ᐅ Plaster/smooth walls using Uniflott compound

Hello everyone,

I am new here and have a question that has been on my mind.

I want to plaster, smooth, and paint white the walls in my four-room apartment. I was told that it is best to use Uniflott for this, and that I would need about two bags per room, each costing 40€. My question is, is this correct? Or is Uniflott only suitable for certain types of plastering and not for all walls?

The other question is related to painting: Is it allowed to mix the primer directly with the paint?

Thanks,

I have now used uniflott and Ardex 828 for filling. I find Ardex a bit better because it can be easily reworked and sanded well.

Which primer do you want to mix with the paint?

You can mix the primer with a small amount of paint, yes. This will make it white instead of blue, providing a kind of "undercoat" that might help your final paint cover better.
This is how it was done in our case as well.

seat88 schrieb:

You can mix the primer with a bit of paint, yes. Then it turns white instead of blue, which gives you a sort of "undercoat" so your actual paint might cover better.
That's how it was done here as well.

No, he means pouring the entire primer into the paint bucket, mixing it, and then using that to paint the whole apartment. Normally, you would apply the primer separately, right? He thinks this saves time. Cheers

No, that doesn’t work. The primer is meant to prepare the surface so it absorbs evenly. However, this only works through several steps.
In theory, you can skip the primer, but then you have to apply an extra coat of paint. Since primer is usually cheaper than paint, you don’t actually save any money that way.
So, you never save time. Usually, you don’t save money either if you leave out the primer.

Tolentino schrieb:

No, that doesn’t help. The primer is meant to prepare the surface so it absorbs evenly. But that can only be done in several steps.
In theory, you can skip the primer, but then you’ll just need to apply an extra coat of paint. Since primer is usually cheaper than paint, you don’t really save anything that way.
So you never save time, and usually not money either, by leaving out the primer.

Thanks for the info. Do you know how Uniflott performs? Can it be used to skim entire walls, or is it better to use a different material for that?
Regards