feathering/blending in.

[bailey326]

got a job to do, the wall has been dot and dabbed and skimmed but has a strip from top to bottom about 8 inches wide at one end of the wall( think a stud wall may have been ripped out or summin).
Was gonna fill the strip with bonding then skim but instead of skimming the whole wall can i just feather it in?
Never done this before and was wondering if you can get a good finish or not doing it this way?

also theres an opening where doors have been ripped out and they want it made good again as there leaving it as an opening but when i put angle beads on this means that im gonna have to skim both sides of the wall and the all the wall. Any other ways of doing it?

 

[spunkybum]

tbh honest mate if youre not confident at a bit of diy it might be best to get a plasterer in

 

[bigsegs]

tend to agree...
most plasterers would just bead it up, fill any hollows and skim the lot in 3 hours job done...
is it a massive wall or something?
all that said, if there are factors that might prevent you from skimming the whole lot then put it to the customer which they'd prefer and do whatever they want...
patchings easy enuff, lay on working outwards, and trowel up working inwards keeping a damp outside edge and dont pick anything up off the wall..
work to a smooth area too, no point stopping a patch on a lumpy bit..

 

[FatmanWithATrowel]

I see and do a lot of work like this.... sometimes I'd give my right arm (well my left anyway) for a nice straight boarded wall.

Patching the 8inch strip is just like filling a big chase - bread and butter job. Making good round the doorway depends on how picky the customer is. Always nicer/ easier to do the wall but if its a kitchen with cabinets not very practical. Id cut the plaster back a bit slap the bead on clear and then treat the same way you would a chase. (see bigsegs post). Nice easy morning - A tonne, a brew and a bacon butty.