so, decided to try out the MP hand applied skim, so called knauf twice .. 1st time spoke to a nice lad in the technical dept, but really needed someone who was an actual plasterer, so 2nd call was to the training centre.. both calls promised a call back... therefore i will stick to BG.. after all I been using it 30 years.. just thought i would see what the score was with the knauf product.. also was told i would recieve an email from knauf with the technical info on their plasters... guess what.. zilcho... oh well.. no big deal hey...lol