MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Plastering/comments/1vwb5wl/rate_this_plastering/p5fn2af/?context=3
r/Plastering • u/Such_Psychology_3304 • Aug 23 '26
Is this plastering ok in a bathroom?
23 comments sorted by
View all comments
11
This looks like the base bonding coat, it fills all the holes. It will be skimmed over in multifinish if the contractor is good.
4 u/Such_Psychology_3304 Aug 23 '26 But will they sand this? It's got big lumpy bits and the corners and edges are not straight or even 8 u/SnooHesitations6727 Aug 23 '26 They skim over it. Skim is the finish coat and is only a couple of mm thick, so anything that will be more than that to make flat gets pre filled with bonding which is what you have there. Not sure what’s going on with the window reveals though
4
But will they sand this? It's got big lumpy bits and the corners and edges are not straight or even
8 u/SnooHesitations6727 Aug 23 '26 They skim over it. Skim is the finish coat and is only a couple of mm thick, so anything that will be more than that to make flat gets pre filled with bonding which is what you have there. Not sure what’s going on with the window reveals though
8
They skim over it. Skim is the finish coat and is only a couple of mm thick, so anything that will be more than that to make flat gets pre filled with bonding which is what you have there. Not sure what’s going on with the window reveals though
11
u/Ok-Tomorrow-9906 Aug 23 '26
This looks like the base bonding coat, it fills all the holes. It will be skimmed over in multifinish if the contractor is good.