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The reason for bonding the ceiling first was; A friend very kindly skimmed one of our ceilings (Thick coat first) but becasue the Artex is very deep in place's! Some shadows of the Artex still show through the skimmed ceilings, hence the thought of a thickish bonding coat so when I skim I will...

thanks all for your help and suggestions

I dont reckon it was 'gone-off' before the starting gun. It was on the ceiling within 20 mins after being mixed and it went on wet. Is Wickes Bonding better then?

Yeah I PVA'd with a 50/50 mix, I put food die in the PVA as to avoid missing patches. Should I try and knock off these chalky patches and re-fill, or give it a couple of 3:1 mixes of PVA prior to skimming? I did think of overboarding......but the cons out way'ed the pro's on this occassion.

Hi Henry, Thanks for your reply. I'll give it a weak PVA coat before I proceed further.

Thistle Bonding Coat.

bond-it, aka a bonding coat.

Hi, Thanks for your replys, I should have said upto 5mm thick on average! the main bulk is about 3mm! theres about 4 areas were is has dried alot lighter and when rubbed its like chalk, just wondered if anyone would be kind enough to give me an insight to what may have caused it, the rest of...

Hi All, I put a 5mm layer of Thistle Bond-It over an Artex Ceiling a few days ago and I've noticed that there a few patches appearing which are a much lighter beige colour and has a chalky texture when touched. I prepared the ceiling by scrapping the worst of the Artex off, coated the ceiling...