removing plaster from plaster board

cooperphilip · 18 Apr 2009

I put and few trowel fulls of plaster on a boarded wall and had to rush out the plaster has gone hard and I need to remove and start again as it was not even out. What is the best way to remove the plaster from th eplaster board.

Was thinking a wallpaper steamer ?

Sanding would take forever.

noseall · 18 Apr 2009

It will be less effort and hassle to remove the entire board and start again!

Richard C · 18 Apr 2009

It’ll be the devils own job trying to get that off; a steamer wont dissolve the plaster but will probably turn the surrounding board to mush & in all probability the plaster will take the paper face of the plasterboard with it & then it’ll be useless. Replacing the board is probably the easiest & quickest option as noseall suggests.

mattylad · 18 Apr 2009

Like poo on a blanket

roughcaster · 18 Apr 2009

Time,, tide,, and "plaster", wait for no man.

Roughcaster.

alittlerespect · 18 Apr 2009

Get yourself an old wood chisel (1" to 11/2") and a wooden mallet and slowly but surely start chiseling into the plaster. It won't be a pretty sight and you will more than likely cause some damage to the plasterboard, but if you go carefully the damage should be minimal (it will look worse than it looks) then once you've removed the worst make good the damaged area before applying a skim coat over the whole area.

cooperphilip · 21 Apr 2009

Used a small wood chisel to take a little area off then the trowel scraped the rest off. All done. Jobs a gooding. On to the decor now.

Richard C · 21 Apr 2009

Hmmm, good result for you but, if it came off that easily, I would be thinking about how well the plaster was stuck on there in the first place!

noseall · 21 Apr 2009

Removing skim from plasterboard should be nigh on impossible without destroying the paper.

Mr M · 21 Apr 2009

Lecky plane and a fist full of blades

cooperphilip · 21 Apr 2009

Richard C said:
Hmmm, good result for you but, if it came off that easily, I would be thinking about how well the plaster was stuck on there in the first place!

Correct. Well the reason why I had to rush out was because I got a friend to knock the mix up and he completely messed it up. I put a some on the wall and it fell off and went in my eye. I had to go straight the hospital for a wash out. SO yes it probably would not of stuck. And thats the last time I ask anyone to knock up the mixes.

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