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    Can I PVA this yet?

    I don’t follow? Surely all plaster is mixed in a bucket apart from large quantities of backing plaster?
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    Can I PVA this yet?

    I don’t know if it’s any good to you in Spanish but here is the plaster I am using : https://yecasa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/yecafino-ft.pdf It is atleast bagged by a factory in Gran Canaria, but I don’t know where it is actually mined. Although it is bright white powder and sets grey. I...
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    Can I PVA this yet?

    Well from reading and watching YouTube my understanding is it’s just a cheat to help make the plaster stick without spending time to pva the wall first. The affect on the plaster is to make it thicker and sticky which can be harder to work with if you add too much glue, but it also slows down...
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    Can I PVA this yet?

    A lot of American guys on YouTube like to stick pva in all their plaster before the final skim. It doesn’t seem to be so common in the uk, what’s the issue?
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    Can I PVA this yet?

    I thought plaster would be stronger and more crack resistant than s&c? As this was my first post it got held back for moderation, I had a think and realised that the white bits are actually a small amount of plaster I mixed up to see what ratio to water I needed, and I think I took too long...
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    Can I PVA this yet?

    Go easy as I am new to this, please! I live on one of the smaller Canary Islands and the normally hot but windy desert island climate has suddenly hit a 26*c but 60% humid windless week and my plaster is drying slow. There are big problems getting materials here at the moment so please don’t...
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