Recent content by woodland81

Hmm not sure what your comment was KevRM, it blocked it out, so dont know if you mean it looks good or bad being dry. I'm gonna cover the skirting over and put coving too. my edges of the walls top and bottom is terrible to hide it, its not removable skirting its like brick, not hollow Have...

Well ive given it another go today. made my mixture wetter, probably too thin could hardly keep it on my trowel. Still cant seem to get the action right. When im spreading i get alot of it on when i start but as i go up or down the wall the less im getting on even when i change my angle, then...

Ha thats not carpet, its actually some sort of Lino that was under the carpet. Thanks. gonna make the plaster much wetter on my next attempt, that should help with spreading quicker and more evenly with longer strokes. I did faff on alot filling missed bits. I just used a beginners trowel...

Hello, Im new here too. I do very little DIY and today gave plastering a go for the first time. Quite a bit leap i'd say! Lee

Hello, Well I attempted to plaster today for the very first time. I have a small bedroom it had wallpaper on, i took it off and there was alot of mismatched plaster underneath. chunks missing and wanted to skim it to allow for painting. I've done one wall so far, couple of meters or...