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After finishing my kitchen wall, I'm finding that the finish is very powdery, and can rub my finger across it and the powder has come off, I've found this on a few of the walls Ive done, always thought it was because i was using too much water while troweling, but now am using very little...

Do you guys always go over 2nd pva coat when its tacky? Ive always left both glue coats to dry as the scrapped artex gives out a good mechanical key, and it gives you that little bit longer to work the ceiling

PVA does 2 things, seals the wall, and creates a chemical key. If the paint holds back the water well, then you could either give it a weak coat of PVA and leave it to dry, the another and skim when tacky. Or you could give it 1 good coat of 3-1 and skim when its tacky

You could always give your screeds a quick rub up before floating the middle areas

Plat, might be a daft question, but did you use 1 coat of PVA or 2 coats?

So you just use the stabaliser, then pva once, and skim when tacky then?

Thanks for that Segs, 1 more question though mate. Going on from this thread were the homeowner is going to brick up the hole. How would you install this vent if you were going to float up the wall. Would you tell the customer to leave the right gap in the brickwork or just get customer to sort...

I prefer to staple them where possible, so much easier than mixing a tiny bit of bonding/skim etc

Where abouts would you put the vent?

No probs mate. Enjoy it, its a nice little job that. Let us know how you get on ;D

Depends if your gonna D+D the patch of float it with hardwall/bonding. If your gonna D+D i'd use 12.5mm board and you'll need about 10mm for the adhesive so you want bricks layed about 22.5mm back from flush, the scrim joints, PVA 3:1 exsisting wall (no need to PVA plasterboard) and skim it...

I think I was troweling with too much pressure. Trowel was fairly flat to the wall, wasnt much of an angle on it. The wall was cheesey when I troweled although there was still a lot of water and the plaster was still soft, prob should have left it another 5 mins. Wall was old plaster, no paint...

Ive been having a real big problem with the first trowel when skimming a wall, the plaster had nearly set by the time I had finished today, every time I trowel over an area and fill in I create more gauls to fill, I'm using enough water as plaster not dragging. Got really frustrated with it in...

was using one. But its a nightmare to use along the joists, and the joist cutting is what took up most of the time.

how do you guys cut out patches on boarded ceilings. Was fixing a 200mm hole in a bellied section of a ceiling, and cutting along the joist was a right ball ache. Took me about an hour to cut a 780mm square hole.