Anyony got any ideas for repairing plastered walls without paying a plaster and making me bankrupt!!!!!! :D

Not long moved into a my new house. It's now time to start on the bathroom. I want to repaint the walls, But the bloke before me has left the surface of then in S**t state. He put some kind of boarder on then pulled it off taking a really thin layer plaster off, Making it uneven.

Any ideas how to repair it. It doesn't warrant plaster, to reskim it. I have heard of some stuff made by polyfilla, You just paint it on, let it dry, sand it down, Paint on it.

Any one used it, any good??????

Cheers Albert



[Edited by Albert47 - 11/23/2003 12:30:05 PM]

1st you want to seal the area, matt emulsion is ok for this. Then use a product called Fast Set available from your nearest Travis Perkins, mix to a smooth paste and apply with a wide spatula or caulker. Two thin coats are better than one thick and sand down untill its smooth.

I actually found patch repair plaster good for this. Its cheap and can be sanded too. Or a good general purpose filler. DOn't buy homebase/B&Q own, I found polycell to be much better.

Patch plaster works quite well and for large areas IMO goes on better than filler and is cheaper.

Cliff

The Stuff you are talking about is polyfilla Finishing skim (i think will have a look tonight.)

Its great but not sure how it will cope in a bathroom.. Really easy to apply but creats loads of dust when sanding..

Same thing in our house. images/smilies/mad.gif I used Polycel filler which you can put on with a paint brush! It went on very smoothly over where they'd pulled the border off, but I did go over it with a wet brush to make it a really good finish, then sanded when dry. Once painted, you'd never know.

To save money why not pine clad the wall which is easy and cheap to carryout and it can easily be painted and has a nice effect. Did this with my last place after 3 days of failed plastering attempts.

Thanx for the info boys n girls. !!!

Polycell do a paint now as a covering for "uneven" walls - you use it as a basecoat.

Why not just pay a plasterer and get the job done right? They're not that expensive.

Don't try and use fastset for large areas if you're not skilled enough to do it to a finish that doesn't require sanding. The dust goes absolutely everywhere in your house.

[Edited by Scot123 - 12/3/2003 11:06:34 PM]

I got a pair of "retired" old boys to do some plastering for me. True pros. Retired, so happy enough to do the job for beer money....great job too - VERY VERY smooth. They came in and did loads of stuff all in the one morning.
Think it was £70 for cash for the two of them for about 8 man hours work.

Was a bit worried they'd fall off their ladders, but they didn't!