dont be afraid of suction mate , you need to catch the wall at the right time and 10 trowels early on will only take the top coat off, if it needs bonding add a handfull of cement and by the time youve hada cuppa it should be ready for a float, when youre skiming it it will take some water thrown at it more than board but look out for bubbles and give it a good hard trowel when youve finishedive done a similar job mate, i took 2 days over it, 1st day scraped back artex, pva, then i spread a neat coat of bonding over the top of the lot ( just enough to cover the high points of the artex ) when that had gone off, i stuck a coat of wba on top, next day went back and skimmed it, hung like a dream. this is of course only if you have the time and patience for the wba, bonding etc
thanks lads it seems that im very green about these things .... cant beleive how much i dont know ... never even heard of wba til i posted this ... seems to be good stuff... would i use it cos its such a big ceiling and it gives me more time ??... db said he,d put a coat of bonding on b4 a coat of wba and then skim ..........so confused  :-X :![]()