![]() ![]() Not those Super Soaker kind, that'll just obliterate your plaster! Spray a couple of times on the flat part of your trowel, and on the plaster you're about to skim, then glide the trowel over it and you'll find it doesn't stick, and starts to shine a little as it becomes smooth.Ĭontinue to smooth the wall out in the order that you first applied that second skim. Grab your water spray bottle, if you haven't got one of these, your sons water pistol will do.Check the flat part of the trowel to see if it's clean and free from any sticky bits of half set plaster, it's wants to be as smooth and shiny.If you find that the plaster sticks to the trowel, do two things: If it is too wet, that's good because you have 5 minutes to make yourself a cuppa.Īfter you've had a brew, possibly a biscuit, go back to the part of wall where you started off, and gently glide your trowel over the skim so that it evens out the bumps. You may find that it's still too wet to do this, it wants to be in between that wet and tacky stage. Once the wall is covered, go back to the start and crack on with smoothing it out with the trowel. ![]() You can take a little longer with this coat but I found that anything over 30 minutes and I was struggling with the plaster going off.īe quick at first, but not too rushed, they'll be plenty of time to even out the lumps and bumps after you've covered the entire wall. That's a good sign, it means you've got a nice clean trowel!Īs before, spread it over the first coat. Go for a smaller amount this time, because it's more wet than the first coat so has a tendency to slide off the trowel easier. Using the exact same method as the first coat, get a blob on your trowel. If it ends up 2 or 3 mm thick, don't worry about it, the worst this'll do is cost you slightly more in plaster. Once tacky, you're good to slap on that second coat, again 1 millimeter thick. Remember, there will be another 1 millimeter thick coat of plaster going on this, so don't spend too much time getting the first cost perfect.īy the way, the second skim coat wants to be applied before the first coat dries, so don't call it a night at this point, there's still some more DIYing to do! You can have a cup of tea though, that's OK. Then go back and sort the smaller bits that are sticking out. Once the entire wall is coated, this should take no more than 20 minutes for a first timer, check for any big bits sticking out and, using your trowel, squash them into the plaster using the same sweeping motion as before. Don't worry about getting it perfectly flat, you'll be able to sort that out after the entire wall is coated. Once done, repeat for the whole wall, really get a move on though. ![]() Then use your trowel to even it out a bit. This should spread the plaster along the plasterboard, albeit fairly unevenly at his point. Then, whist applying a bit of pressure, sweep the trowel in the direction you want to plaster. Keeping the trowel held upwards (flat face facing up), meet the trowel edge with the plasterboard and start to turn the trowel into the plasterboard, so that it begins to squeeze the plaster between the trowel and the plasterboard. Ok great, we now have a dollop on the flat face of your trowel, which you should be holding upwards. Go over to your wall and tip the Hawk slightly, whilst meeting it with the flat face of your trowel, hook the trowel under the dollop whilst symultaneously tipping your hawk, so it kind of tips onto your trowel. Start off by scraping a dollop of plaster onto your Hawk, not too much for your first attempt, you want to get the feel of it for now and the amount you put on will increase as your confidence grows.
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