ᐅ Suspended ceiling, drywall panels, wall plaster?

Hello.

During the renovation of our old house, we had the ceilings suspended using drywall panels. Now it's about painting, and we thought of applying a plaster finish directly onto the filled drywall panels, similar to the walls.

The painter advised against this and recommended the following setup –

textured wallpaper and then the plaster finish, due to the risk of cracking. Is this correct?

You can usually paint the ceiling directly.

Are the drywall panels smoothed out well enough to avoid any unevenness? Even then, it would certainly be advisable to use a paintable non-woven wallpaper as an underlayer. This also helps prevent issues with "moving" substrates that might crack.

What is the intended purpose of the mentioned wall plaster?

Hello,
we have two options for the drywall surfaces on the upper floor:

• Smooth painter’s fleece and painted
• 2mm (0.08 inches) textured plaster

The drywall panels were skim-coated, sanded, and then skim-coated and sanded again for both options. Afterwards, they were primed.
There are no visible issues across the surface for either option. Only at the wall joints are there some cracks, which are probably due to the new construction.
So, if you want a smooth ceiling, apply painter’s fleece first and then paint.
If you prefer a textured ceiling, use the textured plaster (though it can create quite a mess on the ceiling :rolleyes 🙂.