Hi all,
Lurked on this forum for a while (so thank you for all the advice I've gotten in secret) but only just registered. I'm not a plasterer, but have done a bit (couple of walls and tiny ceilings) with pretty decent results (and I enjoy it).
I have a ceiling to do with multi-finish and, although its quite small by most people's standards, I think it's stretching myself slightly too far to try and do it in one hit. Was thinking of doing it in two - both on the same day mind.
Never tried to do it in sections before - but I have heard of plasterers doing it by wetting the edge with a brush at each flattening/trowelling stage.
I.e. In the same way as shown on this video -
The one thing they never seem to mention is what happens when you bring the second section up to the first (which is now fully-trowelled, and potentially quite far set).
Do you overlap and wet-brush the edge again in the same way, to blend the two together? Or do you just go over the existing edge with gear a little thinner?
I realise there is the possibility for the join to show... but I want to minimise that. Clearly though, if I really needed a perfect finish then I wouldn't be doing it myself.
Cheers.
Lurked on this forum for a while (so thank you for all the advice I've gotten in secret) but only just registered. I'm not a plasterer, but have done a bit (couple of walls and tiny ceilings) with pretty decent results (and I enjoy it).
I have a ceiling to do with multi-finish and, although its quite small by most people's standards, I think it's stretching myself slightly too far to try and do it in one hit. Was thinking of doing it in two - both on the same day mind.
Never tried to do it in sections before - but I have heard of plasterers doing it by wetting the edge with a brush at each flattening/trowelling stage.
I.e. In the same way as shown on this video -
The one thing they never seem to mention is what happens when you bring the second section up to the first (which is now fully-trowelled, and potentially quite far set).
Do you overlap and wet-brush the edge again in the same way, to blend the two together? Or do you just go over the existing edge with gear a little thinner?
I realise there is the possibility for the join to show... but I want to minimise that. Clearly though, if I really needed a perfect finish then I wouldn't be doing it myself.
Cheers.