2) the walls are currently covered in coloured silk paints.
How To Paint Freshly Plastered Walls. Newly plastered walls and ceilings look great, but painting them can throw up problems, so it pays to be prepared. Old plaster walls are more temperamental than drywall so you have to put a little more elbow grease into the preparation work before you paint.
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Thanks, dan scherlis for suggesting this procedure which skipped my mind completely at the time of first writing answer. Plaster walls in older homes often display small dents, dings, cracks and nail holes that must be filled or smoothed over before a new coat of paint can be applied. Estimate how much paint you need.
Most of the paint defects arises due to painting on freshly plastered walls.
How to plaster a wall. Click here now to find out how to prepare plaster walls for painting, just to give the paint a fighting chance! This may take several weeks, so you need to follow the manufacturer's guidelines. How to prepare walls for painting.
