Recent content by jonathandiy

Hmmm I had the 72" on it last night, with a level against it. givvin me a headache. the wall was not plumb and level to start with, so was not just a couple of skim coats. ...Shiny.... no i think its still a bit wet and the camera making it look like that. I have seen the stairwell...

im using typically 5:1 water:pva. and roll it on. then plaster when its gone kinda tacky. Im mixing the plaster up to consistancy so it will slop out of the bucket yet still retain a heap on the spot board. sort of like a thick cake mix i suppose , as i dont like it too thick takes more...

this is the wall im not happy with, so I want to do whole thing again. Just its a right pain doing it in sections. maybe its better to do all this wall down the stairs again, and just blend it into the really high section that cannot be reached from landing level without ladder and planks. I...

I sectioned off a large wall into three areas using stop bead, blending next into last section. its tricky to get away with it. but does work where its virtually impossible to do all in one hit by yourself. I found a trick is after you plaster a section and removed the stop bead, just then...

Hi there, I have plastered my stairwell (2story) on my own. The only way I found I could tackle this was to break it into upper section and lower section using horizonal stop bead. as could find no way to get up to the top without use of scaffold. So hence had to blend in the joins which I...