The new project

[Socksitis]

Hi Matt,
I have used the DG27 followed by the Heritage plaster, to be honest with mixed results, some places the adherence does seem better that others, but I think that may well be down to the substrate.
The DG27 goes on more like paint and no trowelling as to the Heritage, I trowelled it on and then after a short time, say 20 minutes, sometimes longer used a sponge to get a respectable finish. I didn't trowel finish the Heritage.
For an even smoother finish I believe you can trowel on the Regency. Get your plasterer to call Mike Wye they really were most helpful.
As to painting, I used both the Earthborn clay paints and Kiem paints. I wetted the walls first as they can suck out the colours, but paint goes on a dream. I did find it very hard to get a colour that I liked as they really were quite different on the walls than on the sample, maybe because of the previous point I made?
I didn't want a smooth gypsum finish, I wanted touchy feely, so the Heritage still left me with some texture.
Good luck

 

[overlander matt]

Thanks Socksitis. It's very helpful to hear from someone who has used the same products and their experiences. I've decided to try Lime Cote on top of the Mike Wye Heritage to get a better finish. The substrate seems to be the most probable cause of the trouble but from what I understand, a second coat of Heritage should be applied within 24h of the first if the finish is not acceptable... Any longer then it's back to the primer and another go at one or two more coats. For any of the walls we have already plastered it makes little sense to stick with the Mike Wye as I want to get a smoother finish anyway. There will be some rooms where the coarser grained heritage will work though but we just need a bit more practice to get it right.

Thanks again.

Matt