Four quick (possibly daft) questions...
1) Why is the scratch coat finished in horizintal wavy lines, but the float coat finished in shallow figure of 8s...is it more to do with diffrentiating between the two so somone doesn't inadvertantly skim a scratch coat?
Also some of the pics I've seen here, the figure 8s are very sparse...can't be providing much of a mechanical key??
2) I can only get finish plaster in my local shed in 12.5kg bags...is this normal? (They have hardwall, bonding, board finish, multi finish etc in 25kg...)
3) Does Finish Plaster provide a MUCH better finish over multi finish? is it worth worrying about as a beginner?
4) I've used a sikaflex slurry waterproofer before to seal a damp penetrated wall (cured the leak first!)..but was expensive per tub...is there a more cost effective way to replicate this using sand cement and SBR/Waterproofer. Got the plastering bug noew and want to seal the lower parts of a dmap old garage before plastering...
Cheers,
Virgil.
1) Why is the scratch coat finished in horizintal wavy lines, but the float coat finished in shallow figure of 8s...is it more to do with diffrentiating between the two so somone doesn't inadvertantly skim a scratch coat?
Also some of the pics I've seen here, the figure 8s are very sparse...can't be providing much of a mechanical key??
2) I can only get finish plaster in my local shed in 12.5kg bags...is this normal? (They have hardwall, bonding, board finish, multi finish etc in 25kg...)
3) Does Finish Plaster provide a MUCH better finish over multi finish? is it worth worrying about as a beginner?
4) I've used a sikaflex slurry waterproofer before to seal a damp penetrated wall (cured the leak first!)..but was expensive per tub...is there a more cost effective way to replicate this using sand cement and SBR/Waterproofer. Got the plastering bug noew and want to seal the lower parts of a dmap old garage before plastering...
Cheers,
Virgil.