Coving - plaster/poly/resin - pros and cons
 

I'm looking at coving a few rooms, found three types (resin, plaster,
poly), just wondering what peoples experiences are of these ? Resin
looks OK to me, but never used it. Plaster is heavy and awkward - how
does the price compare ? Does it warp in sunlight ?

Would appreciate some thoughts.

Steve...

Coving - plaster/poly/resin - pros and cons
 

"SteveRoche" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking at coving a few rooms, found three types (resin, plaster,
poly), just wondering what peoples experiences are of these ? Resin
looks OK to me, but never used it. Plaster is heavy and awkward - how
does the price compare ? Does it warp in sunlight ?

Would appreciate some thoughts.

Steve...

The resin and polyfoam are light and quite simple to stick in place with the right
adhesives. The plaster type, as you say, is heavier and needs supported with screws
or props to hold it in place while the adhesive dries out.

I've used all three types and I much prefer the decorative resin style although around
the small hallway here I've fitted the cheaper polyfoam style with great effect.

One word of warning though. Try to get a good angle finder or mitre block to make
your cuts. Don't buy the corner sections because I've found that on most corners they
don't fit properly and need perfect 90 degree angles to look any good. So best to
make the corners yourself with a good variable angle mitre block.


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Coving - plaster/poly/resin - pros and cons
 

"SteveRoche" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking at coving a few rooms, found three types (resin, plaster,
poly), just wondering what peoples experiences are of these ? Resin
looks OK to me, but never used it. Plaster is heavy and awkward - how
does the price compare ? Does it warp in sunlight ?



I have used a load of Artex sculptured coving ....... interesting enough to
look better than standard concave coving ..... it's a standard gypsum
plaster in paper skin, and fits easy enough.


I also used some of the Artex plaster coving ........... this is a REAL
BITCH .......... so far 9 packs of it have turned up and have been broken
when opened ... awaiting 3rd delivery currently.

It is also a pain to fix ... VERY brittle, you have to be very careful once
you have put adhesive on the back, and carry it on edge - or it will snap.

It sticks to wall well, but you also have top screw it and it is very slow
to have to drill, countersink and screw fix each length as you go.

However it does look superb, IK used 'KISS' form the Artex designer range.

Rick