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So, while the cat's away - the mice are plastering.......
Husband has had to go back to UK for a week or so and I intend to have a decent looking kitchen by the time he gets back (without interference or 'helpful' suggestions).
The walls in the room where the kitchen is (for the mo) are shockingly horrible. They are covered with a rough, yellow, ugly render and what would appear to be tar (or woodsmoke detritus) at the tops of the walls. There are some huge holes which I have already mortered and I have chucked on a large bucket of render over half of it. I didn't seal it first though - mistake. The black bits are showing through the new render! The stone walls around the original stone sink are covered in a very rough mortar which I have already started to plaster. I have used plaster of paris over large areas before and had no problem at all, now I have gypsum.
The problem is that the mix goes off too quickly (15 mins or so) while still in the bucket. The areas I am trying to do are not flat walls, there are corners and curves and small areas, and I am not a pro. Is there anything I can do to retard the plaster? I know about slapping it on, leaving, smoothing, levaing again and then polishing but the practicalities are somewhat different for a beginner!
Are there any plasterer grapes here??
Husband has had to go back to UK for a week or so and I intend to have a decent looking kitchen by the time he gets back (without interference or 'helpful' suggestions).
The walls in the room where the kitchen is (for the mo) are shockingly horrible. They are covered with a rough, yellow, ugly render and what would appear to be tar (or woodsmoke detritus) at the tops of the walls. There are some huge holes which I have already mortered and I have chucked on a large bucket of render over half of it. I didn't seal it first though - mistake. The black bits are showing through the new render! The stone walls around the original stone sink are covered in a very rough mortar which I have already started to plaster. I have used plaster of paris over large areas before and had no problem at all, now I have gypsum.
The problem is that the mix goes off too quickly (15 mins or so) while still in the bucket. The areas I am trying to do are not flat walls, there are corners and curves and small areas, and I am not a pro. Is there anything I can do to retard the plaster? I know about slapping it on, leaving, smoothing, levaing again and then polishing but the practicalities are somewhat different for a beginner!
Are there any plasterer grapes here??
We have crepi in our house and it is a bu@@er for collecting cobwebs and they just stick to it when you try to get them off. If you are going to do the kitchen walls with it you might have problems keeping it clean. I don't want to curb your enthusiasm, just that this is my experience.
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