Glossy ceiling

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Any tips for an artex ceiling that has been painted in a nice vinyl silk glossy paint - looks like a f'kin ice rink

I'm guessing the PVA will take hours to dry on such a shiny surface ?? Its not that big, shall I just give it a key and skim away ?
 
time youve scraped it youl have your key, ive just gone straight on like that before and it comes up ok, but wba, bond it or similar is the correct method..
 
if you go over any artex and youre going to nail float a key in it at least pva it the day before to seal it, artex can be took off with a hot air gun and when plaster is applied the chemical reaction makes it warm .........trust me i know a lad where the lot came off just after he finished troweling up :o
 
ive skimmed an artex ceiling once and came back the next day all the joints had come away perfectly it had been paper taped and blown after i left so the owner had pulled them all down ???
 
same here mate .....kit on .....kit off .......dust sheets .....sorry first move furniture .....get dog off leg.......pva .........prep .....fook me its time to go home ;D.......i try and only do it on a good price and if they dont like it fook off and get some other c**t ;D
 
i always get em to move everything out. tell em there gettin it cheap and thats why there gettin it cheap, its not to compromise the work you just dont wanna have to charge em for sommat they can do themselves..
the room will be empty..trust..
 
if you do go down the wickes bonding agent or thistle bond-it use board finish and not multi! i made that mistake, went off way too quick! ended up reskimming it the next day but like a t**t i PVA'd it once... so once again it went off too quick... i didnt quite have enough plaster left to knock up another batch and slap a 3rd coat on and no time to dash out in the van for another bag. so i struggled on and made it the best i could. luckily the homeowners were still happy with it and we laughed about it really, lesson learned for me! good job they know im still training. but filling the odd hollows with filler and sanding down is something i never want to do again if i can help it, bright side is i skimmed over their utility ceiling and seperate box room/pantry ceiling and got a £40 tip 8) which is very nice of them, yet ive spent more than that on extra materials due to my schoolboy errors along with diesel!

lesson learned, do it right first time 8)
 
mrspoon said:
if you do go down the wickes bonding agent or thistle bond-it use board finish and not multi! i made that mistake, went off way too quick! ended up reskimming it the next day but like a t**t i PVA'd it once... so once again it went off too quick... i didnt quite have enough plaster left to knock up another batch and slap a 3rd coat on and no time to dash out in the van for another bag. so i struggled on and made it the best i could. luckily the homeowners were still happy with it and we laughed about it really, lesson learned for me! good job they know im still training. but filling the odd hollows with filler and sanding down is something i never want to do again if i can help it, bright side is i skimmed over their utility ceiling and seperate box room/pantry ceiling and got a £40 tip 8) which is very nice of them, yet ive spent more than that on extra materials due to my schoolboy errors along with diesel!

lesson learned, do it right first time 8)

Erm I think the problem is you didnt pva it enough mate, Ive skimmed plenty of artex ceilings,always use multi and never once had a problem.

Rich
 
I think everyone on this site will have wished they had an extra bag of multi in the van to get them out the shite, at one time or other.
Happened to me a couple of times, I ALWAYS TAKE EXTRA :-)
 
pfft I.Q, mine washed away years ago hence why plastering appealed to me ;)

nah seriously...

i had an extra bag of multi lying about in the garage 9 miles away, it seemd very tempting but alas, time defeated me!... thats it blame the setting times and now the work... thank some fecker for understanding customers :)
 
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