Skimming over old browning / bonding.

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Chris Fowler

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Folks I'm after your wisdom

I'm no plaster, but I'm fairly competent in skimming over plasterboard.

Doing a kitchen at the moment and the wall isn't the best.

Got the tiles off and under is a flexible grey coat of who knows what and under that, the original browning / bonding coat.

Rather than rip everything off I want to skimming over it. As its quite old (and a little crumbly in places), do I use a week mix of pva and water just to hold it together, or just a coat of pure PVA to seal it then crack on when its dried.

Would be really grateful on some advice on the best prep for skimming.

Thanks all
 
Chris Fowler said:
Folks I'm after your wisdom

I'm no plaster, but I'm fairly competent in skimming over plasterboard.

Doing a kitchen at the moment and the wall isn't the best.

Got the tiles off and under is a flexible grey coat of who knows what and under that, the original browning / bonding coat.

Rather than rip everything off I want to skimming over it. As its quite old (and a little crumbly in places), do I use a week mix of pva and water just to hold it together, or just a coat of pure PVA to seal it then crack on when its dried.

Would be really grateful on some advice on the best prep for skimming.

Thanks all
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Chris Fowler said:
Folks I'm after your wisdom

I'm no plaster, but I'm fairly competent in skimming over plasterboard.

Doing a kitchen at the moment and the wall isn't the best.

Got the tiles off and under is a flexible grey coat of who knows what and under that, the original browning / bonding coat.

Rather than rip everything off I want to skimming over it. As its quite old (and a little crumbly in places), do I use a week mix of pva and water just to hold it together, or just a coat of pure PVA to seal it then crack on when its dried.

Would be really grateful on some advice on the best prep for skimming.

Thanks all
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Chris Fowler said:
Folks I'm after your wisdom

I'm no plaster, but I'm fairly competent in skimming over plasterboard.

Doing a kitchen at the moment and the wall isn't the best.

Got the tiles off and under is a flexible grey coat of who knows what and under that, the original browning / bonding coat.

Rather than rip everything off I want to skimming over it. As its quite old (and a little crumbly in places), do I use a week mix of pva and water just to hold it together, or just a coat of pure PVA to seal it then crack on when its dried.

Would be really grateful on some advice on the best prep for skimming.

Thanks all
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Mix some strong pva 50 /50 water and a tight coat of bonding then skim it
 
Chris Fowler said:
Folks I'm after your wisdom

I'm no plaster, but I'm fairly competent in skimming over plasterboard.

Doing a kitchen at the moment and the wall isn't the best.

Got the tiles off and under is a flexible grey coat of who knows what and under that, the original browning / bonding coat.

Rather than rip everything off I want to skimming over it. As its quite old (and a little crumbly in places), do I use a week mix of pva and water just to hold it together, or just a coat of pure PVA to seal it then crack on when its dried.

Would be really grateful on some advice on the best prep for skimming.

Thanks all
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Yes
 
Sitemonkey said:
Fuk using pva full stop . Tack dab n skim fuk that domestic dogshite. Tools coated in bonding and pva all day . No thanks
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Winters coming, enjoy the site work mate.

winter is coming GIF
 
Sitemonkey said:
Fuk using pva full stop . Tack dab n skim fuk that domestic dogshite. Tools coated in bonding and pva all day . No thanks
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Bonding is horrible stuff for tools, worked on a site and the spec was Bonding/carlite finish.
So you float in the morning, but the changing over to finishing in the afternoon was a pain in the arse cos you had clean everything within an inch of it's life.
 
paulf said:
Bonding is horrible stuff for tools, worked on a site and the spec was Bonding/carlite finish.
So you float in the morning, but the changing over to finishing in the afternoon was a pain in the arse cos you had clean everything within an inch of it's life.
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Yes used to do loads of floating in bonding years ago fukin awful mixing in a bath . Fook that nowadays must have been insane
 
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