Bonding to straighten out a concaved dot and dabbed wall?

[Maxski14]

Hi all,

Hoping someone could help me out here.

I have a wall that has been dot and dabbed, but has clearly been pressed in too far in the middle of the board causing a bit of a concaved wall. (Put the straight edge on it and there’s a 3-4mm gap in the centre of each board.

Would you fill this part of the wall in with bonding and then feather edge it to straighten it out? Or just plaster it with multi finish and try to bring the curve out slightly with that?

Thanks in advance to all replies

 

[John j]

I.d remove all boards and dot em again

 

[Deleted member 21440]

Hi all,

Hoping someone could help me out here.

I have a wall that has been dot and dabbed, but has clearly been pressed in too far in the middle of the board causing a bit of a concaved wall. (Put the straight edge on it and there’s a 3-4mm gap in the centre of each board.

Would you fill this part of the wall in with bonding and then feather edge it to straighten it out? Or just plaster it with multi finish and try to bring the curve out slightly with that?

Thanks in advance to all replies

Yeah just fill with bonding if you need it dead flat. If not you can level it up with skim slightly and have a 1 or 2mm dip in the middle by the end of it, which probably wouldn't be the end of the world. Better than most builders would dot and dab it anyway

 

[Maxski14]

Yeah just fill with bonding if you need it dead flat. If not you can level it up with skim slightly and have a 1 or 2mm dip in the middle by the end of it, which probably wouldn't be the end of the world. Better than most builders would dot and dab it anyway

Thanks a lot, will just skim it slightly thicker in the low spot!

 

[ChrispyUK]

if it was being tiled, I’d want them dead flat and plumb, so would redo, but for plastering, a bit of bonding would sort it.

 

[lurpak]

if it was being tiled, I’d want them dead flat and plumb, so would redo, but for plastering, a bit of bonding would sort it.

 

[ChrispyUK]

 

[carys]

if it was being tiled, I’d want them dead flat and plumb, so would redo, but for plastering, a bit of bonding would sort it.

Y redoit if you can get it rhight whith bonding. 3 4m nothing get that whith skim leave it for 20 minute skim over happy days

 

[ChrispyUK]

Y redoit if you can get it rhight whith bonding. 3 4m nothing get that whith skim leave it for 20 minute skim over happy days

If tiling numbskull!

 

[carys]

Y redoit if you can get it rhight whith bonding. 3 4m nothing get that whith skim leave it for 20 minute skim over happy days

And if your one those tilers that whant walls like college walls ther a joke go on my nerves tilers sometime complaing about 1 2 m out

 

[ChrispyUK]

And if your one those tilers that whant walls like college walls ther a joke go on my nerves tilers sometime complaing about 1 2 m out

1 - 2m is a fair bit

 

[lurpak]

1 - 2m is a fair bit

Pfft wouldn’t even need to butter tile for that

 

[essexandy]

I.d remove all boards and dot em again

Oh John

 

[carys]

1 - 2m is a fair bit

Are you related to Andy g id think 10mm a fair bit but it woud not be end of the world I'd feather it out less 15 minute. But one two mm your taking the piss aren't you

 

[essexandy]

What a load of b*ll***s, 3mm in every 1.8m is acceptable to any trade standard and anyone who believes that their boarding is always 100% spot on is delusional. You'll hardly ever skim a wall where everything is within 3mm and no one would notice if you just cracked on and skimmed it. If bonding out I'd rather put a coat over the whole wall to get a more even suction, rather than have it patchy as hell.

 

[The Hobo]

whats 2mm among friends

 

[lurpak]

Oh Crispy.

 

[John j]

Oh John

Ha out of everyone on here can you really see me pulling a board of for 4 mm in middle

 

[lurpak]

Ha out of everyone on here can you really see me pulling a board of for 4 mm in middle

I can

 

[Cockney]

Ha out of everyone on here can you really see me pulling a board of for 4 mm in middle

Yep

 

[John j]

I can

Ha ha . Need some advice of you . How much bonding to a bag of finish for zombie coat.
I.ve only landed a full upstairs n stair case of artex to skim . Shoot me now

 

[carys]

Oh Crispy.

When a tiler doing a job after me I always have a word whith him before you start. Get straight edge on that wall if your not happy tell me before you start in front of customer. What ther playing at they start when you gone start complaining it 3 5 mm out just to get mor money out of people then it gives you a bad name ther wankers some of the tilers.

 

[John j]

When a tiler doing a job after me I always have a word whith him before you start. Get straight edge on that wall if your not happy tell me before you start in front of customer. What ther playing at they start when you gone start complaining it 3 5 mm out just to get mor money out of people then it gives you a bad name ther wankers some of the tilers.

Better to sink in the belly out

 

[lurpak]

Ha ha . Need some advice of you . How much bonding to a bag of finish for zombie coat.
I.ve only landed a full upstairs n stair case of artex to skim . Shoot me now

Apparently @zombie throws a few handfulls in. I do much more probably 50/50

 

[John j]

Apparently @zombie throws a few handfulls in. I do much more probably 50/50

This just first coat and dont t speed setting time up @zombie

 

[lurpak]

If it’s super thick i’ll just bond it. Otherwise 50\50 ish. I don’t measure tho could be 70/30 skim bond

 

[Cockney]

Apparently @zombie throws a few handfulls in. I do much more probably 50/50

Mate that’s far too much imo.
But each to their own? Lol

 

[Cockney]

This just first coat and dont t speed setting time up @zombie

What pattern is it Johnny boy?

 

[lurpak]

Mate that’s far too much imo.
But each to their own? Lol

Can’t be a correct measure for an incorrect concoction. All depends on the artex. And size of ceiling. Bonding in multi gives you loads of time for big hits imo.

 

[lurpak]

Also can’t see how a few handfuls to a full bag of multi can even do owt

 

[puddove]

whats 2mm among friends

can be a tear jerker if its the last 2 mm so ive been told, the difference between a stretch and a tear lol

 

[Cockney]

Can’t be a correct measure for an incorrect concoction. All depends on the artex. And size of ceiling. Bonding in multi gives you loads of time for big hits imo.

There is no correct gauge for it mate it’s an old trick of the trade after all which I was taught donkeys years ago. it all depends on how you like working with it? For me it’s a double handful per bag of multi.
And the mix would give you loads of time at 50/50 that’s for sure! Hahahahaha!

 

[lurpak]

There is no correct gauge for it mate it’s an old trick of the trade after all which I was taught donkeys years ago. it all depends on how you like working with it? For me it’s a double handful per bag of multi.
And the mix would give you loads of time at 50/50 that’s for sure! Hahahahaha!

I know mate, that’s my point lol. I used
To give zombie s**t about claiming that mix when I first joined haha.

I do all sorts with artex. All depends. Sometimes just mix first up bit
Thicker is all it needs. Sometimes not too much bonding but never only a handful I cannot see the point in that.

On this job i just knocked up 5 bags of bonding no multi n covered all the artex. So can just pva n skim tomo. Cold walls so played it safe.

 

[The Hobo]

Ha ha . Need some advice of you . How much bonding to a bag of finish for zombie coat.
I.ve only landed a full upstairs n stair case of artex to skim . Shoot me now

ask lurpack hes the one that still puts that s**t on for us to cover

 

[lurpak]

ask lurpack hes the one that still puts that s**t on for us to cover

No I cover the shite week in week out lol