Hello everyone,
Starting tomorrow, our interior walls will be finished with Q2 plaster.
We will carry out the painting work ourselves a few weeks later.
Now we are wondering what would be the best option for this.
We have currently considered several options but are still unsure which one we prefer (cost/effort).
1. Simply paint with EasyKnauf roll plaster (fine texture)
2. Apply painter’s fleece underneath and paint with EasyKnauf roll plaster (fine texture)
3. Apply painter’s fleece underneath and paint with standard emulsion paint
4. Use textured wallpaper (Raufaser) and then paint over it
We generally don’t like ceilings and walls to be completely smooth – a fine texture is perfectly fine.
What have you done in similar situations? If it wasn’t a DIY job: What did your painter do?
Any tips/tricks/notes on this?
Starting tomorrow, our interior walls will be finished with Q2 plaster.
We will carry out the painting work ourselves a few weeks later.
Now we are wondering what would be the best option for this.
We have currently considered several options but are still unsure which one we prefer (cost/effort).
1. Simply paint with EasyKnauf roll plaster (fine texture)
2. Apply painter’s fleece underneath and paint with EasyKnauf roll plaster (fine texture)
3. Apply painter’s fleece underneath and paint with standard emulsion paint
4. Use textured wallpaper (Raufaser) and then paint over it
We generally don’t like ceilings and walls to be completely smooth – a fine texture is perfectly fine.
What have you done in similar situations? If it wasn’t a DIY job: What did your painter do?
Any tips/tricks/notes on this?
Regarding the painting work on the wall, our plasterer proceeds as follows:
He applies a white base plaster with a grain texture using a roller. He lets this dry for 1 day and then applies a deco quartz (Haering Deco-Quarz fein) with a roller. Afterwards, he paints everything with STO dispersion paint.
Originally, he wanted to skim coat the entire walls, but I managed to talk him out of it because that would just become too expensive.
What do you think of this approach?
When I mentioned the typical roll plaster method (primer, applying roll plaster with a roller, and creating texture with a structuring roller), he acted as if he didn’t know it. He is quite a perfectionist (plasterer, not painter!) and prefers to do it his own way.
Can a layperson also do this, or should I opt for the more “standard” method in the other rooms that I won’t have him do?
What are your thoughts on this approach? Does the roll plaster always need to be painted afterward?
To me, it all seems like an enormous effort, possibly unnecessary, which might not make much difference to the final result.
I look forward to your input!
He applies a white base plaster with a grain texture using a roller. He lets this dry for 1 day and then applies a deco quartz (Haering Deco-Quarz fein) with a roller. Afterwards, he paints everything with STO dispersion paint.
Originally, he wanted to skim coat the entire walls, but I managed to talk him out of it because that would just become too expensive.
What do you think of this approach?
When I mentioned the typical roll plaster method (primer, applying roll plaster with a roller, and creating texture with a structuring roller), he acted as if he didn’t know it. He is quite a perfectionist (plasterer, not painter!) and prefers to do it his own way.
Can a layperson also do this, or should I opt for the more “standard” method in the other rooms that I won’t have him do?
What are your thoughts on this approach? Does the roll plaster always need to be painted afterward?
To me, it all seems like an enormous effort, possibly unnecessary, which might not make much difference to the final result.
I look forward to your input!
As far as I know, you don’t need to paint over textured plaster again if you’re okay with white.
It seems someone still has high standards for their craft. That’s quite rare these days (usually it’s just vanity). If the overall price isn’t too high for you, just let them do it. I think the result will be good.
It seems someone still has high standards for their craft. That’s quite rare these days (usually it’s just vanity). If the overall price isn’t too high for you, just let them do it. I think the result will be good.
Tolentino schrieb:
To my knowledge, you don’t need to repaint textured paint if you’re okay with the white as is.
It seems like someone still holds high standards in their craft. That’s rare nowadays (mostly just vanity).
If the overall price isn’t too high for you, just let him do it. I think the result will be good. Absolutely... He has extremely high standards.
We already had him do the ceilings (they’ll be sprayed again this week)... It really looks like car paint. Spackled twice, sanded, then sprayed.
You can tell he puts great emphasis on the appearance. He really does it perfectly!
But as you said... the downside is simply the price, which is why I’m planning to exclude some rooms from the service and do them myself. We want to have the entire floorboard areas and the living/dining/kitchen done professionally, so we can handle the other enclosed rooms on our own.
Now the question is whether I should just use his decorative quartz and apply the “standard method” (one person rolls, the other textures afterwards) for the remaining rooms.
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Benutzer2002 Mar 2022 10:32Prager91 schrieb:
What do you think about this approach? Is it absolutely necessary to paint over the textured plaster afterward? It’s a cheaper option than applying the Haering twice (two coats are mandatory). The method is fine.
Prager91 schrieb:
Afterward, he paints everything with STO dispersion paint. You can also tint the Haering. There are good tinting colors for that. However, it always looks a bit more matte compared to painting over it.
Prager91 schrieb:
When I told him about this typical textured plaster method (priming, applying textured plaster with a roller, and then creating texture with a structuring roller), he acted like he didn’t know it. He is quite a perfectionist (plasterer, not painter!) and does it his own way. Saying “that’s rubbish” is putting it mildly from him. And he is completely right. It is rubbish.
Prager91 schrieb:
To me, it all seems like an enormous effort, possibly an unnecessary one, which might not change the final result that much. NO! That is the standard approach if you want it done properly. Please don’t consider doing it the “typical” way. Once you’ve finished with that, a few tears will be shed over how terrible it looks compared to the proper method.
By the way, applying textured plaster with a roller is no more work than painting. It’s just more tiring.
Prager91 schrieb:
Now the question is if I should just use his decorative quartz and finish the rest of the rooms with the "standard" method (one rolls, the other textures afterward). No, absolutely not!
P.S. I applied Haering throughout my entire place exactly the way your perfectionist wants to do it. So I know the effort involved (no more than two coats of paint) and the result after one or two passes. I tinted it with Pufas.
The textured plaster is white but a rather dirty/matte white. So you still have to paint white over it.
If you simply apply and texture it afterward, it will have—let’s say—a rustic charm, like what we here in the Ruhr area call “Gelsenkirchen baroque.”