Skimming!!!!!!!!

[Stewart]

plasterboard should be skimmed,if decorated,much much better job,a plasterboard is not tapered all the way around,so on the untapered edge,you get a bump,and can see it when painted.
and if its not done right,ie sanded,you can see it on the tapered edge as well.
in fact,they can stick drylineing where the sun don't shine for me,wet plastering all the way 😉
although drylining is much easier than wet plastering

You must have some bad taper's in your area...... Give me taping over plastering anytime. Why skim over a perfect surface for decorating or tiling and be left with one that only looks like it's a flat even surface....


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[Rob Z]

Couple of mm

Thanks, Del. I was wondering if you guys were doing now what was done long ago here in north america....plasterboard panels with two or three skim coats of plaster, up to 1/2" or more thick.

 

[widler]

a well plastered wall is much better than any taping and sanding. must have some bad plasterers up your way stew(i mean plasterers,not boarders/dryliners) 🙂 😉

 

[jay]

steady on with bagging out plasterers just different methods in different parts of the world

 

[widler]

steady on with bagging out plasterers just different methods in different parts of the world

i know mate,just pulling legs a bit,its saturday,im in with child and bored. maybe i should just go pub 😉

 

[jay]

all cool never seen plasterboard skimmed ,and being a solid plasterer by trade it just caught my eye interesting

 

[widler]

im a wet plasterer by trade,but all ceilings and partitions have always been plasterboard (except heritage jobs where they lathe and plaster)and skimmed,never taped. when drylining came out around here,we skimmed them,never taped(its what we were used to)to this day,i can skim walls quicker than tape them,but that just me.
enjoy your beer by the way 😉

 

[jay]

im a wet plasterer by trade,but all ceilings and partitions have always been plasterboard (except heritage jobs where they lathe and plaster)and skimmed,never taped. when drylining came out around here,we skimmed them,never taped(its what we were used to)to this day,i can skim walls quicker than tape them,but that just me.
enjoy your beer by the way 😉

thanks just find it interesting the joints dont crack with no tape///// Cougars not a beer by the way

cheers

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Ah Jay, joints in plasterboard are taped (scrim) prior to skimming

 

[jay]

Ah Jay, joints in plasterboard are taped (scrim) prior to skimming

thanks Phil