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I’d be grateful for some plastering advice.
I’m redecorating a bedroom & will be replacing skirting boards, door skirting (not sure what this is actually called, hope you know what I mean?) & have stripped the wallpaper back to the original plaster.
Unfortunately, I used a steam wallpaper stripper on a couple of walls. Not only was this most effective at taking the paper off, it also took of the plaster as well, down to the rendering.
The plaster itself, pink in colour, varied from a couple of mm to about a cm in thickness, so I assume this was a skimmed coat, albeit a thick one in places. I’ve got three patches that need plastering, of varying sizes. One goes up to the door & another down to the skirting.
My questions….
-Should I plaster before I fix the skirting, door skirting or the other way around ?
- I’ve removed all loose plaster & have applied a dilute mix of PVA to the rendering, which was pretty dusty & porous. Should I apply one coat of plaster or several to build up the layers ? I’ll be painting afterwards, not papering so hope to make it look reasonably decent.
- I’ve blocked off a panel above the door with a small piece of plasterboard. This isn’t flush with the surface so I was planning to give this a skimmed coat of plaster. Do I need to prepare the surface or just slap it on ?
- Should I bang the new skirting board into place with nails or glue it ? The rendering seems pretty dry & I’m concerned it’ll just break up if I nail into it ?
Thanks for your advice ! This post turned out longer than I expected.
TP
I’m redecorating a bedroom & will be replacing skirting boards, door skirting (not sure what this is actually called, hope you know what I mean?) & have stripped the wallpaper back to the original plaster.
Unfortunately, I used a steam wallpaper stripper on a couple of walls. Not only was this most effective at taking the paper off, it also took of the plaster as well, down to the rendering.
The plaster itself, pink in colour, varied from a couple of mm to about a cm in thickness, so I assume this was a skimmed coat, albeit a thick one in places. I’ve got three patches that need plastering, of varying sizes. One goes up to the door & another down to the skirting.
My questions….
-Should I plaster before I fix the skirting, door skirting or the other way around ?
- I’ve removed all loose plaster & have applied a dilute mix of PVA to the rendering, which was pretty dusty & porous. Should I apply one coat of plaster or several to build up the layers ? I’ll be painting afterwards, not papering so hope to make it look reasonably decent.
- I’ve blocked off a panel above the door with a small piece of plasterboard. This isn’t flush with the surface so I was planning to give this a skimmed coat of plaster. Do I need to prepare the surface or just slap it on ?
- Should I bang the new skirting board into place with nails or glue it ? The rendering seems pretty dry & I’m concerned it’ll just break up if I nail into it ?
Thanks for your advice ! This post turned out longer than I expected.
TP