Hey guys How you doing? I'm out in africa renovating a high end office space and there isn't much local plaster products so.the client imported plasterboards, and all purpose compound which is skim plaster used in the U.S it worms fine however on one wall I get the joint line showing after I put 2 cost of skimming plaster and after sanding. I will upload a picture later in for you to take a look. Now that I have skimmed 2wice and sanded and still have the joint showing slightly what to do? Thers no multi finish here but there's a 10kg plaster can of wickes plaster skim left with some USG sheet rock all purpose compound which is a skimming plaster used in the U.S
joint lines - they cant seem to disappear
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Fourplastering
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How long are you leaving it between coats?
Sounds like a tape and joint system to me.
Sounds like a tape and joint system to me.
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Niro06
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Rhinolite is the main brand of plasters in SA,if your in jo-burg or cape town you should be able to get a product called Rhinolite 4 board, its in a red/white bag and is used more or less as multi finish.
jesssop
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Who the fck are you?
TonyM
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It's Billy Postcode. Haven't you heard of him?
Fourplastering
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Taping and jointing is usually at least a 3 coat application, 2 coats of joint filler and then a coat of joint cement.
Some do one filler and two cement.
Two coats aren't enough
Some do one filler and two cement.
Two coats aren't enough
Damn I'm a dead man! We in centeal.africa they not used to plasterboard so there nes nothing in town. I was hoping perhaps to mix regular cement with plaster? Or perhaps I can do more coat of ready mix plaster? I don want to put far too many coats on the ceiling because with time it will flex and make those ugly lines.
What can I do with this ready mix plaster that's my only option right now.
What can I do with this ready mix plaster that's my only option right now.
Fourplastering
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Stick another coat on and see how you get on.
Worst case scenario its the same.
Why would the ceiling flex if it was secured properly?
Worst case scenario its the same.
Why would the ceiling flex if it was secured properly?
Fourplastering
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What it the name of the stuff you are using?
Fourplastering
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You have Two different products for two different things there mate.
raytheplasterer
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they have wickes in africa?
Fourplastering
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Ditch the wickes stuff and use the sheetrock stuff. Unless you can find some fast set filler then use that for bedding in then top off with the sheetrock.
Are you skimming the whole wall/ceiling or just the joints and screw holes?
Are you skimming the whole wall/ceiling or just the joints and screw holes?
Hey thanks for that
I will ditch the wickes stuff.I'm skimming the whole area with the Sheetrock compound. Do you suggest I apply yet another coat of that compound? My guys from get go they did put the compound on the joint then tap then compound again.thing is they've sanded the joint before applying 2 coat of compound on the whole surface now we got the lines showing with 2 costs of skimming with the compound so before I left the site today I asked them to Pva the joint. I'll wait for further instructions on here to.move forward.
I will ditch the wickes stuff.I'm skimming the whole area with the Sheetrock compound. Do you suggest I apply yet another coat of that compound? My guys from get go they did put the compound on the joint then tap then compound again.thing is they've sanded the joint before applying 2 coat of compound on the whole surface now we got the lines showing with 2 costs of skimming with the compound so before I left the site today I asked them to Pva the joint. I'll wait for further instructions on here to.move forward.
Hey thanks for that
I will ditch the wickes stuff.I'm skimming the whole area with the Sheetrock compound. Do you suggest I apply yet another coat of that compound? My guys from get go they did put the compound on the joint then tap then compound again.thing is they've sanded the joint before applying 2 coat of compound on the whole surface now we got the lines showing with 2 costs of skimming with the compound so before I left the site today I asked them to Pva the joint. I'll wait for further instructions on here to.move forward.
I will ditch the wickes stuff.I'm skimming the whole area with the Sheetrock compound. Do you suggest I apply yet another coat of that compound? My guys from get go they did put the compound on the joint then tap then compound again.thing is they've sanded the joint before applying 2 coat of compound on the whole surface now we got the lines showing with 2 costs of skimming with the compound so before I left the site today I asked them to Pva the joint. I'll wait for further instructions on here to.move forward.
Fourplastering
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Do Not PVA!
Another coat should be fine.
Then sand.
In future
Bed joint with sheetrock
Apply tape
Set tape and over fill with sheetrock feathering edges into plasterboard
Fill all screw heads
Once dry apply sheetrock again slightly wider feathering in to plasterboard.
Third coad same again after second coat has dried.
Fill screw heads.
Rub down once dry
Google taping and jointing.
raytheplasterer
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if your using sheet rock it's square edged as opposed to tapered, if your trying to tape and joint on board with no tapered edge its going to show. hope that helps.
they have wickes in Africa?
they have wickes in Africa?
Thanks
No s*x again last night mate?
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