Plaster/patch basement wall and quickly be able to paint with Silicate paint?
I have sanded down most of the surface in the basement as it was painted with plastic paint, plastered with Weber plaster mortar C, and painted with Alcro Silicate paint. Now it's time to possibly switch the heat pump to geothermal energy, and there's a rush to fix the basement wall behind...
Previously, I have waited 8 weeks before painting, but now there aren't 8 weeks available. What can be used instead, I'm considering if I can spackle the wall instead. The most important thing is that I can paint with the same Silicate paint as before. It concerns about 6m2, but what should I use for plaster/spackle?
Previously, I have waited 8 weeks before painting, but now there aren't 8 weeks available. What can be used instead, I'm considering if I can spackle the wall instead. The most important thing is that I can paint with the same Silicate paint as before. It concerns about 6m2, but what should I use for plaster/spackle?
Bostik has a quick repair compound that should be paintable within 24h. It could be an option for just behind the pump to be able to paint.
However, I'm not well-versed in what the result would be if you silicate paint on regular plaster before it has fully cured. I think indoors it shouldn't be a big problem, but I have no idea.
However, I'm not well-versed in what the result would be if you silicate paint on regular plaster before it has fully cured. I think indoors it shouldn't be a big problem, but I have no idea.
8 weeks felt a bit excessive to wait. After 1 week you should be able to paint the wall.
If it's more urgent than that, I would have painted when the wall is white-dry (2-3 days), rather than using some fast-curing plastic mortar that is not as diffusion-open.
If it's more urgent than that, I would have painted when the wall is white-dry (2-3 days), rather than using some fast-curing plastic mortar that is not as diffusion-open.
Gypsum plaster?
Holds up unless there are serious moisture issues.
Holds up unless there are serious moisture issues.
NO, absolutely do NOT use gypsum plaster. If you use gypsum plaster, you can forget about silicate paint. I don't really understand your problem? Sand away the plastic paint behind the panel if you consider it necessary. Replace with silicate paint. If you need to fill holes, Ardex, for example, has plenty of fast-drying products.P-plats said:
C bruk you don't need to wait 8 weeks.
Ardex a46 can be used as a filler, quite expensive but really good, and efficient.
However, you have to be a bit quick, it hardens in 30-40 minutes, but if you don't mix more than you can handle in 30 minutes, it works well.
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Behind the pump, does it really matter if the walls are completely smooth? The most important thing is that it's painted.
If there's enough space behind it that you can see if the wall is uneven, you should be able to paint it too, right? With a radiator roller, less than 10cm of clearance is enough. The pump is about 60cm wide, right?
If there's enough space behind it that you can see if the wall is uneven, you should be able to paint it too, right? With a radiator roller, less than 10cm of clearance is enough. The pump is about 60cm wide, right?
Can and should are different things, it's probably possible to tile on a newly plastered wall.
However, you can't lay tiles on a newly poured slab because it shrinks, so there's a certain difference.
I need to redo the plastering, and then there's both the VVB and Heat Pump, so about 1.2m wide, which isn't easy to paint with good results when the equipment is in place. As you say, it's not really about how smooth it is directly...R Robert-san01 said:
What I'm thinking, though, is that if you can put tiles, you can paint or vice versa. The whole basement is painted with Silikatfärg so I think I want to continue with that even behind the equipment.N neo11 said: