How to Paint Plaster

Changing the décor of our houses helps in uplifting of spirits as well as provides a much needed relief from the usual dull and drab feeling of old houses. Painting the walls can do the job of creating a new look! There are some general steps which are to be followed while painting the plaster walls of your houses. Before jumping on to the steps, let us gather the much needed things for doing the job at hand. The things needed are:

Premixed dry wall mud
Chisel
Trowel
Wall sander
Sand paper
Tack cloth
Paint
Stain blocking primer
Roller
Paint brush

Let us now get into the job of painting plaster walls!

Remove the old wall paper over your walls. It is easy to paint over an existing paint but not advisable to paint over wallpapers as they have the habit of buckling and bubbling under a coat of paint.
Now you will have to inspect the wall for any cracks or loose plaster if any. If there is any crack visible, then carefully scrape out the plaster from it and fill up with premixed drywall mud.
Use the sanding pad fitted with a wall sander to sand the wall. Make sure to run your hand over the wall to see whether it has become smooth or not. If not then repeat the process again until it gets smooth.
Now dust off the walls using a tack cloth. This is needed because even a speck of dust left on the wall will make the paint look mottled.
Apply the stain blocking primer which will seal the discolored areas in the walls and thereby preventing these from showing through the final paint.
Now use the paint brush and the rollers for painting the plaster walls!