soft plaster
- Thread starter shpurple
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any further intelligent coherent responses would be greatly appreciated
Monkey Boy
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have you considered a wall strenghenening waterproofer then a layer of structural lining paper? This could then be render meshed at enormous expense and skimmed badly on top? 3/4 grand a room...
Bartholomew
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Talk to your plasterers instead of going around them
Stevieo
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And you grew up to be a knob head, which is close.
Stevieo
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How many times do you have to be asked for pictures?
Are you sure it wasn't sponge floated?
The Hobo
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sorry missed that im fine m8
i will be on tuesday however forwarned is forarmed as a little insight would have been good prior to approaching
how many times do i have to say pics are unavailable but thanks
it did have a little water misted onto it prior to polishing
im not going to be back to the property until maybe middle of the week so i am unable to do that until at least next week/end maybe@shpurple you need to put some pictures up now, the plastering perverts are getting really desperate.
Stevieo
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Very little anyone can do for you until you do.
Cockney
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thats fair enough however as i mentioned earlier the surface is good, it is glass smooth , it is pink in colour not white or grey, you can not see any of the plaster board or see or feel scrim, when tapped gently it feels reasonably firm however you re able to leave marks in it without to much effort , couple of fellas on here have said that finish plaster should be rock solid , confirmed what i thought, i will have a number of phone calls to make regarding this over Monday/Tuesday hopefully i will find out then what it is and any possible issue
Stevieo
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MakeItSmooth
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The last few months has seen erratic supplies of plaster, with some people stockpiling it and being unable to use or resell it before it went out of date. Not saying the plasterer on your job used out of date product, but the following is one of many possible reasons for a soft final result:
(www.justgypsum.com/storing-open-plaster-bags)
"Out of date plaster is best disposed of, as it either sets very fast (Flash sets) or doesnt set at all."
"To Slow the set of Gypsum based plasters some plasterers have doctored the gypsum based plaster with a handful of lime putty to slow the set for big hits.
Be warned that this can have an adverse effect on the finished plaster with the impact strength being reduced dramatically"
Even without doctoring the mix with additives, as others have already commented, the use of sponging (or just too much water, during later stages) can result in a soft or powdery end result, as the 'fat' just gets pushed around. In the scenario of out-of-date plaster (or improperly prepared substrate, such as very dry plasterboard that hasn't been primed with PVA), flash setting may have occurred, which might lead to the application of too much water, in an effort to rescue the set.
You seem like an absolute bellend!!!
No plaster does not set rock hard and will easily mark!
MakeItSmooth
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paulf
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Stevieo
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It's called a punishment bummimg