Tips on overboarding a cieling

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Hairybear said:
George..


you will hear people say, 'just get it on the wall and trowel up'.....or the like.. , they're either very good, or very stupid if they say this, as they ain't got a clue how you lay on..... As the wand says, 'misses' is the word used when you've left a void in the finish as you're laying on, ie you have not filled it with multi or whatever..


However, heres the secret to fewer misses and an easier troweling up routine... All about laying on properly in the first place


one you've laid your first coat, flatten off.....you'll then notice the low spots.....or 'misses'. Obviously, this ain't a problem as you're gonna smash a second coat on...this is they key stage to ensure you don't leave any misses......


the second layin coat should not leave any missus, cus if there are, you then gotta fill em in on 1st trowel...or second if unlucky enough to miss at 1st.


The secret is, take your time on the second layin, butter coat or whatever you call it.....this will pay dividends for the rest of the set.....don't labour on it but.....don't rush it.


As a rule, I'd overlap the previous line ( spread gear) with my trowel by 2/3 inches( maybe more depending how much gear you carry on your trowel and how you load it), until you notice the join between the stripe you're laying and the previous is nothing more than a seem.....which is easy to flatten off at the 1st trowel.. If there looks like a void between the two, that's a miss....it'll take 5 seconds at this point to quickly run your trowel down this with a little gear ....thus filling the miss.


So, you shouldn't have any misses at all when you arrive at the troweling up stage.....sadly I can't always practice what I'm preaching!


As always, all down to experience......keep it up and a switch will click one day and you'll master it.


Have a look at these I took a long time ago, it's all a uniform colour because I've not needed to spread weak gear into misses or trowel off high spots.....secret is in the second layin......
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Cheers for the informative reply,I'll take on board what you have said and post some pics when the next one comes along.
 
Smashed it! Got another trowel in for the day, best results. Was a breeze with two.... So much nicer than working on your own!
 
You'll struggle to get it flat with a plazzi, Hairybum................you would be better off using a Carbon Steel...............:RpS_thumbup:
 
TheWand said:
You'll struggle to get it flat with a plazzi, Hairybum................you would be better off using a Carbon Steel...............:RpS_thumbup:
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If the gear is soft enough I'll use the plazzi, a bit firmer I'll use the s*p*r*lex, firmer still I'll get the MT back out and slap myself for taking too long!

How you know I've got a hairiy ass? It been tickling your nose or something ? :-)
 
Hairybear said:
If the gear is soft enough I'll use the plazzi, a bit firmer I'll use the s*p*r*lex, firmer still I'll get the MT back out and slap myself for taking too long!

How you know I've got a hairiy ass? It been tickling your nose or something ? :-)
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oops.............sorry i miss read your name...............i havent got my readers on.................:RpS_blink:
 
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