Jofo
New Member
Hi all,
Hoping to get a bit of advice to 1) work out what I did wrong 2) how best to fix!
For context, attended a four day course at the BTC up near Croydon (which I can recommend). So now just getting into doing jobs for myself, and for mother in law! So I’m hardly experienced, but have had some practical application under guidance.
I’ve been skimming boards mostly, however the MiL needed a room skimming. I blue gritted the whole room, but found the stuff very hard to get onz. I managed to skim the ceiling, and around beams and things no problem (even though the ceiling was a swirly pattern), and all looked good.
However on Friday I popped round to skim two of the walls; I thought this would be the easier bit. However after the 2nd coat a certain part of the wall cracked and pulled Away badly - I had to take the plaster back, see below:
Just wondering what most likely caused this? The bit of the wall in question was in the sun, so I guess it could be it dried out too fast. But I was also wondering if perhaps it could be a problem with the wall. The training course focused on fresh plasterboard; this wall had paint on it (hence the blue grit) which definitely had some vinyl content. Any thoughts on what most likely caused the issue?
Secondly then, I now have a skimmed wall with holes in. In order to rectify, I’m wonddring what the best approach is without hacking the whole wall back? I was thinking a quick coat of bonding and then reskim the wall?
Was quite hard to explain all of that, so please do ask questions - advice very welcome!
Hoping to get a bit of advice to 1) work out what I did wrong 2) how best to fix!
For context, attended a four day course at the BTC up near Croydon (which I can recommend). So now just getting into doing jobs for myself, and for mother in law! So I’m hardly experienced, but have had some practical application under guidance.
I’ve been skimming boards mostly, however the MiL needed a room skimming. I blue gritted the whole room, but found the stuff very hard to get onz. I managed to skim the ceiling, and around beams and things no problem (even though the ceiling was a swirly pattern), and all looked good.
However on Friday I popped round to skim two of the walls; I thought this would be the easier bit. However after the 2nd coat a certain part of the wall cracked and pulled Away badly - I had to take the plaster back, see below:
Just wondering what most likely caused this? The bit of the wall in question was in the sun, so I guess it could be it dried out too fast. But I was also wondering if perhaps it could be a problem with the wall. The training course focused on fresh plasterboard; this wall had paint on it (hence the blue grit) which definitely had some vinyl content. Any thoughts on what most likely caused the issue?
Secondly then, I now have a skimmed wall with holes in. In order to rectify, I’m wonddring what the best approach is without hacking the whole wall back? I was thinking a quick coat of bonding and then reskim the wall?
Was quite hard to explain all of that, so please do ask questions - advice very welcome!