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Hi guys, I skimmed a painted ceiling and questioned if there was enough suction. The walls are glossy ish but. The ceiling seemed not too bad. Anyways, I used Wba on walls and just 2 coats pva as normal on ceiling. Walls are fine but the ceiling has blown.

I 've chipped all skim off- used a steamer and came fairly off easily once hot. My question now is what do I do? Just use Wba or bond it? Do I need to clean the residue with sugar soap? It's left some stained pva with multi so looks patchy brown.

I'm not a professional by any means but have been doing my own for many years. Cheers guys help appreciated
 

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Hmmmm

Overboard is a failsafe way to be honest to be sure... or you could WBA it... but I would overboard it as I cant be arsed to re do jobs
 
rustyjaz said:
Hi guys, I skimmed a painted ceiling and questioned if there was enough suction. The walls are glossy ish but. The ceiling seemed not too bad. Anyways, I used Wba on walls and just 2 coats pva as normal on ceiling. Walls are fine but the ceiling has blown.

I 've chipped all skim off- used a steamer and came fairly off easily once hot. My question now is what do I do? Just use Wba or bond it? Do I need to clean the residue with sugar soap? It's left some stained pva with multi so looks patchy brown.

I'm not a professional by any means but have been doing my own for many years. Cheers guys help appreciated
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That’s a terrible looking sight get someone that knows what there doing,and pay them well.
 
Cheers for reply guys, I won't be getting someone in, I have been plastering for a long time and never had anything like this happen. I'm looking for constructive advice so I can rectify my mistake. I have learnt not to take risks and next time on glossy surface will use wba or similar. I have scraped all old plaster off so I would like to skim again rather than overboard. But how 'good' is wba, do you need to clean prior or can I just roll on? The crack I will scrim prior to skim,do you think that's alright?
 
If at first you don’t succeed.........
Perfect prep prevents piss poor performance........
Or.......overboard.
Ta-dah.

Nexxxt!
 
Marshy.... That's not my skim finish. That's after the skim has been scrapped off. It was smooth as a babies behind but had blown. The pic is just residue/remnants of skim, there are no lumps there it's just stained really but it does clean of with a bit of scrubbing . I now would like constructive advice. I am not a professional but my finish is good. But I have never had to skim glossy surfaces which was my downfall. Do I need to scrub the remaining stained bits or could I just wba it? Like I said I would like to not have to overboard. Cheers
 
Just turned down a job to skim over old artex ceiling , didn’t like the look of the artex and wanted to overboard but the guy wanted to do it on a budget so I swiftly ruled myself out of the job. Too ignorant to take on my advice but no doubt happy to complain when it doesn’t go to plan.
 
OK cheers guys, I will will overboard it. Thanks you for all the constructive advice. I just don't enjoy boarding ceilings. What size do you guys use on ceilings if on your own? Thanks again in advance
 
I hire a board lifter for £25. Bugger struggling these days although carrying 8x4 ain't getting any easier
 
Knauf 6*3 12.5mm are only 12,kg each. Nice and easy
 
The advice to overboard, whilst not what you wanted to hear, was sincere, just covered in banter.
Find the joists.
Put a good few screws into the existing ceiling, so the extra weight doesn’t pull it down.
Use 900x 1800 9.5mm boards, as they are lightish.
Use longer screws so you get a good fix for the overboard.
Plaster as you do normally.
 
I think he just wants to insert various fruit and vegetables up his anus for the harvest festival?
 
rustyjaz said:
Marshy.... That's not my skim finish. That's after the skim has been scrapped off. It was smooth as a babies behind but had blown. The pic is just residue/remnants of skim, there are no lumps there it's just stained really but it does clean of with a bit of scrubbing . I now would like constructive advice. I am not a professional but my finish is good. But I have never had to skim glossy surfaces which was my downfall. Do I need to scrub the remaining stained bits or could I just wba it? Like I said I would like to not have to overboard. Cheers
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Ok mate I forgive you
 
I really don’t understand why people don’t want to overboard. Over boarding is a fail safe method.


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Deri said:
I really don’t understand why people don’t want to overboard. Over boarding is a fail safe method.


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It’s the best option as well imo and eliminates any problem that you might face
 
Deri said:
I really don’t understand why people don’t want to overboard. Over boarding is a fail safe method.


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Some people won’t spend the money,they can’t grasp the point you’ve just made:
 
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