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Can I seal a bare plaster wall with a PVA/emulsion solution?

 
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mrgillyburg
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:31 am    Post subject: Can I seal a bare plaster wall with a PVA/emulsion solution? Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
I've heard mixed stuff about sealing plaster with PVA or PVA mixes.
I've stripped some wallpaper and am now faced with bare plaster (well, some painted, some bare).
I was planning on coating it with a PVA/emulsion mix before painting on the top coat? Is this a good plan or a bad plan? I don't really want to fork out for some fancy primer, as I suspect they're largely unnecessary. Would a water/PVA mix be better?
What's do you think? When is it appropriate to use PVA as a sealer and when is it not? Someone has suggested using wallpaper paste to seal instead. THoughts?
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andy-p-
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:46 am    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
NEVER pva a bare plastered wall mate. Ask any painter and decorator that!!! cheapest way is a mist coat 3-1 paint and water roller it on, when dry paint away.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:47 am    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
prime with watered down emulsion
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mrgillyburg
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:53 am    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
You all save me a lot of time and money. How foolish could I have be? I'm just glad that I got you all replies before I made a horrible mistake.
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