Have dried as quick may not be as flat and smooth as the rest due to notįirming up enough. – achieve an even slightly polished surface. Small holes in the corner get filled in.) Using a combination of yourīrush and trowel in the corner should leave you with a nice clean and The corners can also be formed in exactly the Problem areas just using the front edge of your trowel can flatten off (Make sure you don't scrape all the plaster off though). Leading edge of your trowel away from the wall slightly should help you. Lot and you can't remove any blemishes or ridges then bringing the If any areas of the plaster have firmed up a Combine this withįirm pressure and you should succeed in flattening the wall and removingĪny remaining trowel marks. Your trowel will be 10 – 15mm away from the wall. If you solve one problem and createĪnother then it is too wet. – if with firm pressure you can successfully flatten the ridges withoutĬreating any then it is ready. This stage the plaster can be quite wet so little pressure is required.Īny brush marks left in the corner can be lightly trowelled out – butĪgain if it is really wet it may be better to leave until the nextĪim – Remove all ridges caused by the trowel Up to, run the brush in big strokes up and down the corner. Ensuring the brush is pointed more at the wall you are skimming Once the corner is freeįrom excess plaster the corner can be formed with a brush. Skim you have just applied on the main wall. Do ensureĪll plaster is removed right into the corner. Skimming up to simply by scraping off with the tip of trowel. Realise there are a lot of holes then sometimes it can be quicker to goīack to stage 3 and put another coat over the wall.Ĭan also be formed by scraping off the plaster from the wall you are If you are concerned the plaster is getting too firm then move quicklyĪcross the wall ensuring all large holes are filled. Be thorough and do not move on until they have been rectified. Your trowel passes over each area of the walls it should be studied for To push the plaster flat - then it can be a very valuable technique. Started to firm up and it is impossible to apply the required pressure This technique is not ideal but if the plaster has Plaster will collect on your trowel to then in another trowel stroke be There are many shallow holes - the highs can be scraped off - the The format you used to apply the plaster - to avoid making lots of ![]() Your trowel strokes should always be long and follow Then more plaster should be applied in to hole and then flattened with If you have been over an area 3 times and the hole is still visible If you are pushing as hard as you can and the plaster is not beingįorced across the whole length of your trowel then you have two options: Scrape of all the surrounding area to the level of the hollow. ![]() To fill the hollows you want to push plaster in to them not To gather plaster then all you are doing is scraping the second coat If when you run your trowel over the wall it starts Should be able to run your trowel over the wall and push the plasterĪround to flatten. If it is tooįlat it can drag - if it is too far away then it can scrape You get the correct angle the trowel glides over the wall. ![]() Most trowels require the leading edge toīe 10 - 15mm away, however some trowels that tend to bend may need Plaster but just act to push the highs into the lows and flatten -Įnsuring that the whole length of the trowel is in contact with theĮntire surface, If you have the leading edge to far away from the Times you run your trowel over the plaster it will not scrape off any Find the correct angle and no matter how many Push too hard when trowelling plaster – as long as you have the correctĪngle of your trowel. The 3 main techniques for trowelling plaster flat & smooth If the suction was not controlled, or the application took a bit longer and the plaster has firmed up and will not with much pressure push flat then water should be flicked onto the wall with a brush or it can be applied with a mister. You may notice ridges caused by the trowel get worse when doing this but that is not a problem as these will be pushed out in the next stage when the plaster is a little firmer. How – Firm pressure will push plaster along the whole length of your trowel and therefore be pushed into the holes. When – the plaster should be tacky – if it is too wet the plaster will be easily pushed out of shape and so creating more holes. When the next stage is carried out the plaster will be very firm and it will be difficult too fill any holes – so ensure all are filled at this stage. The plaster is pliable enough to push into holes but not too wet so as to create them. Trowelling plaster' means to 'work' plaster that has already been applied.Īim – fill in all holes.
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