Hi,

I'm going to re-skim one of my bathroom walls. I got some
Artex-Rawlplug Finishing Coat plaster from homebase and I've plastered
a small patch. It looks OK, but it is quite dry and although quite
hard, is very very slightly sandy. Is this how things should be? I was
hoping to paint directly on top of the finishing plaster - is it OK to
do this, or is the dryness of the plaster going to cause problems for
the paint? And finally, have I used the correct plaster? I was in B&Q
the other day and saw that in addition to the Artex-Rawlplug Finishing
Coat plaster, they've also got Artex-Rawlplug Gypsum Multi-Finish
plaster, though I'm, not too sure what the difference is.

Thanks for any tips, and apologies for my barrage of questions!

Steve