Couple of mono questions.

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DannyMac

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When is the best time to use the I bar?

I put a panel on yesterday morning and by 4pm it had picked up enough to gently scrape with the I bar, got it nice and flat and it sort of looked finished. This morning I gave an area a scrape with the nail float and it finished much lighter in colour so I had to go over the whole wall. Actually it was a pain to see which bits were left darker from the I bar and which were just shadows.

My next question is, if I had not fully scaped the wall would it, when fully dry, have gone the same colour as the I barred bits? It was parex g10, like a cream colour

Last question, I once saw some mono that looked flat and smooth but scraped at the same time. Almost like it had been scraped when soft, then flattened and buffed or something. Anyone know how this is done?

Thanks for reading my noob mono questions.
 
first of all parex is overnight scrapes this time of year it has a slightly longer setting time than other pre bagged renders.put it on late afternoon.
go over with the i bar a short time before you scratch with your pad, the ibar is designed to knock high spots off and 'open' it up.
you risk discolouration if not scratched at the same time.
mono should look flat and smooth at the same time when scraped, but just depends on the aggregate size, but im guessing from your description.
 
OK hope this helps,

1. After I sectioning the mono, you should have fine tuned it with a short tooth or worn in scratcher, your mistake was to tweak it next day,as you,ll have a lighter shade and a f***d colour.

2. No, if you I section then finish it that day.

3. Probably a fine scrape mono, the Krend silicone FT leaves a very fine finish, close t flat looking from a mid distance ( say 10 metres or so )
 
Thing is, if i hadn't of ibarred it yesterday it wouldn't of taken one today. The second panel I put on in the afternoon, was both ibarred and scraped this morning, like you say.

I might need to get a pic of that buffed finish, not sure how to describe it. It looked mint though.
 
mark ross said:
Ah well, time for a big lamp and big flask for the night duty.
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Yeah, a machine would have made it easier, timing wise.

It was like spreading glue too, ferking horrible stuff to edge aswell. I think I preferred the krend to use but that slumped a little more.
 
If you find it to hard for the i section next day just open surface with a sharp nail float then i section them last rub with a blunt one very lightly
 
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