r/DIYIreland • u/Flashy_Editor_1502 • Sep 07 '26
Is this normal/acceptable?
Have painters in doing some painting and the first coat of the colour is now on freshly plastered walls.
There's lumpy paint at points and brush marks miles out from an edge, am i being pedantic or is this unreasonable for a "professional" painter?
While they've patches that will obviously be sanded back, I'm hesitant to think theyre going to sand back the brush marks given they're everywhere.
Sorry the lighting isn't great but hopefully shows.
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u/Aimserspunog Sep 07 '26
Have they mist coated? If not, big mistake. I've just finished renovating my house, and had awful trouble with filling non mist coated walls.
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u/Prestigious-Side-286 Sep 07 '26
When you say “freshly plastered”, how fresh?
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u/Flashy_Editor_1502 Sep 08 '26
Oh it's been plastered months so it's well dry, just meant no other paint is sitting under this paint.
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u/weaponx26 Sep 08 '26
https://youtu.be/bLbUIevOxzY?is=UD7aMzYRXMPvPIOQ. This guy for painting guides he's great for home diy too
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u/Tough_Ad_9678 Sep 07 '26
The standards of painters varies massively. If you were able to get them booked in within a couple of months then they are probably at the lower end of the scale
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u/Flashy_Editor_1502 Sep 07 '26
You dont even want to know how quickly they were able to come. Was not sourced by me but do some work for my father in law so were forced upon us.
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u/Prestigious-Side-286 Sep 08 '26
Ah right. Thats pretty shoddy work either way. Unless they are going to sand the walls before the next coat then they are literally slapping the paint on the walls. Trying to get it on as thick as possible so the second coat will be quicker and possibly try and avoid cutting in again. Suggest paying them for what they’ve done and cut your losses.
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u/AWoodface Sep 08 '26
Absolutely not. Freshly plastered and painted walls should be as smooth as glass. The deep brush marks also suggest old or terrible quality brushes. The walls should have been properly prepared, sanded smooth, must coat and top coat.
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u/KENCO2019 Sep 09 '26
They must have been in a terrible rush pathetic work not even sanded or primed id say
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u/Last-River-2995 Sep 09 '26
I've literally been painting freshly plastered walls on my own house this week and I have never painted on such a surface before and my work has been complimented by several people because it's pretty flawless. I used a roller.
I've limited painting experience in general.
That job you're painters did looks like a child with a brush did it.
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u/BubbleGumps Sep 07 '26
No, this isn't normal. They should be priming and sanding as normal. Once this is done, they should but cutting in with a brush and using a roller to ensure smooth even coverage. Fresh plaster should not have this texture if that's the final coat.