Water marks on finish

[windy]

Hi all

Just alittle thanks for all your help on my previous thread"bloody misses"

Done another 2 walls today armed with your tips and made all the difference.

As i strive for the next level i notice when my walls are dried the multi has many shades of colour. I know this is to do with different substrates as im skimming over old crappy walls.

I also notice there are many water marks on the wall as i tend to use too much water when trowelling up. THey look ok when painted and feel smooth to touch but i remember a comment from my tutor on my plastering course. One of the lads did a wall with loads of water marks and he bollocked him and told him he wouldnt pay for a wall with loads of water marks as it looks amatuerish.

Does it matter as long as it looks good once painted?

THanks

 

[spunky]

if i was you i'd go to bed take youre missus up the ass dry stylish and see what it looks like in the morning or give it a week to dry out and fill it mate

 

[bodplasterer]

you are prob letting it go off to much before trowelling hence the water marks, with experiance you will be trowelling up with as little water as possible but if you need to flick water on make sure your trowel follows the water and you should end up with none.

 

[tex it all]

bodplasters answere sounds right i have found that water marks seem not to be a prob with the more plastering you do ....although spunkys answere sounds like a lot more fun its all about getting the experiance keep practicing on your own and around your mates [as long as they dont mind] its a bit off putting if there stood there watching you go at it ;D when your good its all worthwhile...

 

[TonyM]

if i was you i'd go to bed take youre missus up the ass dry stylish and see what it looks like in the morning or give it a week to dry out and fill it mate

Spunky, you make me die!

 

[topmark]

Maybe you mean they are fat-filled hollows or trails of water/fat from the heel of your trowel. I find that the latter stage of trowelling I tend to look more like a window cleaner with a squigee