Paint for plasterboard walls
Want to paint plasterboard without applying wallpaper? Then you've come to the right place. We've put together a list of things you should bear in mind. Choose your colour and get painting!
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Painting plasterboard: What you need to know
Plasterboard is an indispensable building material in modern drywall construction. This is because they are lightweight yet fireproof and also offer good sound insulation. As a natural building material, plaster also contributes to well-being in the home from a building biology perspective. It can absorb water and release it back into the room air. Plasterboard is used for walls and ceilings and is particularly suitable for remodelling and renovating
Incidentally, the term Rigips is the name of a company, but Rigips has also become a generic term for plasterboard, just as paper handkerchiefs are generally referred to as Tempotücher in Germany
However, if you want to paint or wallpaper such walls, there are a few things to bear in mind, as a plasterboard wall has different properties to a plastered stone wall. You can find the right wall paints for this in the MissPompadour online shop!
Preparing plasterboard for painting
The joints between the individual boards are usually sealed with filler. As the filler is applied in several stages and sanded down again and again, there is usually a lot of dust on newly installed plasterboard
It is therefore important to clean the plasterboard walls thoroughly before painting. There must be no sanding dust or dirt on them and they must be completely dry
Preparing a coat of paint on plasterboard also involves priming the plasterboard walls with a deep penetrating primer. MissPompadour To Prime Walls is best suited for this. Priming also creates a substrate with even absorption behaviour. The primer also prevents the open-pored plasterboard substrate from absorbing too much paint
The same paint that you can use on plaster or roller plaster is suitable for drywall. All wall paints from MissPompadour are suitable. In this respect, the application of paint to drywall is no different to painting a plastered wall
The Just paint Collection from MissPompadour
The Valuable Wall Paint: Extra matt for a particularly elegant finish
The Valuable Wall Paint, our preservative-free, extra matt wall paint, impresses with its particularly elegant finish and incredible depth of colour. Just like the plasterboard underneath, it allows your walls to breathe, ensuring a perfect climate in the room. With this wall paint, you can achieve velvety matt wall surfaces. You can't design your drywall walls any more elegantly
The Functional Wall Paint: Extra stable and washable for surfaces subject to heavy use
If you want to paint rooms with heavily used walls, such as a kitchen or hallway, then use our The Functional Wall Paint as a wall paint. Perhaps you also have small children or pets or you want to paint walls in commercial areas such as a doctor's surgery or the breakfast room in a guest house - The Functional Wall Paint is always the right choice. This wall paint is scrub-resistant and does not stain
Both The Valuable Wall Paint and The Functional Wall Paint are available in more than 100 attractive colour shades. They are suitable for painting plasterboard walls and ceilings as well as plastered walls. Both colours have a very high opacity of class 1
The chalk paints from MissPompadour
CosyColours chalk paints for nostalgic flair
If you want to paint your plasterboard wall in particularly cosy colour shades, use the chalk paints from the CosyColours collection. With over 30 subtle, warm colour shades, you can create a chalky matt finish. These colours have exceptionally high opacity. And because they are VOC-free, which means that they do not release any harmful substances into the environment during processing and drying, they also go perfectly with breathing plasterboard walls. CosyColours chalk paints, like all MissPompadour Paints, are easy to apply, wipe clean and hard-wearing
LittlePomp chalk paints: Soft tones especially for children
The chalk paints in the LittlePomp children's collection are particularly suitable for painting children's rooms. With their 15 soft colour shades selected by child psychologists and their harmlessness to health, you can design the children's and baby's room. With the right walls, you can create a perfect room climate
Painting plasterboard: how it works
After thorough cleaning, prime the walls with To Clean - Cleaner. Depending on how absorbent the wall is, you can also dilute To Prime Walls - follow the instructions for the product. Stir everything well, empty some of the primer into a paint tray and paint it thinly with a roller. After approx. 4 hours, it will be dry and you can start applying the paint to the drywall
Painting plasterboard works in the same way as you would paint a plastered wall. Mask off what you don't want to paint. Stir the paint well and pour some into a paint tray. Paint corners, edges and difficult areas with a brush and use a paint roller for large areas. Then remove the tape while the paint is still wet. Normally 2 coats of paint are sufficient. Of course, this also applies to a plasterboard ceiling. You can find detailed instructions on how to paint walls in our blog on the subject
Order paint for plasterboard at MissPompadour Paint
It's best to order matching colour cards so that you can view the colour shades in real life and in your lighting conditions. The colour cards from the Just paint collection from MissPompadour come in postcard format and can be removed individually. This means you can pin them to the wall in any lighting and examine them at your leisure
Of course, there are also colour cards for the CosyColours and LittlePomp Collections
Can you paint directly onto plasterboard?
We recommend priming plasterboard with MissPompadour To Primer Walls. On the one hand, this creates a visually more uniform surface. And secondly, the primer prevents the open pores of the plasterboard from absorbing too much paint
Can you simply paint over plasterboard?
Once the boards have been primed with a deep penetrating primer, they can simply be painted over like normal plaster.
Why deep primer on plasterboard?
The deep primer creates an even surface and prevents the wall paint from soaking up too much. This ultimately saves paint
What colour should I paint plasterboard?
All wall paints from MissPompadour can be used: The Valuable Wall Paint, The Functional Wall Paint and all chalk-based wall paints from the CosyColours and LittlePomp children's collection.
