2 coat skim

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hi, was talking to a plasterer today who is now only putting on one coat of skim, admitadly a bit thicker han normal. Anyone else doing this and why exactly do you need two coats?
 
i have just put one coat plasterer into a search engine and the top result was..........

ROUGH CU NT
 
better still, click images once you've searched it and a picture of john wayne comes up. YEE HAA!
 
It's quicker to put two coats on, i proved this when i was a young man whith a bloke who was quick and reasonable quality one coater, I was still laying in with my second coat of finish when he was trowelling his first wall. But i kid you not he was working hard, and i had it nice and steady trowelling malluable plaster and always seemed to be ready for another hit of skimming before him with my previous set complete. The less stress involved, it's important when you do this day in and day out! Why struggle?
 
Years ago I plastered three whole houses one coating the multi, as that's how multi was intended to be used when first released. You have to use it a fair bit stiffer to get the correct thickness on and I found I couldn't get it on as neat and tidy as when two coating, this then meant that I had to put more work into the first trowel than I was used to. When finished the quality was just as good as when two coating, in fact when I spoke to the site agent about it he said he couldn't see any difference from my normal work but I felt that overall it was harder work to get it right so after giving it a fair crack I went back to two coating but even now I will one coat the odd little bit like a duct I did this afternoon knowing that it will come out right no problem.
 
essexandy said:
Years ago I plastered three whole houses one coating the multi, as that's how multi was intended to be used when first released. You have to use it a fair bit stiffer to get the correct thickness on and I found I couldn't get it on as neat and tidy as when two coating, this then meant that I had to put more work into the first trowel than I was used to. When finished the quality was just as good as when two coating, in fact when I spoke to the site agent about it he said he couldn't see any difference from my normal work but I felt that overall it was harder work to get it right so after giving it a fair crack I went back to two coating but even now I will one coat the odd little bit like a duct I did this afternoon knowing that it will come out right no problem.
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Surely the RSPCA would have something to say about that Andy , and how did you get it to stand still ???
 
always two coats but it would be nice if bg brought a nice one coater out that was similar to the finish as our everyday plasters , or is the mp 75 a better product for re skims etc
 
warriorupnorth said:
essexandy said:
Years ago I plastered three whole houses one coating the multi, as that's how multi was intended to be used when first released. You have to use it a fair bit stiffer to get the correct thickness on and I found I couldn't get it on as neat and tidy as when two coating, this then meant that I had to put more work into the first trowel than I was used to. When finished the quality was just as good as when two coating, in fact when I spoke to the site agent about it he said he couldn't see any difference from my normal work but I felt that overall it was harder work to get it right so after giving it a fair crack I went back to two coating but even now I will one coat the odd little bit like a duct I did this afternoon knowing that it will come out right no problem.
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Surely the RSPCA would have something to say about that Andy , and how did you get it to stand still ???
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I reckon all that spicy food has affected your eyes you daft c**t, duct not daffy duck ;)
 
walls should be finished while still wet so as mc says quicker with two coats nice easy action an none of this dry trowelling brown walls s**t
 
I phone British Gypsum to see what they say about it.

They said the first coat is to level any imperfections and the second is to top it off to get it right.

I also have tried it in one coat, like essexandy I also found it harder to achieve what I wanted, and went back to two coat.
 
here we go .lol. its quicker to one coat and as good, and id travel within a 100 mile radius of bedford to prove it :P
 
I actually tried just one coating a wall today 10 sq mt

End result was just the same but it was easier especially seen as didnt have to clean buckets and mix another coat

gonna one coat in future on plasterboard - i must have a knack as didnt find it harder to finish right
 
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