ᐅ Is it advisable to use painting fleece or mesh for drywall when applying silicate paint?
Created on: 8 Feb 2025 23:13
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ZwuselSepp
Hello everyone,
I want to paint my new drywall partitions (12.5 mm (0.5 inch) plasterboard on both sides, installed indoors) with white silicate paint.
A friend recommended the following procedure:
1. Primer: STO Prim Plex
2. Painter’s fleece: STO TAP PRO 100 P (pigmented)
3. Top coat: Silicate paint: "STOColor Sil Comfort"
I have the following questions:
1. Is it really necessary to use painter’s fleece?
2. This method requires three coats in total. Nowadays, there are other options with a primer (e.g., Sto Prim Sil Color) that apparently save one painting step. What is actually more effective?
Best regards
I want to paint my new drywall partitions (12.5 mm (0.5 inch) plasterboard on both sides, installed indoors) with white silicate paint.
A friend recommended the following procedure:
1. Primer: STO Prim Plex
2. Painter’s fleece: STO TAP PRO 100 P (pigmented)
3. Top coat: Silicate paint: "STOColor Sil Comfort"
I have the following questions:
1. Is it really necessary to use painter’s fleece?
2. This method requires three coats in total. Nowadays, there are other options with a primer (e.g., Sto Prim Sil Color) that apparently save one painting step. What is actually more effective?
Best regards
Fuchur schrieb:
and would have preferred to invest the money in Q4 afterwards.And then you'd probably be even more annoyed about the cracks. But the substrate isn't expensive, right? And it is perfectly suitable for EL. Just smooth it out and reapply over it. As if invisible.