counts especially when it comes to painting walls. Walls get marked easily, animals lean against them and furniture scuffs up against them. The big one, if you have children, they see them as a big blank canvas and begin their first attempts at art class 101. I’m sure most of us have been there, right!

Now a pretty standard coating system for painting walls has always been and for 24 plus years of my painting life is {low sheen acrylic} its very washable with might I add warm soapy water….. a touch of dishwashing liquid usually does the trick. Low Sheen Acrylic is very user friendly and like I said if it’s a fairly premium product is very nice and easy to apply. So don’t forget when applying paints use two coats and get a nice thick durable coat on.

Well that is all for painting plaster walls, stay tuned for more interior painting tips in my next post of home painting. Read all about the second type of painting walls in “What interior house paint goes where and why”.

Catch ya and Happy Painting …………………………Wayne the painter