Can this just be skimmed.

[Chadders4039]

Afternoon folks.

Absolute Novice.

Have knocked what I believed to be artex off a wall. Now I think it was swirls in the rendering.

This is what I'm left with...

I've filled the large holes and a couple of coats of PVA. I was wondering if I can just skim over this?

Any help appreciated

 

[vinn]

Assuming that this is an interior then:

Break contact 40mm above the solid floor.
Apply one coat of tacky PVA and you can skim over the tacky PVA.

 

[roy c]

Check out the surface of the wall, as it looks like you have a few cracks! So scrim tape them before you plaster as they will come back if you don't...

 

[clive12345]

It needs a coat of bonding before you skim it .

 

[vinn]

Why bond it - for what purpose would bonding be needed?

 

[clive12345]

To get a nice flat , even suctioned surface .

 

[vinn]

The OP has filled the divots, and PVA'ed twice - he doesn't complain of uneveness or out of plumb, and its been also been recommended that a tacky coat of PVA be applied?

In other words: the surface is flat, and the suction has been taken up - why create work?

 

[roughcaster]

To get a nice flat , even suctioned surface .

I'd do it the very same way, extra work or not. As long as the finished job looks good, that's what counts. Each to their own. I agree with Vinn, that the plaster should be cut back up from the floor level. NEVER plaster right down to floor level.

 

[vinn]

Its not a case of each to their own when advising a DIY'er of the most simple way to do a simple skim job.

If professional plasterer's wish to make work for themselves - so be it.

But the DIY'er might now have to deal with a surface thats been pulled out giving him possibly more work to adjusting any woodwork trim, and the various devices that are typically fixed to walls.