Hi all. Just registered but been looking in for a while.
I'm just a diyer but been reading in an book about scouring finish with a wooden float. I know this was touched on in the recent 'sponge float on finish' debate but i have been trying it on an old piece of pb to varying levels of success. Just curious if any one really does it these days as it seems to a/ drag the whole lot off it done to early b/ make the finish very gritty looking or c/ make it too shiny if done to late. You do seem to need a lot of water to get anywhere near a result but this goes against what your supposed to do these days ie less water. I am going to be doing a small ceiling at home soon and was going to try using a wooden float for the second coat as this is alleged (in the same book) to get a flatter finish. Again, any advice welcome. The book by the way is 'Plastering An Encyclopedia' by Stagg and Pegg. I got this years ago so it probably refers to methods of a bygone age.
Cheers
Stuart
I'm just a diyer but been reading in an book about scouring finish with a wooden float. I know this was touched on in the recent 'sponge float on finish' debate but i have been trying it on an old piece of pb to varying levels of success. Just curious if any one really does it these days as it seems to a/ drag the whole lot off it done to early b/ make the finish very gritty looking or c/ make it too shiny if done to late. You do seem to need a lot of water to get anywhere near a result but this goes against what your supposed to do these days ie less water. I am going to be doing a small ceiling at home soon and was going to try using a wooden float for the second coat as this is alleged (in the same book) to get a flatter finish. Again, any advice welcome. The book by the way is 'Plastering An Encyclopedia' by Stagg and Pegg. I got this years ago so it probably refers to methods of a bygone age.
Cheers
Stuart