27 May, 2009

Skimming plasterboard

Skimming the Plasterboard
Nursery update time, really starting to feel like we are getting somewhere now...spent quite a bit of Saturday, Sunday and Monday filling in all the holes, scraping off the hard-to-remove final bits of the old wallpaper and then smearing ready-mix plaster all over all the walls (about 1-2mm thick), trying to get as even a finish as I could (started off pretty bad, got much better - and quicker - as I went along)...had a bit of a panic on Monday lunchtime when I spotted a load of little cracks, but a quick call to Flyingpops dad resulted in the blissful knowledge that this was quite normal, even for a professional plasterer, and one was just to fill them up with filler...so the next step (next weekend) will be to sand down the walls (to get a nice smooth finish) -
Skimming the Plasterboard
- you can see where I've had to lay it on thicker (to cover bits where the plasterboard was damaged) little ridges have been left in places, but I had a go with the sandpaper and they come off very easily indeed...it was a bit of a tedious thing to actually do, but it should mean the end result is a much better finish...can't wait for it all to be done...!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well done, you are doing a grand job....:D

Flyingpops said...

I'm so proud of you Fink.. it's looking great and MJ appreciates all the effort your putting in..
we both love you lots xxx

Building Materials Supplies said...

Skimming plasterboard

Great

Thanks for sharing