RoyC wrote,
I would agree with that Roy .......If a plasterer worked onto sheets that had no tapered edges and used paper tape bedded on, then it would make a bump right away. All of the earlier sheets of p/board years ago had no tapered edges and on every ceiling/wall, there was a joint like those in the pic, every 4 ft..... Another way you can end up with a visible join, is if the gap between the sheets is too big, so you end up with the deeper plaster pushing back out through the fibre tape mesh, especially if using multi finish. With two thin coats of bonding coat on the wallboards and then multi, you cut down the chances of seeing the joints to more or less zero,,,,it's a thin float and set, and I "honestly" never plaster a plasterboard wall/ceiling any other way. I never use multi finish on it's own, and i've said it before.... It takes longer, but worth it,,,, that's my opinion.
Roughcaster.
A good plasterer won't leave joints showing after he's skimmed awall!!!
I would agree with that Roy .......If a plasterer worked onto sheets that had no tapered edges and used paper tape bedded on, then it would make a bump right away. All of the earlier sheets of p/board years ago had no tapered edges and on every ceiling/wall, there was a joint like those in the pic, every 4 ft..... Another way you can end up with a visible join, is if the gap between the sheets is too big, so you end up with the deeper plaster pushing back out through the fibre tape mesh, especially if using multi finish. With two thin coats of bonding coat on the wallboards and then multi, you cut down the chances of seeing the joints to more or less zero,,,,it's a thin float and set, and I "honestly" never plaster a plasterboard wall/ceiling any other way. I never use multi finish on it's own, and i've said it before.... It takes longer, but worth it,,,, that's my opinion.
Roughcaster.