Plastering

I thought plastering involved obnoxious amounts of Jagermeister?

Whats wrong with drywall (plasterboard), 3 coats of compound (thick liquid gypsum product) over all joints and screw holes……2 coats of primer and a few top coats of the color of your choosing?

Always works well for me, Ive done it more than I care to remember haha.

Hi
Justa quick one, im currently building a workshop, since we moved, i lost my old one. Were now finaly settled and sorting the rubbish in the garage. Now 1/2 of it is plastered so i was considering doing the other half to make it abit more of a bareable place to work and keep it alittle bit drier.

Now im pllaing on doing it this weekend before i assemble my nice new workbench and finish the racking and shelving.

So what i want to know is how hard can it be? I dont want a great finish as its just a garage

Cheers

And?
Post pictures of your handiwork, for the Forum’s meriment. 😉

I’ve just put a 2nd skin (Inside) on a single brick built extension (Very old). Put airbricks in etc. It’s now going to be the master bathroom, leaving only a loo n basin upstairs.
The 2nd skin is plasterboard with insulation behind it, and an inch gap behnd that.
I got a builder in to plaster (Skim) it. It’s so good we are just going to wallop it with Emulsion and tile where necessary.
It was worth paying somebody to do it right, especially the ceiling – last time I did a ceiling with skim plaster, it looked like the beach when the tide had gone out. Ended up putting a mask on and power sanding it!!!!

Oh, noooooo.
Your not a sinner who puts wallpaper onto plasterboard are thee jimlaaaad!
Leaving the problem of removal to the next person. It’s a sin is that.

Not I, cap’n. Only a scurvy dog be a’doin’ that.

Oh, noooooo.
Your not a sinner who puts wallpaper onto plasterboard are thee jimlaaaad!
Leaving the problem of removal to the next person. It’s a sin is that.

Yeh LOTS of LOVELY WOODCHIP paper !!:diablo:, even the cielings too, :dev2:

Depends on your final finish to an extent but, by and large, you’re right.

Oh, noooooo.
Your not a sinner who puts wallpaper onto plasterboard are thee jimlaaaad!
Leaving the problem of removal to the next person. It’s a sin is that.

But board still needs a skim IMO.

Depends on your final finish to an extent but, by and large, you’re right.

Like we said, consider plaster-board instead…… 😀

But board still needs a skim IMO.

Some useful advice here-

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/PLASTERING_CENTRE.htm

Plastering is easy once you’ve got the confidence to give it a try. The worst that can happen is that you make a mess of it……so hammer it off.

Get the mix right, should be a little thinner (Wetter) than mashed potato.
Get it on the wall as fast as possible. You have a 15 minute window.
Once wall is covered, spread it using arcs of arm movement.
Once it is nearly flat and about 3mm thick, leave it until you can press it with your finger tips and leave no impression….nor get plaster on your fingers.
Now polish it with a good float. Add water carefully with a big emulsion brush, or a spray.

But, as you haven’t done it before, you will not have a good float. A new one will be rubbish as it will be dead flat. New ones need breaking-in on other jobs like sand-cement render etc.

Good luck, if you can’t get it flat then make it an obvious pattern! 🙂

Like we said, consider plaster-board instead…… 😀

I’ll go along with that. Far more gain, far less pain. :diablo:

Plastering is easy once you’ve got the confidence to give it a try. The worst that can happen is that you make a mess of it……so hammer it off.

Get the mix right, should be a little thinner (Wetter) than mashed potato.
Get it on the wall as fast as possible. You have a 15 minute window.
Once wall is covered, spread it using arcs of arm movement.
Once it is nearly flat and about 3mm thick, leave it until you can press it with your finger tips and leave no impression….nor get plaster on your fingers.
Now polish it with a good float. Add water carefully with a big emulsion brush, or a spray.

But, as you haven’t done it before, you will not have a good float. A new one will be rubbish as it will be dead flat. New ones need breaking-in on other jobs like sand-cement render etc.

Good luck, if you can’t get it flat then make it an obvious pattern! 🙂

Why not get some plasterboard?

Much quicker and less messy.

I’ll go along with that. Far more gain, far less pain. :diablo:

Why not get some plasterboard?

Much quicker and less messy.