Can i paint my ceiling now?

Question

I had my ceiling plastered 2 weeks ago, i was in work so wasnt able to ask questions. Its light pink now, so can i emulsion it now?

Answer 1

Geoff and Sunnie are correct, the cure time is 4 weeks, so wait, or take the advice of the others and suffer the consequences.

You may be ok to paint, but why risk it?

Answer 2

They do say wait 6 weeks - on the other hand it's been very warm lately so assuming that you have been ventilating the room you're probably ok.

Answer 3

Yes, put a few coat's on it. the first coat will disappear, but after that you should be OK

Answer 4

Yes.  There is no primer for new plaster.  You apply three coats of water-based emulsion.  The first coat needs to be thinned out (consistancy of milk) to soak into and grab the plaster (That effectively is the primer).

If your plaster was a skim coat over plasterboard then you can use emulsion with or without vinyl in it.  However, on a ceiling I would recommend one without vinyl as it is more forgiving and will show your painting imperfections less.

EDIT: Re drying times.  If you just had a skim plaster over plasterboard then you can paint as soon as it goes light pink (usually 3-4 days) with either vinyl or non-vinyl emulsion.

If you have had a skim coat over a render (sand and cement) base then this takes 12-18 months to fully dry and you use a non-vinyl emulsion and the walls continue to dry through the paint..  (vinyl emulsion stops the water evaporating and the walls drying out)

Answer 5

yea i think so

Answer 6

Geoff is right, they recommend 4 - 6 weeks, so I would wait at least 2 weeks just to be on the safe side.

Answer 7

you should be able to now as long as the plaster has no wet spots you should be fine.

Answer 8

Yes, but use a primer or watered down emulsion for the first coat.