I've had 3 plasterers do work for me all within the last year. In all 3 cases I have the same complaint with each and are beginning to wonder whether all plasterers have the same problem.
All were skimming with multi finish over sq edge boards. Once done it looked fine, however, once painted a lot of the joins between boards become visible. I know that all 3 would use mesh scrim tape over the joints but I also know that they didn't do any other "prep" work on the joins other then apply the tape.
It's as if plaster where the joints are is raised ever so slightly which makes me think that air has gotten in the gap between the boards and pushed the plaster out whilst it's drying.
Next time I get any work done I'm going to make sure that the joints between boards are filled first but what should they be filled with? Most of the joins in the boarding work will have only been a couple mm at best. How do you prepare your joins to ensure that there's no chance of them showing through once painted?
All were skimming with multi finish over sq edge boards. Once done it looked fine, however, once painted a lot of the joins between boards become visible. I know that all 3 would use mesh scrim tape over the joints but I also know that they didn't do any other "prep" work on the joins other then apply the tape.
It's as if plaster where the joints are is raised ever so slightly which makes me think that air has gotten in the gap between the boards and pushed the plaster out whilst it's drying.
Next time I get any work done I'm going to make sure that the joints between boards are filled first but what should they be filled with? Most of the joins in the boarding work will have only been a couple mm at best. How do you prepare your joins to ensure that there's no chance of them showing through once painted?