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Think I posted this before. When customers insist you skim stupid places
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essexandy said:
Perfect walls are flat and matt and don't need sanding mate. But we all know that's not always possible to achieve.
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Perfect walls are hazel laths covered in a mix of straw, twigs, horse sh1t and mud in between oak beams. Anything else is just a passing fad and unnecessary hassle IMHO.
 
Monkey Boy said:
Did they put horse poo in it?
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Yes, IIRC something to do with it starting out as acidic and then turning neutral over time helps it set stronger/harder than just mud. Cow sh1te apparently goes the other way from neutral to acidic over time which is why it's not so good.
 
imago said:
Yes, IIRC something to do with it starting out as acidic and then turning neutral over time helps it set stronger/harder than just mud. Cow sh1te apparently goes the other way from neutral to acidic over time which is why it's not so good.
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Flipping flip flops your a font of knowledge
I had to Google IIRC :confused:
 
essexandy said:
Perfect walls are flat and matt and don't need sanding mate. But we all know that's not always possible to achieve.
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A top decorator will run a sanding pole over fresh plaster . Not many will I only seen it a few times . I actually thought is it so paint sticks better
 
Even a car sprayer who is aiming for a show-standard ultra-gloss finish will key the primer layer prior to spraying on the top coat.
 
Casper said:
But that’s a whole different sausage
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It may be different, but the point is that if a wall is over-polished by a spread, then I personally have no objection, in principle, to a decorator giving it a rub-over with some P220 before painting it.

I suspect most of us have seen emulsion flaking off modern plaster in one house refurb or another, in circumstances where either the plaster was a bit over-polished and not keyed to compensate, or where it wasn't mist-coated properly.

Keying a surface before painting is legitimate for cars and it can be legitimate for decorating a plastered wall - whether a spread gets their nose out of joint about it is irrelevant. Would you take any notice of a builder who insisted his walls should have no further prep by a spread before they were plastered?
 
MakeItSmooth said:
It may be different, but the point is that if a wall is over-polished by a spread, then I personally have no objection, in principle, to a decorator giving it a rub-over with some P220 before painting it.

I suspect most of us have seen emulsion flaking off modern plaster in one house refurb or another, in circumstances where either the plaster was a bit over-polished and not keyed to compensate, or where it wasn't mist-coated properly.

Keying a surface before painting is legitimate for cars and it can be legitimate for decorating a plastered wall - whether a spread gets their nose out of joint about it is irrelevant. Would you take any notice of a builder who insisted his walls should have no further prep by a spread before they were plastered?
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I know a couple top brush hands, and they lightly pole sand between coats. Plus know a paint sprayer who sands before spray after spray then second spray rubs again then finish/final coat with roller and it’s feels the b*ll***s sooooo smooth
 
Ritch said:
I know a couple top brush hands, and they lightly pole sand between coats. Plus know a paint sprayer who sands before spray after spray then second spray rubs again then finish/final coat with roller and it’s feels the b*ll***s sooooo smooth
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You’re a f**k**g brush hand.
 
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