Carlite Bonding

[pkillie]

Started plastering an old farmhouse that had been re-plasterboarded, the re-boarding in sections was piss poor so client agrees to pay extra to bond out the poor sections, now i like to float the bonding once trowelled, 2mm screw protruding max and my old man whos 61 started slaughtering me, so i told him about this site and i,m posting this question, who floats or just trowells bonding over gyproc prior to finishing? :-\ :-\

 

[beddy]

i float it over with a devil float.

 

[jord218]

Just trowel it mate ;D

 

[richardbrown]

always devil float.

I levelled an entire ceiling with bonding once and just left it smooth, the customer called me back a month later. The skimming was literally falling off the bonded ceiling.

dont chance it now

 

[wiganlad]

yeah i rub up and give mechanical key. dnt know if its the right way though just do it that way

 

[jord218]

always devil float.

I levelled an entire ceiling with bonding once and just left it smooth, the customer called me back a month later. The skimming was literally falling off the bonded ceiling.

dont chance it now

that don't sound too nice, suppose I've been lucky. my mates a spread of 40 years and he just trowels as well

 

[richardbrown]

That was by you that Jord, in the naval estate just up from the lord louis turn left at tesco

 

[jord218]

That was by you that Jord, in the naval estate just up from the lord louis turn left at tesco

Oh I've ruined many a house up that way

 

[pkillie]

I,m not saying i,m right or wrong i just wandered what other spreads preferred, IE a bit of both

 

[flynnyman]

always key your backing dont see the point in not doin it.

 

[SLIPPY]

I always key the bonding coat and if im skimming it the next day it always gets a coat of pva.
To besure to besure bejesus

 

[The Apprentice]

Devil float it - Forms a key for the skimming and also if you time it right, flattens off the backing coat at the same time. No real need to PVA backing plaster as giving it a good drink of water will help to slow down the suction but I have done this before if the backing as been on to long just because its less messy than throwing bucket fulls of water at it.

 

[kirk johnstone]

same as above.

i keep flicking my screen when i see that flea

 

[kebab king]

What does ya book tell us Kirk.

 

[irish_spread]

flatten it with a trowell. feck the float except over high suction backgrounds

 

[kirk johnstone]

What does ya book tell us Kirk.

you wouldn't understand if i told you mate ;D

 

[Freerider]

I dont understand why anyone would ever trowel it? why would you want a smooth surface? if its ruled off its left open anyway so gives a perfect key, devil floating can give more of a key and take off any high spots before it sets mind you