Marama Mali

Hey everyone, Sorry not sure if this post is suitable on this thread but can delete it if needed :)

I've had a look through everyones paint and it all looks awesome!

I'm making some clay paint to go in my tiny home bedroom that has some fresh plasterboard in it - I'm planning on using a conventional primer from Natural paint co. before hand.
Just wondering if anyone would know if sand is needed in the paint mix? I've done a test batch and have found the sand to be a bit coarse and textured for what I'm after, also worried that my toddler will sit at the wall and scratch the sand off  XD I've seen a couple people say that it's optional but have seen a couple people say that it's needed to prevent cracking

Fingers crossed! Will be done an adhesion test this weekend so will report back

I'm going to message on a couple other posts as well but by chance does anyone know if home made clay interior house paint needs the sand added? I've seen a couple people say you don't have to use it for a smooth look finish but I've also seen some people say that it needs the sand to help prevent cracking etc.?

Thanks everyone for your insight!

@Cristobal, yes very true I see what you mean - I didn't think about the fact that it might not stick as well to the varnished ply, we're going to try a test spot this weekend and see what happens! We're wanting to paint a couple walls of ply just as to add some colour as the whole house is ply interior at the moment and to possibly help seal off some of the off-gassing (if we were to use a conventional primer)

@S Ritter, awesome thanks for that I'll keep that mixture in mind and give it a try, the blue looks great :)

Hi Rico, another word for 'gib' is plaster board if that helps. Clay paint mixture would just be standard clay/sand/wheat/water to make it a medium to thin mixture.
The ply has got 2 coats of urethane and they are really thin and still is quite rough wood, not sure much else about it as we didn't put the coats on. Hope that helps.
I'm thinking if I do a light sand and then prime it it should be fine to paint over - possibly

Hiya everyone,

Just looking into home made clay paint for my tiny home, I've got some new dry wall going up soon in the main bedroom and planning on using a conventional primer from Natural paint co. and then use the home made clay paint on top.

The rest of the tiny home is all ply wood (I would gib the whole house if I could but its a bit out of budget and time constraint) just wondering what experience people have with using clay paint on top of ply wood - does it need to be primed first with a timber primer? Our ply has got 2 coats of water-based urethane already so I was thinking that it might be ok to use the gib primer instead

What luck have people had with painting over ply wood and also with using the clay paint on drywall?

Thanks guys!