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Oh really, giving it a coat of skimming seems quick way, aint it trowelmonkey, :lol: :lol: did you try to scrape the rest off. I've had odd bits about palm size bulge like that but I cut them out as they happened.

I did wonder whether I could just fit a drip bead above the opening, render into that and maybe just paint the steel directly? Yes you can.

A photo or two might help someone give you good advice on this.

:lol: :lol: When your first coat plaster is dragging then you were a little to early with your top coat, I'm sure all of us have had this at some time, I've had it on patched walls where I've over skimmed the whole wall' ( painted sections ) the best way I've dealt with it is to flick...

Is your memory going noseall ( Charlie bonding ) or maybe that's local one, :lol: how about Carlite bonding, trowelmonkey1, did you seal your wall up the day before as it sounds like you had very high suction, I've no idea why they happen they just pop up where you least expect them.

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Welcome home RC and the ape :lol: sorry :lol: Trowelmonkey1 I forgot you left us for a while :oops: , to Richard C and Alastairreid I'm wishing you both a good time.

Not heard about it originally being intended to skim the brown side though. They were day's before the plaster board screw was invented and screw drivers were manual and there is nothing wrong with nailing them up with clouts, most of the ceilings in Brittan are held up with nails. its the...

As Micilin, I've skimmed many of the oh bugger bits ( back to front cuts ) and I've never hear of it falling off, it just shows a different shade when dry.

funny how you can get blasted for trying to help :?: Sorry if you mean me I didn't think I put my big foot in it. :oops: Wow that's some hedge.

is this just the lightweight i.e carlite bonding. Yes but don't use it straight on to brick on a out side solid wall and don't stick your bead up with it or finish plaster. Richard C, are you praying for one of the other old boy to come along or the rain to stop so you can finish cutting...

Its always a hard decision to make on what to do for patching old lime mortar, the old mortar is very breathable so any damp that comes through the brick is soon lost to the air in the room as any damp in the air soon taken out by the mortar and bricks under it, if you use a waterproof sand &...

That would make it very easy to push the plaster in to ridges.

If you put on in any thickness you may have sagging problems and any cracking would be there by the next morning.

Hose the wall down, just go along and fill the holes first just before you scratch coat, with the same mix, some like to top coat the next day, some the same day, some a week later.

If the sand is to soft you may get sagging and shrinkage cracks.

:lol: :lol: I don't think you have any worries of it coming off.

Your wrong, its the other way round.

No no Richard you should always clean them out, but if he doesn't cut his wire tails back and put them in the back box, then you trim them short, and when you clean the box out you tap the fixed lug in a little so its not square. :twisted:

yes & yes , he would re-skim the whole wall if you ask him to.