ᐅ Red lime plaster with a felt layer and one finish coat – does anyone have experience with this?
Created on: 1 Jul 2018 22:10
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DanielaSHello everyone,
We have decided to use red lime plaster and will apply a Filz 1 basecoat on top. This can be left as is, or it can be painted with a low-diffusion paint.
Initially, we planned not to paint the Filz 1 in order to maintain good indoor air quality, but we’re not completely sure how the “look” will turn out, or if it might bother us when the walls occasionally “flake” if touched and if there could be some shading visible. Have you had any experience with this, and how satisfied are you?
Having it painted professionally is definitely too expensive, so it’s probably something we would do ourselves, and it wouldn’t have to be done immediately.
We have decided to use red lime plaster and will apply a Filz 1 basecoat on top. This can be left as is, or it can be painted with a low-diffusion paint.
Initially, we planned not to paint the Filz 1 in order to maintain good indoor air quality, but we’re not completely sure how the “look” will turn out, or if it might bother us when the walls occasionally “flake” if touched and if there could be some shading visible. Have you had any experience with this, and how satisfied are you?
Having it painted professionally is definitely too expensive, so it’s probably something we would do ourselves, and it wouldn’t have to be done immediately.
We painted it with silicate paint.
We tested it before painting:
Without painting, the grains in the topcoat plaster would keep falling off.
After painting, it's much better now, and we would definitely use silicate paint on the walls again.
However, there are differences between the paints.
Just ask a reputable paint supplier.
We tested it before painting:
Without painting, the grains in the topcoat plaster would keep falling off.
After painting, it's much better now, and we would definitely use silicate paint on the walls again.
However, there are differences between the paints.
Just ask a reputable paint supplier.
We chose the system with lime base plaster and a skim coat of felted lime finish plaster. Currently, everything is left without paint, and that's how we want it to stay for now.
We really like it because it looks very natural—there’s no opaque paint layer that covers up all the color variations. The color differences are only visible when you look very closely. Then you can see the beige, tiny sand grains. From a short distance, the wall looks wonderfully bright, with no visible shading.
Yes, it does "flake" a bit if you scratch the wall. We will see how we feel about that in the long run. For now, it’s perfect as it is! If we ever have to or want to paint it, definitely with silicate paint. Otherwise, the good plaster will be ruined.
Also, even though we don’t live in the house yet, we are already completely impressed by the indoor climate! It was definitely a great decision!
If we had wanted gypsum plaster, we would have had to find a different plasterer. He immediately said: if you want such nonsense, find someone else. I won’t work with that!
We really like it because it looks very natural—there’s no opaque paint layer that covers up all the color variations. The color differences are only visible when you look very closely. Then you can see the beige, tiny sand grains. From a short distance, the wall looks wonderfully bright, with no visible shading.
Yes, it does "flake" a bit if you scratch the wall. We will see how we feel about that in the long run. For now, it’s perfect as it is! If we ever have to or want to paint it, definitely with silicate paint. Otherwise, the good plaster will be ruined.
Also, even though we don’t live in the house yet, we are already completely impressed by the indoor climate! It was definitely a great decision!
If we had wanted gypsum plaster, we would have had to find a different plasterer. He immediately said: if you want such nonsense, find someone else. I won’t work with that!
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