Decorating a newbuild

Question

I'm going to be moving into a new build soon, and it's been decorated (quite poorly in parts) in brilliant white matt emulsion.

This wouldn't be an issue if I didn't have 3 young kids, that love smearing things on walls.

Is it wise to paint over the emulsion with washable vinyl silk, or will it damage the fresh plaster?

Cheers.

Timothy · Accepted Answer

Hi there no it wouldn't  damage the fresh plaster   thanks

Phillip · Answer

CLEAN EXTREME ( CROWN ) WASHABLE...OR ( DULUX ) DIAMOND MATT, MUCH MORE DURABLE IN MY EXPERIENCE.

Dale · Answer

Hi Martin you will be fine painting over it. Newly plastered walls are fine to paint after a couple of weeks so I presume it was longer than this since they were done. I would give it a wash and sand down in any places that look rough etc. Any other questions please message me. Have a good Christmas. Dale and Leanne

Wayne · Answer

Depends on your property but usually, you wouldn’t redecorate until after a year as normally the building company comes back to sort any settlement cracks.
However yes you can go over the Matt with a silk, but not sure why you would want to as silks a horrible paint you can get Matt that you can scrub go for a diamond Matt

riki · Answer

Sand all down and then go over, should be fine, may be put an under coat on first then put finish paint on after.

Kevin · Answer

Hi, obviously you have to rub down any pour painting runs or lines. But washable vinyl would be the right thing for kids, so yeah, no problems, okay hope that helps, thanks.

Richard · Answer

Try durable white matte or endurance from dulux.
Both washable and will not effect the Matt or plaster underneath, as the plaster should have been dry before a mist coat was put on and it’s probably had two coats of white matte after that. Agreeably new builds are not the best these days, the standard of workmanship is appalling and I’m a decorator, I’ve seen some right messes in new builds. All price work and the prices are crap. So of course it gets bodged.

Luigj · Answer

It will be absolutely fine to paint it over.
It will not damage the plaster.

Darren · Answer

No it will not damage your plaster. Dulux easycare available from B&q kind regards Darren DCHL Services Ltd

Richard · Answer

You can now get a wipe able matt, two coats and you're good to go.

Karl · Answer

The building contractor will only have the paint applied to the walls once the plaster is confirmed as ready to do so and fully dried out.

You are good to apply a paint of your choosing as soon as you take ownership of the property. Remember to identify/record any faults (snagging issues) you find when getting up close with your walls and skirting. These can be passed on to the building provider for rectifying.

Decorating a newbuild

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