Hi,
I'm quite new to plastering and wanted to ask this after not being able to find a thread to what I'm looking for:
I live in a flat and and after scraping off old paint and sanding down a small surface (30cm wide x 1m long) due to water damage on a concrete wall (many layers of paint so the gap is roughly 3-4mm + lots of small holes, furrows etc.) I applied one layer of filler, then waited overnight for it to dry (it was already dry after a couple of hours) and then applied another layer, slightly thinner and then used the trowel (not a hawk) tipped with a little bit of water to try and smooth out the whole surface to make it flat and iron out those tiny lines etc. After I will sand it down again to try and make it flat.
My question is: is this a good technique for this kind of wall, albeit a small surface to do and any thread that you can link me to for really making a wall surface as smooth and flat as possible?
Any suggestions?
Thanks heaps,
Cheers :RpS_biggrin:
ricc
I'm quite new to plastering and wanted to ask this after not being able to find a thread to what I'm looking for:
I live in a flat and and after scraping off old paint and sanding down a small surface (30cm wide x 1m long) due to water damage on a concrete wall (many layers of paint so the gap is roughly 3-4mm + lots of small holes, furrows etc.) I applied one layer of filler, then waited overnight for it to dry (it was already dry after a couple of hours) and then applied another layer, slightly thinner and then used the trowel (not a hawk) tipped with a little bit of water to try and smooth out the whole surface to make it flat and iron out those tiny lines etc. After I will sand it down again to try and make it flat.
My question is: is this a good technique for this kind of wall, albeit a small surface to do and any thread that you can link me to for really making a wall surface as smooth and flat as possible?
Any suggestions?
Thanks heaps,
Cheers :RpS_biggrin:
ricc