OFFER ENDS ON 5-3-17

Nope, been doing my house up the past 18 months so done plenty of the diy myself and with help from my dad. Our walls were all clean and prepped before, paint was stirred and applied by roller. Recently had tradies in to remove a ceiling and they put duct tape on my hallway wall, which removed the paint back to plaster in tiny sections. Our plasterer came and said as we used the plaster paint not watery emulsion it didn't soak into the plaster which is why it came off in chunks. Two different plasterers told me it wasn't necessary to use it, and recommended a cheap watery Matt instead. I've read all the reviews on Screwfix too which is why I purchased it, but after using their cheap 10l Matt white on my recently plastered ceiling I can't see the difference other than the price. If it works for you then fine, I'm just sharing what I've been told as the cheaper paint might be easier for others :smiley:

A good price for a contract matt paint - heat added. A waste of money if what you need is not a contract matt paint. This product sacrifices durability to achieve its purpose. It's called bare plaster paint for a reason.

Not worth it. Bought two tubs when hallway and front room were plastered. Unless you go over the paint the check for clumps it dries like it because it's chalky paint. When ours dried you could see lines in the paint where it wasn't smoothed out enough even though I went over it gently enough. We had to sand the lumps out before painting. Just had our hallway ceiling done and was told to just buy a cheap watery matt white as it soaks into the plaster, and is £10 for 10L at Screwfix. Used that and the finish is much better. Wouldn't waste money on the plaster paint again, just got for the cheap watery stuff and save yourself time spreading the plaster paint thinly

Thank you, I'll stick with the standard stuff then.

Does anyone know if it's worth buying this to paint plasterboard?

Its one of the best i would say. Painted 2 coats to the whole house last year and its on par with dulux i would say

There are 160 comments /reviews on the screwfix page some claiming that this paint gave a satisfactory finish in one coat.(I wouldn't recommend this personally) It would probably be down to how you apply and how porous the walls are. It think the answer is to apply one coat and see if there are any patchy areas before painting the final colour. A darker final coat may be OK.

So, daft question.
Would one coat on newly skimmed walls be sufficient to the simply paint the colour of choice as a second coat, or would two coats of this be recommended?

Agreed about watering down regular emulsion but not necessarily a better or cheaper option than this paint. I watched a well known Youtube video where Dulux Matt Trade Emulsion (very thick paint) was watered down 50% effectively giving you 20l however this wasn't as easy to apply and worked out more expensive @ £34 for 10l.

I watered down regular basic emulsion for my first coat on new plaster, worked a treat. Google it if you're unsure.

brilliant paint, its saved me so much time sealing the plaster in our extension. Well worth the money.

this brand is very good, I buy no nonsense products from screwfix all the time now. Haven't been let down

Can this paint be used as normal emulsion?

+1 for the above used this on a full renovation 2016, decent stuff.

I have used this paint recently on bare plaster and it is great to put on and a good finish.

just what I need. just in the process of having the whole house skimmed.

perfect, ordered, thanks!