Recent content by Iotrez

I put the PVA on the painted wall before plastering. After looking at the wall again, I'm starting to wonder if the problem was the the old layer of finishing plaster was not well bonded to the wall and that my new layer just come off with that. maybe I should have tried to take off the...

Hi all, I put a mix of pva/water onto the wall before skimming with finishing plaster. But now that the plaster is dry I've noticed that quite a lot of it is not bonded to the underlying wall very well. A few small patches came off when I tried to paint, but now I find that I can put my knife...

Hi all, I've got a couple of questions regarding plastering over a layer of bonding plaster. Should you wait for the bonding to completely dry or is it ok to wait unit its just tacky? Should you always put pva/water over the bonding before adding the skimming layer? Thanks.

After I'd put on the plaster and smoothed it, there were a few areas which needed building up slightly or where there were divots. I filled some of these with surplus plaster left on my hawk which had maybe started to go off a bit. So maybe at that stage I should have mixed some fresh plaster...

Hi all, I recently skimmed a wall using thistle finishing plaster. Now that I am painting the wall there is a problem with patches of plaster coming off with the roller. I originally primed the wall with PVA/water mix before skimming it. After skimming it I waited a few days for the plaster...

Hi, I don't really want to mess with the cable so I'm planning on using bonding plaster to build up the areas surrounding the bulged out area of the wall, to try and make the wall flatter, ready for the finish plaster layer. Do I need to apply a PVA/water mix to the wall before the bonding...

It looks like an old electrical cable with rubber insulation(its an old house) I think maybe I won't worry about trying to reduce the bulge and just put a finishing layer of plaster on top, at least that will make the wall look nice and smooth even if its not completely flat. Probably! but I...

I've started chipping away at the part of the wall which bulges out slightly and found that the reason it bulges is because there's some piping running along it. I think if I continue to chip away at it and take it back to the level of the pipes then I can get the wall nice and flat. Is it...

Thanks, There's a slight horizontal bulge running along the wall in the middle, but maybe like you say I should start by chipping away at it with a hammer and bolster. I've got no web space to put a photo at the moment. Yes I did a plastering course a few years ago but haven't done any since...

Hi all, I want to plaster my hallway because the wall is a bit uneven. The existing plaster seems solid so I'm not sure whether to take it off completely or whether to try and shave off the bits that are bulging out, then score it and work over the top of it. Also, is it better to start by...