Painter has used a 10% mist coat

[zeddybrek]

Hi All

We have had our new house freshly plastered and my understanding is that the mist coat should be diluted paint. However the painter said he only added a little bit of water, about 10%. He is using Dulux trade matt white.

We have waited ages for this house and I am gutted as the paint might not look as good as I had hoped.

Can someone please tell me what the difference in the final look will be as a result of this?

Thank you.

[wowfudge]

I did this in our old bathroom. It was fine. I think 10% is what Dulux Trade says on the tin.

[lalalonglegs]

If you put much more water, the paint ends up like milk and running down the walls.

[LyraMortalia]

That's what I do

[zeddybrek]

Thank you, I was so worried!

[Palomb]

I googled the hell out of this recently and every single reccomendation was different. We used 50/50 and it was fine but there were posts reccomending everything from 10% to 70% dilution. I recon they would have all been okay.

I think the aim is to get the paint to absorb In to the plaster rather than sitting on top of it.

[zeddybrek]

Thanks Palomb!

It does seem to be the case.

I saw the house today with the mist coat and one coat. Second coat is being done next week and so far it looks good.