Hi all,
We moved into a 1940s house 3 months ago and wanted to get rid of artex ceilings - we opted for direct skim over. We also decided to remove lining paper from walls and skim over those to even out, ready to paint. Total cost was around £3k.
We have now applied 1x mist coat, sanding, first coat, sand, second coat (Matt).
I wanted to ask, based on the photos, is this an acceptable standard of skimming/quality of work, where you can see trowel marks / tiger stripes (I presume they are one of the two)? Or is this a pretty decent job and I'm just being overly picky and it doesn't really get much better than this, unless you pay £££.
Grateful for thoughts and advice - I've definitely seen a lot worse photos online re skim coats, or worse, distemper.
Thanks.
Shox
We moved into a 1940s house 3 months ago and wanted to get rid of artex ceilings - we opted for direct skim over. We also decided to remove lining paper from walls and skim over those to even out, ready to paint. Total cost was around £3k.
We have now applied 1x mist coat, sanding, first coat, sand, second coat (Matt).
I wanted to ask, based on the photos, is this an acceptable standard of skimming/quality of work, where you can see trowel marks / tiger stripes (I presume they are one of the two)? Or is this a pretty decent job and I'm just being overly picky and it doesn't really get much better than this, unless you pay £££.
Grateful for thoughts and advice - I've definitely seen a lot worse photos online re skim coats, or worse, distemper.
Thanks.
Shox
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