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tiger stripes are what you end up with if when your flattening off or on first trowel, or sometimes second you apply too much angle to the trowel too soon and it just scrapes off what is still damp but leaves whats underneath.. common on lower third o the wall as you pull up from skirting height..

try and flatten while its p wet and your just pushing it round the wall..
top your first coat too early and you may as well lay on one thick coat..
tiger stripes can usually be avoided / rectified if caught straight away with the trowel really flat with plenty of pressure..
avoid the dreaded stripes by using less angle and more pressure for as long as you can..
cross trowelling on the first trowel helps too..
 
Ha Ha, I could say that about the spread that showed me the ropes... now the tables have turned, he has a whole safari park of stripes.... rough as fook

Danny
 
i have a loft conversion in my house was done be for i moved in , the plasterer that did it wasnt very good becauce you can see the strokes hes done on the walls and celling but only when the sun is shinning on to it . these are what i call tiger stripes .
 
i got shitloads of them today i had a set by an opening with no glass and walked off as usual came back and it was on its way, i had to force it flat with a bit of water ......had them last week when it was too cold cause i was getting on it too early ;D.........there bastards! and everyone gets them from time to time, if you do get them try either wet cross troweling or on the third trowel put shitloads of pressure (like youre trying to push through the wall) before cross troweling .........ive not used a lot of it but ive heard board finish is less prone to tiger striping
 
i'll bet it is on boardy...
right though, everyone gets them from time to time.. trick is knowing to get on em straight away with pressure and flatten em out, not leavin em till its too late and fillin em with fat..
 
ive worked with a few older spreads an they all reckon its the gear itsself thats the problem they all say u never got half as many stripes yrs ago
 
hello again no work out there. can some one help please . when i am spreading the plaster in a arc motion i keep leaving lines of surplus plaster on wall from previous spread. what do i do leave alone for when i flatten in or try to remove as i go along help
 
you need to be applying slighty more pressure to the back of your trowel this will move your plaster along more evenly also dont be going for too much in one go if u cant handle it one day u will get it, it just takes practise, plastering isnt something u can pick up in a few weeks ive been doin it 9 yrs an still no feck all haha ???
 
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