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Hi all,
Ok so I tried my hand at plastering on the weekend and did my first wall...I learned from my mistakes pretty fast (first attempt at taking off the hawk just falling onto the floor), but I had some questions that I didn't have the answers for and was hoping someone could shed some light
1. I thought I was mixing the plaster right, but by the time I'd coated the wall it was already going off, so I was at the smoothing stage pretty quick. I had all the windows/doors open so it wasn't the temperature and I PVA'd the wall (once around 12 hours before and again about 30 mins before), so didn't think it was the suction. Should I just make it wetter next time?
2. What do people do with the crap in your cleaning bucket? Does it go down the drain? I took all the leftover plaster after each coat and put it in a binbag, but was wondering how people disposed of the rest of the crap
3. I did one big wall with a 13" trowel, but the room I'm doing has a couple of narrow parts either side of the door frame which are around 4-6" across. Since the technique i used wont work in that kind of space, what would be the best way/tool to plaster those areas?
Many thanks in advance to anyone who helps me answer these questions
Ok so I tried my hand at plastering on the weekend and did my first wall...I learned from my mistakes pretty fast (first attempt at taking off the hawk just falling onto the floor), but I had some questions that I didn't have the answers for and was hoping someone could shed some light
1. I thought I was mixing the plaster right, but by the time I'd coated the wall it was already going off, so I was at the smoothing stage pretty quick. I had all the windows/doors open so it wasn't the temperature and I PVA'd the wall (once around 12 hours before and again about 30 mins before), so didn't think it was the suction. Should I just make it wetter next time?
2. What do people do with the crap in your cleaning bucket? Does it go down the drain? I took all the leftover plaster after each coat and put it in a binbag, but was wondering how people disposed of the rest of the crap
3. I did one big wall with a 13" trowel, but the room I'm doing has a couple of narrow parts either side of the door frame which are around 4-6" across. Since the technique i used wont work in that kind of space, what would be the best way/tool to plaster those areas?
Many thanks in advance to anyone who helps me answer these questions