Recent content by obeygiant1987

Also, what is the general advice on how long to leave the PVA before skimming? Opinions seem to vary massively from very soon after, to a few hours later while tacky, to 24 hours or more when completely dry.

I thought I'd explain my reasoning behind using bonding coat followed by multi finish. I've seen the recommendation on a few forum threads to use a bonding coat where adhesion is an issue and since I'm dealing with painted walls with stick on strips I'm unable to remove and filler and so on its...

Glad to see the SpeedSkim recommendation. Any opinion on any further preparation I might need to do before I apply PVA and get plastering? There aren't any big indentations, just some shallow ones, so would a binding coat iron out those blemishes or is it best to use filler first even on shallow...

Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to plastering/skimming. I likely need to deal with a few rooms but making a start on the small box room first which is a bit of a mess I feel. I've removed some lining paper that had very big bubbles under it and looked a mess. There's also a stick on strip...