On Sep 4, 4:11 pm, "George" wrote:
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Any advice? Has anyone else done anything similar? Liek I said, I
can't plaster and so skimming isnt an option but I think possibly the
compound could be, but I'm not sure how well I could smooth it?

Thanks

One of the pitfalls of painting new plaster then wanting to wallpaper
it
at
a later date and wanting to paint it again after stripping the paper
of.

Will people listen...no!

Lining paper.

or polyskim.

Its a LOT easier than plastering,,and any rough bits get the emery paper
treatment.

Do they give the scraper as well when you buy that stuff?
Aldi on sunday were selling the blade for that sort of skim,its about 6"
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How "easy" is easy.. I;ve look at the polyskim stuff before but it
looked like I may end up with a load of trowel marks to get rid of
once dry.. I guess theres a knack to it?

Would a wet mix of drywall jointing compund do a similar job.. The
reason i ask is that i have alot of this left after erecting my
partition wall and it would save alot of money if i could use that...
Although I do just want the easiest method...Polyskim is quite pricey

Cheers for all the replies

Polyskim is basically premixed polyfilla which can still be used if you mix
the polyfilla well and ix it to a creamy consistancy which will not fall of
the blade.

Just like plastering you use the blade to skim over the indentations
sweeping across them and leave to dry.
If any of the polyfilla is on the outer surface of the indentations then as
Mr Philo said a light brush of fine sandpaper over it will remove the
unwanted polyfilla,on saying that though if the polyfilla has been ixed
right there should be any need to sand?

I used a wood filla in a tub (Bonda WoodStop)one time to do that sort of
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I see.. I think I was getting confused with anothr product by
pollycell... smooth over?... I think you roller this on and then
smooth with a blade/trowel?

The problem with my walls are that they arent "indentations" as
such... Just patches all over where some paint has some away and some
has remained on the wall.