Thomarse wrote:
On Sep 4, 3:32 pm, "George" wrote:
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George wrote:
"Thomarse" wrote in message
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?

its called 'a sanding block' :-)


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


Thats cos it flows really easily..I suspect its a fine suspension of
chalk in PVA or summat.

lining paper is the cheap'n'quick'n'dirty. Polyskim is the 'expensive
but not as much as a plasterer' approach.

Cheers for all the replies