First crack at plastering, question

Got a 3x4 room that used to be our kitchen to plaster. Was gonna get someone in but it's a busy time of year and getting high quotes for spreads to do it over the weekend so thought I may as well have a crack.

Got a new fitted wardrobe which is currently bare plasterboard and was just going to fill and paint but that's now going to be my practice canvas.

The walls in the old kitchen are a bit rough as you can imagine. Some bits that were down to bare brick have been brought to level with bonding.

The bit I'm not sure about is I have a few islands of plaster behind where the tiles used to be surrounded by areas down to the original bonding coat. Loose bits have been removed. Should I level this off with bonding? Multifinish? Or just skim over and make it thicker over the bonding?

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers,

Dan

Always bring the "deeper areas" out with bonding coat. Give them a good clean off, dampen them down/brush on some pva, then fill out with bonding coat right away. If you were confident enough, you could fill out the deeper bits, then give the whole wall a coat of bonding, let it set, then skim it all over with multi finish.

Thanks for the reply. Just to make sure, the difference is only the height of the original skim, a few mm. Will bonding go on that thin?

Bonding coat is an undercoat plaster that can be put on as a thin undercoat onto an uneven surface such yours, or as a thick undercoat coat onto bricks, block etc. Multi finish can be used in your situation, but I'd prefer to use bonding to give an even surface for the multi finish,,, each to their own.