cornwallplasterer
New Member
Hi all,
Just like to introduce myself I'm dan been plastering for 8 years but recently two of us was plastering on to plasterboard in a wooden cabin and the multi finish went all weird, and was very difficult to finish seemed to go dry quickly even through it was fresh skim brought the same day. When trying to level it in and fill in the hollows it was like was using a rusty trowel seemed to drag the skim and rough it up. Is using real cold water a problem? Real bamboozled here because when we mixed up the second hit seemed to do exactly the same and was able to trowel it up to get even a slight sheen. Luckily it was only a smallish area, but the problem is we're not sure what went wrong at all I mean the skim was only on the wall an hour and a half and already the second coat seem to be dry on the out side (could see dark patches which usually you only see when you start the next hit) but you could still trowel it it seemed softer underneath. Anyone else had any problems like this? would be great if you got any ideas.... the room was room temperature but was pretty cold outside. cheers all Dan
Just like to introduce myself I'm dan been plastering for 8 years but recently two of us was plastering on to plasterboard in a wooden cabin and the multi finish went all weird, and was very difficult to finish seemed to go dry quickly even through it was fresh skim brought the same day. When trying to level it in and fill in the hollows it was like was using a rusty trowel seemed to drag the skim and rough it up. Is using real cold water a problem? Real bamboozled here because when we mixed up the second hit seemed to do exactly the same and was able to trowel it up to get even a slight sheen. Luckily it was only a smallish area, but the problem is we're not sure what went wrong at all I mean the skim was only on the wall an hour and a half and already the second coat seem to be dry on the out side (could see dark patches which usually you only see when you start the next hit) but you could still trowel it it seemed softer underneath. Anyone else had any problems like this? would be great if you got any ideas.... the room was room temperature but was pretty cold outside. cheers all Dan