external curve plastering

[1john]

whilst working my way through my house i will soon be aproaching an external curve, has anyone got any tips on plastering this type of thing, it's on a corner at the bottom of the stairs and is about 2.5m high.

If they are a right pain in the a$$ then i may have to admit defeat and get someone in as the wall downstairs that joins it is about 2.5m x 2.5m and then it goes up half a flight of stairs, where the wall runs upto the first floor ceiling, or make the corner square.

thanks in advance chaps.

John

 

[roughcaster]

Is this a skim over onto an already plastered wall.

 

[NickB_99]

whilst working my way through my house i will soon be aproaching an external curve, has anyone got any tips on plastering this type of thing,

Only had to deal with little ones around a reveal.
Posted a wee while ago - but was given some useful tips which may help.
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=160215

 

[1john]

at the moment it is cast concrete / cement, which all reveals and corners were, they were skimmed upto.

thanks for the link, will have a look now.

 

[1john]

although interesting, my curve is alot bigger than yours, i would associate it with the radius of a football.

 

[1john]

any further advice chaps or should i just suck it and see, i can always strip it back off and admit defeat afterwards ?????

thanks in advance.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

my curve is alot bigger than yours, i would associate it with the radius of a football.

Now whose bragging

 

[roughcaster]

With a curve like that John, plaster the curve with the trowel in the vertical position, pushing it up and away from you as you go around the curve. That's how it would have been done originally, no beads then. Plaster the wall in the usual way,, big sweeps, full arms length, but when you come to the corner/curve, apply the plaster in the way i mentioned, starting from the top as usual, and taking the plaster around to a position where you can get into the big sweeps again,,,, hard to explain really.

 

[1john]

i think i get what you mean roughcaster, thanks for that, i will definatly have a bash, i am considering putting some stop bead up either side and maybe making a form, then i can remove the stop beads and skim upto them.