Volden Bonding v Thistle Bonding

[MS89]

I have a plasterer taken on Labour only for full re-bonding and multifinish plastering of brick walls across the entire house.

I was going to buy Thistle bonding 25kg however he suggested buying Volden quick dry plaster bonding 25kg. This would save £200 quid (miniscule compared to total cost) but more importantly dries quicker.

I don't want to shoot myself in the foot and cause problems later. Any thoughts on the Volden bonding as I've never heard of it before.

 

[Wayners]

I think it's a new product and not used myself so I don't know.
As for plaster price, phone around building merchants for prices.

 

[23vc]

You’d normally use hardwall or sand and cement not bonding over brick. Bonding’s for low suction backgrounds like dense concrete or board.

The volden stuff looks like a b&q own brand. Probably ok for the odd patch but I’d be hesitant to allow it to be used as a backing plaster for the entire job. You can buy a faster “30 min” bonding by BG if needed

 

[Alastairreid]

We used to use browning plaster when we were doing renovation work.
Not seen it in a long time.

 

[23vc]

We used to use browning plaster when we were doing renovation work.
Not seen it in a long time.

Not seen anyone use it for years, I think you can still get it tho. Didn’t it fall out of favour as the finished wall was quite soft and would dent easily so got replaced by hardwall? I remember browning being really light and fluffy when you laid it on and the 25kg bags were massive as it was so light.