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Very witty Nisus

Hi, I am a keen diy person and have a fair bit of experience in plastering but i would just like to check out with the pros that this is the right procedure for rendering. I have a old out building which has been removed except the back wall which i want to render, the area is 9 sq meters and...

Hi, I am a keen diy person and have a fair bit of experience in plastering but i would just like to check out with the pros that this is the right procedure for rendering. I have a old out building which has been removed except the back wall which i want to render, the area is 9 sq meters and...

can someone tell me why

hi , i have a room in my house which has bare plaster and some smooth paint on the walls . i have thistle bond it the walls . could some one tell me is it ok to skim over and with what muti or board finish ,

so in your experience , i remove the shelled skim and find solid skim ,thistle bond it and re skim

as i am a novice plaster , could someone inform me the time scale of the first coat going on to the second coat of skim , i thought it was when the first coat and slighty hardened dut you could still work it with your finger

what would be my best course of action to removing the skim before making the phone call to the samaritans and a plastering firm :-[

thanks very much for the advice .

so i b*ll***s it up . ok so there no way this skim is gonna hold any tiles . so must i remove the skim and start again

about forty odd mins ,i just judge it by rubbing my finger into the skim and it was just starting to set, but it is shelling

so what would be the time scale between the first coat on the wall and applying the second coat

i applied a ratio of 5-1 the day before skimming and on the day of skimming a ratio of 3-1

old sand and cement render , i removed the old skim , and pva the walls the day before

that does seem to be the most logical answer . will i need to scrape it all down again and start again with pva