How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing plaster
or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for a key?

TIA
Martin.

I used a garden hoe to get most of it off, one room of stipple and one
room with daggers hanging off it!

Stuck after that I paid a pro to skim over, think he used PVA and
finshing plaster

Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing plaster
or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for a key?

TIA
Martin.

Just PVA it and skim it over.

Earlier artex can contain asbestos as well. I'm not alarmist about
asbestos but it isn't worth the aggro anyway.

Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for
a key?

TIA
Martin.

Skim over it using "MultiFinish Plaster", is it painted matt or silk? if
matt use PVA, if silk no need for PVA.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for
a key?

TIA
Martin.

Skim over it using "MultiFinish Plaster", is it painted matt or silk? if
matt use PVA, if silk no need for PVA.

Painted silk, it's a friends wall and he had previously tried skimming with
MultiFinish and the whole lot came off in big sheets leaving the artex as if
it were untouched.

Martin.

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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster
or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for a key?

TIA
Martin.

Just PVA it and skim it over.

Earlier artex can contain asbestos as well. I'm not alarmist about
asbestos but it isn't worth the aggro anyway.

When did artex stop containing asbestos ?

Martin

Martin wrote:
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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for
a key?

TIA
Martin.

Skim over it using "MultiFinish Plaster", is it painted matt or
silk? if matt use PVA, if silk no need for PVA.

Painted silk, it's a friends wall and he had previously tried
skimming with MultiFinish and the whole lot came off in big sheets
leaving the artex as if it were untouched.

Martin.

Really, I wonder why my kitchen ceiling plaster has not come down?

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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Martin wrote:
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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for
a key?

TIA
Martin.

Skim over it using "MultiFinish Plaster", is it painted matt or
silk? if matt use PVA, if silk no need for PVA.

Painted silk, it's a friends wall and he had previously tried
skimming with MultiFinish and the whole lot came off in big sheets
leaving the artex as if it were untouched.

Martin.

Really, I wonder why my kitchen ceiling plaster has not come down?

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so there is
something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the original paint
the artex was painted with as the only difference in the re exposed artex
was its colour.

Martin.

Martin wrote:
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Martin wrote:
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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it
for a key?

TIA
Martin.

Skim over it using "MultiFinish Plaster", is it painted matt or
silk? if matt use PVA, if silk no need for PVA.

Painted silk, it's a friends wall and he had previously tried
skimming with MultiFinish and the whole lot came off in big sheets
leaving the artex as if it were untouched.

Martin.

Really, I wonder why my kitchen ceiling plaster has not come down?

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so
there is something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the
original paint the artex was painted with as the only difference in
the re exposed artex was its colour.

Martin.

Did he degrease/wash it?

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Martin wrote:
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Martin wrote:
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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it
for a key?

TIA
Martin.

Skim over it using "MultiFinish Plaster", is it painted matt or
silk? if matt use PVA, if silk no need for PVA.

Painted silk, it's a friends wall and he had previously tried
skimming with MultiFinish and the whole lot came off in big sheets
leaving the artex as if it were untouched.

Martin.

Really, I wonder why my kitchen ceiling plaster has not come down?

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so
there is something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the
original paint the artex was painted with as the only difference in
the re exposed artex was its colour.

Martin.

Did he degrease/wash it?

A very good question I have to ask. Thanks

Martin.

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
Martin wrote:

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so
there is something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the
original paint the artex was painted with as the only difference in
the re exposed artex was its colour.

Did he degrease/wash it?

How do you go about doing that on a revoltingly greasy textured or Artex
kitchen ceiling? Interested as I'm going to have to tackle it myself in
the not-too-distant-future...

David

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Martin wrote:
How can I cover up artex should I just skim over it with finishing
plaster
or will I need to prepare it in some way like scoring it for a key?

TIA
Martin.

Just PVA it and skim it over.

Earlier artex can contain asbestos as well. I'm not alarmist about
asbestos but it isn't worth the aggro anyway.

When did artex stop containing asbestos ?

Martin

Early 70s, according to what I've read.

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:06:25 GMT, Lobster
wrote:

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
Martin wrote:

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so
there is something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the
original paint the artex was painted with as the only difference in
the re exposed artex was its colour.

Did he degrease/wash it?

How do you go about doing that on a revoltingly greasy textured or Artex
kitchen ceiling? Interested as I'm going to have to tackle it myself in
the not-too-distant-future...

David

Put new boards over the top and plaster them.

MJ

wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:06:25 GMT, Lobster
wrote:


The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Martin wrote:

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so
there is something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the
original paint the artex was painted with as the only difference in
the re exposed artex was its colour.

Did he degrease/wash it?

How do you go about doing that on a revoltingly greasy textured or Artex
kitchen ceiling? Interested as I'm going to have to tackle it myself in
the not-too-distant-future...

Put new boards over the top and plaster them.

Well, yes, that's what I've been considering: but His Grace reckons it's
possible to degrease the surface instead which obviously would be way
less work.

David

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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:06:25 GMT, Lobster
wrote:


The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Martin wrote:

I've also plastered over an artex ceiling and its still up there so
there is something odd about this wall. I wonder if it could be the
original paint the artex was painted with as the only difference in
the re exposed artex was its colour.

Did he degrease/wash it?

How do you go about doing that on a revoltingly greasy textured or Artex
kitchen ceiling? Interested as I'm going to have to tackle it myself in
the not-too-distant-future...

Put new boards over the top and plaster them.

Well, yes, that's what I've been considering: but His Grace reckons it's
possible to degrease the surface instead which obviously would be way less
work.

David
I have an extension 1/2 the size of the new kitchen, I washed the ceiling
with sugar soap, scraped the worsts of the dangly bits off, boarded the new
half, coated the lot with PVA, plaster skimmed the lot and re-artex and it
shows no signs of coming down 4 years on and you could stick clothes to the
grease near the cooker
Kevin