Hello all, would appreciate some advice...
I'm doing a bathroom at the moment and have fitted Knauf Moisture Resistant Plasterboard. On the back it states to use Betokontakt, which I did... Not knowing really what Betokontakt was, other than it's purpose, I incorrectly assumed I should do this before taping the joints.
About 5 minutes into applying the Betokontakt, it was obvious that taping and jointing is no longer viable, so I'm now going to do a full plaster skim - not the end of the world as arguably it's a tougher finish, and we have big idiot cats.
I've applied [extra strong] skrim tape to all the joints, and used to roller to really push it on - compared to skrim direct onto an offcut of plasterboard, I'd say it's about 90% as strong adhesion.
While doing a little bit of Betokontakt on an area I missed, it occurred to me, can I further improve the adhesion of the skrim tape by applying a coat over the top? Betokontakt after all is basically glue and sand.
I'm doing a bathroom at the moment and have fitted Knauf Moisture Resistant Plasterboard. On the back it states to use Betokontakt, which I did... Not knowing really what Betokontakt was, other than it's purpose, I incorrectly assumed I should do this before taping the joints.
About 5 minutes into applying the Betokontakt, it was obvious that taping and jointing is no longer viable, so I'm now going to do a full plaster skim - not the end of the world as arguably it's a tougher finish, and we have big idiot cats.
I've applied [extra strong] skrim tape to all the joints, and used to roller to really push it on - compared to skrim direct onto an offcut of plasterboard, I'd say it's about 90% as strong adhesion.
While doing a little bit of Betokontakt on an area I missed, it occurred to me, can I further improve the adhesion of the skrim tape by applying a coat over the top? Betokontakt after all is basically glue and sand.
