We have a craftsman who applied microlite (painter's fleece) completely wrong on the walls and ceiling throughout our basement (ceilings and walls). He didn't place them tightly (completely together so a seam arose), in some places, they were even overlapped by a few mm. I noticed this only after he had painted once. I pointed this out and that I was not satisfied; we want completely smooth walls, which is precisely why you use microlite on new drywall. 
What he did then was fill the seams with latex (where it was overlapping he cut away and filled with latex) and not just a little, like he spackled them with latex, so they are in some places 3-4 cm wide. This is going to be a disaster tomorrow when he paints the second time because the latex is completely smooth, unlike microlite. I tried painting over a seam myself tonight, and it doesn't look good at all, just awful. It becomes shiny where the latex is. So now there are streaks 3-4 cm wide that are completely smooth in the middle of the walls and ceiling.
And tomorrow he's coming back to paint the second time... what do we do now??? How do we solve this?? Please don't say we have to redo everything? Any tips!! Very grateful for answers...
What he did then was fill the seams with latex (where it was overlapping he cut away and filled with latex) and not just a little, like he spackled them with latex, so they are in some places 3-4 cm wide. This is going to be a disaster tomorrow when he paints the second time because the latex is completely smooth, unlike microlite. I tried painting over a seam myself tonight, and it doesn't look good at all, just awful. It becomes shiny where the latex is. So now there are streaks 3-4 cm wide that are completely smooth in the middle of the walls and ceiling.
And tomorrow he's coming back to paint the second time... what do we do now??? How do we solve this?? Please don't say we have to redo everything? Any tips!! Very grateful for answers...
mmm good tips on what should have been done before... unfortunately my problem persists... I just test painted a third time at a seam and waiting for the result. Looks promising.... If it turns out well, it means we have to buy a whole batch of paint for 3000 kr who will cover that material cost. And the time...
there you have a point ... but the craftsman said two would be enough ... and being a layman, I relied on that. we'll see how he feels about painting a 3rd time for the quoted price for two times....
going down to see how the joint turned out in an hour when it's dry... hope it turns out well .....
going down to see how the joint turned out in an hour when it's dry... hope it turns out well .....
it usually isn't a problem but spackel would be preferable... If it's the primed canvas, 2 coats should be enough but otherwise 3 is probably necessary—it's practically impossible not to get it streaky with just 2! you can apply paste first and then 2 coats of paint, but 3 coats are required
best regards, "layman"
best regards, "layman"
I had to paint my Microlit 3 coats with the silicate paint - Thought that 2 would be enough but blamed it on the fact that it was the cheapest paint I could find = Hornbach. 3 coats were needed to make it look nice.