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cozzzzzzzz

@Airhead while you're on the premises ; ), any idea about this conundrum

priming the wood work in our living room today. trying to keep a portion of the walls as the raw pink plaster colour but accidentally splashed a little dab of the primer on one section. what's the best way to get it off? try scrape it off with a scraper if it's proud enough and then sand down any remnants? not the end of the world if it won't lift off, can always paint that section

got to say btw, doing the first coat of colour today, and having never painted with primer before - really impressed with how the paint just takes

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Airhead in reply to @cozzzzzzzz

You seem to be on the right track, scraping with a very sharp blade would be a good thing to try. With unpainted plaster it can be very absorbent so you might struggle to get the primer from the pores of the plaster.

If it's relatively fresh you might have some luck wetting it a bit and running a steel edge over it to try and 'turn' the surface. Depends how long it's been dry.

Regarding the primer, yes it's for grip both to the substrate and for the next coat. Paint has a lot of different qualities that you can start to differentiate with experience. I like to prime and then undercoat with something a bit thicker for opacity and levelling. Oil based paints used to be great for this, it was like icing skirting boards with Dulux oil based eggshell.

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cozzzzzzzz in reply to @Airhead

thanks - has dried overnight now so option two not a prospect. will try option 1 and cross my fingers...

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