left to right

[Rob Price]

Been taught to start skimming walls left to right I don't know why I never asked just did it now I am wondering why not right to left whats the difference??????

 

[GrantyBoy]

If you're a lefty you would start right to left

 

[vfr12]

Hawk will be always in your face

 

[Vincey]

I put on top down, bottom up but for a while now I been flattening sideways with plastic mainly to save my back ache.

 

[Nicm]

Been taught to start skimming walls left to right I don't know why I never asked just did it now I am wondering why not right to left whats the difference??????

Try it the other way and see what happens.

 

[keithuk]

Right to left ,base coat ,left to right skim ,if your right handed

 

[beader]

Hawk will be always in your face

I just love having a bird sit on my face ....mmmmmm yum yum.

 

[GrantyBoy]

Right to left ,base coat ,left to right skim ,if your right handed

What's the reason for right to left basecoat Keith?

 

[keithuk]

What's the reason for right to left basecoat Keith?

I was always told ,you join to what,s on the wall ,less falls off ,and it is easy to keep the thickness ,could be a load of old b*ll***s ,but i do it like that now !lol

 

[Vincey]

What's the reason for right to left basecoat Keith?

Probably has a pint in his left hand in the mornings

 

[GrantyBoy]

I would find it very weird working right to left. Again it comes down to what you're used to

 

[keithuk]

Probably has a pint in his left hand in the mornings

or two

 

[Jurek]

right to left it falls on your board.

 

[Olican]

I just love having a bird sit on my face ....mmmmmm yum yum.

Until they fart up your nose, no going back from that [emoji17]

 

[ggb plasterers]

Saw 3 Romanian spreads last week start a gable end bottom right corner, that's why they're shite

 

[The Apprentice]

You put more pressure on the heel of your trowel than the toe. So when skimming you don't want to leave trowel lines in but when your floating you compress the material on the wall with the heel.

 

[GrantyBoy]

eh?

 

[jamesthefirst]

I sometimes put ceiling skims on as if floating, it goes on in a more consistent thickness and feels natural. Once on though i flatten as usual. You should all try it sometime.

 

[vfr12]

What's the reason for right to left basecoat Keith?

The gear is heavier and you put it thicker.If you put it as normal, your elbow will be f**k*d 10x quicker. This way you put the stress on your forearm,not elbow.This is why I like to load 20' trowel and use both hands .
Waiting for the Rossicarbonsteel 20' super wide trowel, which will allow me to put on at least 7 large bucket trowels

 

[Pug]

You put more pressure on the heel of your trowel than the toe. So when skimming you don't want to leave trowel lines in but when your floating you compress the material on the wall with the heel.

That's what I was taught too.

 

[3kids1dog]

I always skim right to left for the first horizontal spread a couple of trowel lengths down and then pull up and along left to right I don't find it weird In fact if you turn your wall 90 degrees anti clockwise you wouldn't start from the bottom up would you IMO and probably my opinion

 

[Vincey]

The gear is heavier and you put it thicker.If you put it as normal, your elbow will be f**k*d 10x quicker. This way you put the stress on your forearm,not elbow.This is why I like to load 20' trowel and use both hands .
Waiting for the Rossicarbonsteel 20' super wide trowel, which will allow me to put on at least 7 large bucket trowels

Erhh...join the cue bud.

 

[Danny]

Right to left ,base coat ,left to right skim ,if your right handed

yup Only learnt off here why with backing coats you right to left

 

[vfr12]

Erhh...join the cue bud.

@Rossi46 . What number I have ?

 

[vfr12]

yup Only learnt off here why with backing coats you right to left

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