Undercoating Gyprock

[Metal Head]

Here's another bit of advice I was given today from the Paint Place. "You should not undercoat new Gyprock for 6 weeks!" I didn't want to argue with the lady because she was quite a hotty

Any thoughts on that one?

Greg

Hi Greg,

I will be painting (sealing) gyprock sometime in the next 3 weeks so I was interested to know if that comment was true. However, I went onto the CSR home page and got a PDF file (on the link below) about the material but I didn't see anything about leaving it for 6 weeks. I will send an email to their technical department (within the next fortnight) to clarify the remark.

http://www.gyprock.com.au/technical/...958A4CE598.pdf

In the meantime can anyone else give an opinion on which sealer is best?, or have all the painters given their opinion?

Cheers
MH

[rod1949]

The literature says "make sure the joint treatment is thoroughly dry before applying a sealer".

Lets face it, the muck has to be thoroughly dry before it can be sanded.

[Metal Head]

The literature says "make sure the joint treatment is thoroughly dry before applying a sealer".

Lets face it, the muck has to be thoroughly dry before it can be sanded.

That is why we presently have our 2 oil heaters in our laundry and toilet so when the plasterer returns tomorrow morning it will hopefully be totally dry.

[rod1949]

That is why we presently have our 2 oil heaters in our laundry and toilet so when the plasterer returns tomorrow morning it will hopefully be totally dry.

Well thats blown our carbon credits. Yep I know what you mean, where I've laid the muck on a bit heavy its taken at least 2 days to dry.