Recently had a wall skimmed is this a good job 

Can't see any imperfections. Great job. 

Looks good to me also 

Is that Venetian plaster?

3 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Is that Venetian plaster?

No 

Venetian is shinier 

22 minutes ago, Diy said:

Recently had a wall skimmed is this a good job 

Am I the only one not seeing a picture?

4 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Am I the only one not seeing a picture?

Same here.. can't see the pic either

I thought photo was uploaded sorry

Cant see your message 

2 minutes ago, Diy said:

I thought photo was uploaded sorry

 

Sorry, a few of us couldn't resist. 

 

I'm not a plasterer but it doesn't look that good to me. Not exactly glassy smooth. Overworked maybe? Our resident expert @nod will I expect comment. How big an area?

 

If the plasterer has gone / you don't want him / the grief back then Gyproc EasiFill 20 is useful.

3 meters so not a big area 

Phew, was hoping nod was taking the P... , didn't want to have to question his standards!  I know nothing except what mine was like, I didnt have one square inch that rough.

That looks lovely I'm just concerned as it was over paint with distemper in and only pva applied that it will fall off 

This was his last plastering job so think I need to trade him in

I have certainly seen a lot better, I would not be pleased if that were my house!

Thanks for your response this is his unfinished non painted wall

Does anyone no best way to get rid of distemper in a whole house soft and hard distemper 

7 minutes ago, Diy said:

Does anyone no best way to get rid of distemper in a whole house soft and hard distemper 

Me and SWMBO spent many a happy hour scraping the horrible stuff off the ceiling of a previous 1930's house.  Awful stuff to remove as while much of it was flaking off (the reason for removing it all) much of it was still stuck solid and took a lot of stripping.

 

Wetting it with the wallpaper steamer helped a bit but just ensured it was a sticky gooey mess that came off.

Can you give me anymore info on ot and roughly time scale it would take to remove and is there any chance you have a private email adress so I can send you pictures of the house much appreciated 

6 hours ago, joe90 said:

I have certainly seen a lot better, I would not be pleased if that were my house!

I would be happy if my plastering was that good.

Tried it 3 times, 3 total failures.

I hate wet trades.

29 minutes ago, Diy said:

Does anyone no best way to get rid of distemper in a whole house soft and hard distemper 

In our last house we had distemper on the brickwork of one wall which we wanted plastered so we used a scutch hammer with a wide comb.

13 minutes ago, PeterStarck said:

scutch hammer with a wide comb.

What I used this morning.

 

Edited February 15, 20215 yr by SteamyTea

Ok did it solve the problem

Dont look like it done the job look like u need fashion 2000 just for men PMSL