Recent content by willowbob

Taking all the advice on board above (thank you), I did a final skim yesterday and sanded down today. To be fair, its was a lot of work (but it was my first time using the stuff so learnt a lot). The second final skim 'picked up' within minutes, as the surface below was now porous with the first...

Cheers, I will report back when finished and let you know how it goes.

Thanks, appreciate your reply; makes sense, it is a non porous surface, so, like you suggested, I have got it on, flattened as best I can. It was starting to drag like you mentioned, so , but I am going to leave to dry, then put a light skim again on tomorrow to take up the imperfections. I will...

Afternoon all; I am new to the forum, I am doing a decorating job and have a small pillar area which needs a bit of a skim to get it nice and level (approx 6 x 2 feet). I do own a plasterers trowel and have seen (don't laugh!) some DIY plaster, in a tub, Knauf Proroll Max. Watching a video of a...