ᐅ Q2 Interior Plaster – What Are the Options?

Good morning everyone,

for our new build, we are currently exploring options for painting the interior walls and ceilings.

We have agreed on and received a plaster finish of level 2 (Q2) on the interior walls (gypsum). To me, the plaster already looks very smooth—typical of a well-executed Q2 finish.

What options are available—apart from textured wallpaper like "Raufaser"—for this Q2 surface, without extensive and especially costly sanding and filling work? There must be a middle ground between textured wallpaper and smooth fleece wallpaper that is affordable yet still looks good?

Thanks for your answers & best regards

Enno

We simply primed and painted. For us, that was smooth enough, and we wanted the walls to breathe. I would do it the same way again—maybe try a different color next time.

kaho674 schrieb:

We simply primed and painted. That was smooth enough for us, and we wanted to keep the walls breathable. I would definitely do it that way again – maybe with a different color next time.

At first, I thought about that too. I think I would like to have a fleece applied because of cracks. It also gives me more flexibility regarding the number of coats in the coming years.

But so far, I have always heard/read that fleece means at least a Q3 finish with extensive sanding and filler work. That can’t be right, can it? There must be something in between the extremes of textured wallpaper and smooth fleece.

Well, I think this calls for an expert opinion from a painter.

No, that’s correct. For fleece, the plaster must be smoothly sanded; otherwise, it looks very poor... The step in between is just simple painting. If the house is properly built, there shouldn’t be any cracking.

Filling, sanding, priming, painting.

What is the fleece supposed to do during settling? Hold the wall together?