Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Jun 24, 2015 1:05 am Hi eveyone, We have just bought our first home and are beggining the long road of renovations! Old flooring has been pulled up and I've begun preping for painting for the first time. I'm a little confused, our home is a double brick home with what appears to be plaster on the walls. Yet all the information i find onli e points to nearly all modern homes having drywall, not plaster. Our house was built in 2002, but it looks like plaster, the brick has a grey compound on it which is followed by a white plaster and poorly applied base coat of paint. I ask because I am having trouble sanding the walls flat - the previous owner filled holes with something very hard, which is making prep work a nightmare. Does anyone have any tips on preping this for a good finish? I have been using a smooth finish skim filler for the dents and cracks that re present, but the plaster has a textured finish, is this going to show through my finished product. Another option i find online is applying a skim coat to the whole wall, with mixed opnions if it is DIY suitable. Any advice would be great along with confirmation of what my walls are made of! Thanks in advance. Re: Plaster in a 2002 home? 2Jun 24, 2015 9:42 am You don't say where you are. In NSW most DB homes are rendered internally with a sand/cement mix to either a sponge float finish ( smoothish ) or a steel float finish ( smoother ) then painted over. If owners wanted a very smooth finish to the plaster they would get the plasterers to do a white set over this which is a lime mix to an almost gloss finish. This is allowed to dry then painted over. In WA they seem to go for the white set finish more often. Personally if you are having trouble with the existing inconsistent wall I'd be tempted to skim coat the entire wall , sand then paint but the underlying layers have to be sound for that too. Stewie Re: Plaster in a 2002 home? 3Jul 07, 2015 8:09 pm Hi Stewie, Thanks for your reply and your help. I am in WA. I have solved the issue I think, the difference isn't actually noticeable once I apply an undercoat. I have decided to try get away without applying a skim coat as I'm not sure I could get a good finish myself and getting in a professional will break the budget! Thanks again for your help, sorry my reply is so late, we've been away on holiday forgetting all about our massive DIY projects at home! Derek Hi, Have used the Dulux 1 step, oil base on my walls(white set), out of can it’s already a more thinner product than a final coat paint Also in water base Water or… 3 5040 yeah i couldnt picture it issue either, but i could clearly picture what they were doing wrong haha 2 5302 Our 6m high Cathedral ceiling has 0 insulation, just plaster, wrap and tiles as far as I can tell. Wife likes the exposed beams, I hate the $600 per month heating bill,… 0 13495 |