Fitting coving after skimming ceiling

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ChrispyUK

ChrispyUK

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Just wondering how long you need to wait to fit plaster coving after skiming a ceiling?

OK the day after, or let it dry out first?

Cheers guys
 
we cove same day.
if you cove later give the area where the fits on ceiling and wall a weak coat of pva, this prevents the adhesive from drying to quick.
 
malc said:
we cove same day.
if you cove later give the area where the fits on ceiling and wall a weak coat of pva, this prevents the adhesive from drying to quick.
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See I disagree with this, we just wet it down before coving. Pva no matter how weak can be seen after painting imo. I know plenty do it that way just don't understand it.
 
stuart23 said:
See I disagree with this, we just wet it down before coving. Pva no matter how weak can be seen after painting imo. I know plenty do it that way just don't understand it.
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we pva as we find it easy to clean down the excess adhesive. if the adhesive dries to quickly it goes to crumble and does not reach full strength.
 
But a bag of ca120 and no need to PVA, can be done straight after I also cove first then skim to it sometimes.
 
malc said:
we pva as we find it easy to clean down the excess adhesive. if the adhesive dries to quickly it goes to crumble and does not reach full strength.
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We just soak enough to cover the length going up then stick it straight away, never had any problems but each to there own mate.
 
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Thin artex sealer. About 40% water.. Always seal joints as well to stop the cracking. Why oh why don't fitters do this? I have to rake out joints, seal, fill again..dose my nut! I plaster and decorate and if you thin artex sealer the emulsion will pull in from some suction and not give any problems around edges. Pva however is a nightmare to paint over. As for plastering then coving same day. Never happy about doing it same day.. however.. Not had any problems using cove adhesive, but I don't recommend putting up over wet plaster as it may cause problems later on. Maybe?
 
A builder I used to work for would always get me in to cove right after skimming. Time after time, the damp transferred to the cove and it went yellow on painting. I now only use Easifill to stick cove up with, and always pop a couple of sheradised pins in each length (belt & braces). Easifill cleans off lovely, even on bone dry plaster.


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TonyM said:
A builder I used to work for would always get me in to cove right after skimming. Time after time, the damp transferred to the cove and it went yellow on painting. I now only use Easifill to stick cove up with, and always pop a couple of sheradised pins in each length (belt & braces). Easifill cleans off lovely, even on bone dry plaster.


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Cove adhesive to stick then finish off with easyfill. It dose say in the spec you can uses easyfill to stick though. Can take a week to dry out which causes problems if painting to soon.. Cove adhesive being the slowest drying product i have ever used. Really takes days / weeks
 
Wayners said:
Cove adhesive to stick then finish off with easyfill. It dose say in the spec you can uses easyfill to stick though. Can take a week to dry out which causes problems if painting to soon.. Cove adhesive being the slowest drying product i have ever used. Really takes days / weeks
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I’ve had BG Cove Adhesive fail numerous times so no longer use it. Drywall adhesive sticks like s**t to a blanket but some brands can be gritty. Easifill does retain moisture for longer, as you say. If customers weren’t always in such a rush to finish, there wouldn’t be problems. Went past a site in Truro recently where the external walks on a block of three storey town houses were rendered one day and painted the next. A recipe for disaster.


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I'd rather let it dry (the ceiling) first and from what I'm reading you lot are a bunch of f**k**g cowboys ffs :rolleyes::popcorn::risas:
 
TonyM said:
I’ve had BG Cove Adhesive fail numerous times so no longer use it. Drywall adhesive sticks like s**t to a blanket but some brands can be gritty. Easifill does retain moisture for longer, as you say. If customers weren’t always in such a rush to finish, there wouldn’t be problems. Went past a site in Truro recently where the external walks on a block of three storey town houses were rendered one day and painted the next. A recipe for disaster.


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Same as the bg cove adhesive is shite!
 
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