Hi,
I asked a question on here last week regarding the replaster of my chimney and got some great advice. However i posted a reply at the end and no-body got back as it probably just went un-noticed as it turned out to be quite a long thread, so i've taken the quote (below) and re-listed in the hope that TROWELMONKEY1 or RICHARD C can help me again
trowelmonkey1 wrote previously:
lay on with poly float (2 coats) weird i know but it's apparently the way to do it, goes on flatter, sure you could do ok with a normal trowel though.
scour (like rubbing up, circular motions to get it flat) with cross grain float (soak in water for an hour prior) to bring fat out & trowel twice to remove fat, 1 in each hand, scour with left then trowel it off with right.
brush diagonally to remove glaze once trowelling finished with damp brush
probably best to try some on a piece of board first
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MY QUESTION (May sound dumb but would rather ask and be sure)
TM: you say i need to "soak in water for an hour prior to bring fat out" as i'm mearly a DIY plasterer and not like you po's at the risk of sounding like a fool "is it the wall i need to soak??" and if so do i just use a spray bottle to keep it moist for approx 1 hour or are we talking soaking wet?? is that what you mean or have i lost track completely.
Oh!! and what does bringing the fat out mean?
Thanks in advance
I asked a question on here last week regarding the replaster of my chimney and got some great advice. However i posted a reply at the end and no-body got back as it probably just went un-noticed as it turned out to be quite a long thread, so i've taken the quote (below) and re-listed in the hope that TROWELMONKEY1 or RICHARD C can help me again
trowelmonkey1 wrote previously:
lay on with poly float (2 coats) weird i know but it's apparently the way to do it, goes on flatter, sure you could do ok with a normal trowel though.
scour (like rubbing up, circular motions to get it flat) with cross grain float (soak in water for an hour prior) to bring fat out & trowel twice to remove fat, 1 in each hand, scour with left then trowel it off with right.
brush diagonally to remove glaze once trowelling finished with damp brush
probably best to try some on a piece of board first
.
MY QUESTION (May sound dumb but would rather ask and be sure)
TM: you say i need to "soak in water for an hour prior to bring fat out" as i'm mearly a DIY plasterer and not like you po's at the risk of sounding like a fool "is it the wall i need to soak??" and if so do i just use a spray bottle to keep it moist for approx 1 hour or are we talking soaking wet?? is that what you mean or have i lost track completely.
Oh!! and what does bringing the fat out mean?
Thanks in advance