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Feathering plaster skim: Can it be done?
I've posted a few queries regarding skim plaster in the last few weeks, and
weekend by weekend, my efforts are improving within the downstairs loo: concrete ceiling first, then brick wall then drylined plasterboard wall. the skim on the drylining was a lot easier and DID look the best (no surprise there). UNTIL I fitted a new DG window into the drylined wall last weekend and finished the reveals last night, complete with corner beads for reinforcement. I had planned to feather the plaster from the beads onto the mirror-like finish i had achieved previously on the plasterboard dry lining - instead i got an awful drawn out mess at the edges, covering 50% of the wall in an attempt to feather out smoothly (lots of water, panic sponging and bad language). I am now resigned to PVA and skimming this wall all over again, but wondered if it IS possible to succesfully feather a new skimmed area into a previously plastered one, or if it's generally accepted that you do the whole wall. In this instance it's not a big deal 'cos it's a small wall and frankly I'm enjoying the practice, but I had planned on 'touching up' areas of the living room afterward... Cheers. KB, Oxford |
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