Board finish / multi finish

[cwlar33]

Hi i have been plastering for 17 years now and i have done just about everything to do with plastering, but i can honestly say i have never ever used board finish. I know it uses are pretty limited compared to multi finish but i would like to know is there any difference in the drying times. I just wondered if Board finish was slower going off when doing extremly large areas hence giving you more working time to get larger areas on at a time. Can someone please inform me if there is any difference with the setting times on these two different top coat plasters. thanx

 

[wiganlad]

its for low suction backgrounds so it dnt hang round forever on boards but its alot finer though. multy hangs forever on boards.

 

[cwlar33]

ok nice one so i assume if i was to use board finish rather than multi finish on plasterboard i would be able to get more sets on a day as it goes off quicker is that about the jist of it ?

 

[church]

ITs about half an hour quicker per set and its a better plaster than multi on boardwork .

 

[cwlar33]

nice one mate thanks for your help 2 coats as per normal yeh ?

 

[church]

Yeah two coat work .

 

[beddy]

you say that church, the multi i've been using on board the last couple of days only needs 2 trowels and its smooth and flat. i tried giving it a third but it just started to polish it too much. makes a nice change

 

[cwlar33]

I have to say that the multi ive used just lately has been rather rapid, i think i will order a pallet of board finish tomorrow for the job and see how i get on, same old story i spose, dont know till ya try. Its like being a trainee all over again i spose i learned from day 1 to use multi all them years ago and never really felt the need to try board finish before (if it aint broke - dont fix it) curiosity killed the cat init lol

 

[martinemj]

a big lorry killed my cat!!

 

[cwlar33]

bugger if only it had learned the green cross code, then maybe he/she would have been puuursuaded to look left and right first :

 

[beddy]

i killed next doors with a lump hammer

 

[goody]

personally i prefer two larger sets with multi. Did a large church hall earlier this year with 10x6m walls each side off a tower. One was board finish which had stiffened far too much by the time i got back to the top again, whereas the opposite wall in multi was still soft and easy to trowel. 3 short sets board, 2 biggies multi init

 

[Nisus]

i killed next doors with a lump hammer

Then your mom chucked it in the bin tut tut

 

[beddy]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[Pug]

i killed next doors with a lump hammer

Then your mom chucked it in the bin tut tut

are you a septic tank nisus?

 

[Nisus]

i killed next doors with a lump hammer

Then your mom chucked it in the bin tut tut

are you a septic tank nisus?

No mate, I smell a bit in the morning but that's about it really

 

[kebab king]

He looks like a turd, smells like a turd, thats why they call nice arse.

 

[Nisus]

He looks like a turd, smells like a turd, thats why they call nice arse.

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me :-*

 

[kebab king]

Lol