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 Plasterboards: Your Essential Guide
Gypsum plasterboards have become indispensable as a building material in modern drylining. They are lightweight, yet fire-resistant, and also offer good sound insulation. Furthermore, as a natural building material, gypsum contributes to well-being in homes and flats from an ecological building perspective. It can absorb moisture and release it back into the room air. Plasterboards are used to build walls and clad ceilings, making them particularly suitable for renovations and remodelling.
The term Rigips is, by the way, a company name, but Rigips has also become a generic term for gypsum plasterboards, much like paper tissues are generally referred to as Tempo tissues in Germany.
If you want to paint or wallpaper such walls, there are a few things to consider, as a plasterboard wall has different properties from a plastered brick wall. In the MissPompadour online shop, you'll find the right wall paints for this!
Preparing Plasterboards for Painting
As a rule, the joints between the individual boards are sealed with filler. Since the filler is applied in several steps and sanded between coats, there is usually a lot of dust on newly installed plasterboards.
Before painting, it is therefore important to clean the plasterboard walls thoroughly. There must be no sanding dust or dirt on them, and they must be completely dry.
Part of preparing plasterboards for painting also involves priming the plasterboard walls with a primer. MissPompadour To Prime Walls is ideal for this. In addition, priming creates a surface with even absorption. The primer also prevents the porous plasterboard surface from absorbing too much paint.
The same paint suitable for plaster or textured render can be used for drylined walls. All wall paints from MissPompadour are suitable. In this respect, the paint application for drylining does not differ from painting a plastered wall.
The Just Paint Collection from MissPompadour
The Valuable Wall Paint!: Extra-matt for an exceptionally elegant finish
With an exceptionally elegant finish and incredible colour depth, The Valuable Wall Paint!, our preservative-free, extra-matt wall paint, truly impresses. Like the plasterboards beneath, it allows your walls to breathe, ensuring a perfect indoor climate. With this wall paint, you'll achieve velvety-matt wall surfaces. You couldn't create a more sophisticated look for your drylined walls.
The Functional Wall Paint!: Extra durable and washable for high-traffic areas
If you want to paint rooms with heavily used walls, such as a kitchen or a hallway, then use our The Functional Wall Paint! as your wall paint. Perhaps you have small children or pets, or you want to paint walls in commercial spaces like a doctor's surgery or a guesthouse breakfast room – in all these cases, The Functional Wall Paint! is the right choice. This wall paint is scrub-resistant and handles dirt and grime effortlessly.
Both qualities are available in more than 100 attractive shades. They are suitable for painting plasterboards on walls and ceilings, as well as plastered walls. Both paints boast a very high coverage, Class 1.
Painting Plasterboards: A Step-by-Step Guide
After thorough cleaning, follow with priming using To Prime Walls. Please observe the product instructions. Stir everything well, pour some of the primer into a paint tray, and apply a thin coat with a roller. After approximately 4 hours, it will be dry, and you can begin applying the paint to the drylined wall.
Painting plasterboards works exactly the same way you would paint a plastered wall. Mask off any areas you don't want to paint. Stir the paint well and pour some into a paint tray. Paint corners, edges, and tricky areas with a brush, and use a paint roller for large surfaces. Then remove the masking tape while the paint is still wet. Two coats are usually sufficient. This, of course, also applies to a plasterboard ceiling. You can find detailed instructions on how to paint walls in our blog post on the subject.
Order Paint for Plasterboards from MissPompadour
It's best to order suitable colour cards so you can view the shades in real life and under your own lighting conditions. MissPompadour colour cards come in postcard format and are individually removable. This way, you can stick them to the wall in any light and inspect them at your leisure.
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.
