On Apr 4, 9:19 am, "Simon" wrote:
Hi there,

I've just started to skim coat my bathroom. I've completed one whole
wall and it took me quite a while to complete. As I've got another two
walls to complete and very little time to do it in (a 5 year old and a
10 month old keeping me busy!) I was wondering whether I wold be
better off splitting the remaining walls into sections, using 3 mm
strips of wood as a guide? I could skim up to the wood, remove when
the plaster has hardened, then the next night complete another
section, merging the existing layer of platster into the new bi as I
go..... any comments / suggestions?

Thanks in advance!!

Simon


Forget the strips of wood, I think you're making it all too
complicated. You need to get the first coat on as soon as possible and
not play with it too much, that's the most important part.

How bad were the walls? Considering the time it's taking to skim could
you not have filled and sanded them?