Indeed, but then skim plastering for a DIYer like me is even more difficult than using jointing compound. Getting a plasterer in for such a small job would be difficult. However, I could use a very fine scrim tape and cover it with a fine filler, sand it back and then prime with a paint primer like Bulls Eye 123 before painting. Ahhh decisions, decisions.By far the best and easiest (IMHO) is to use scrim tape, at each and every joint, and skim plaster over that.
Don't be frightened of it - getting the consistency of the skimming plaster is the toughest part. Something I did a while back after I removed some built in units in a room and I discovered that there was no plastering done on the walls. Do a bit of research, get the few tools that you need and give yourself time when doing it.skim plastering for a DIYer like me is even more difficult
ain't cheap to buy.Bulls Eye 123
Thanks for the encouragement Jazz01. My house is a 1988 build and all the walls had been wallpapered. About 15 years ago I removed all the wallpaper and in many places the top layer of the plasterboard paper came away and in other places I had to resort to a razor blade to remove stubborn bits of wallpaper and also there were screw holes left after I removed shelving. Using a very fine filler on small bits where the grey plasterboard paper had come away, and thicker filler for the bigger gouges and holes worked well. It was very laborious (fill, sand, fill again, sand again, prime, prime again and then two or three topcoats of paint). You have to look very close to notice the filled/repaired bits and there's lots of them.
However, you've made me really think about skimming. I've always assumed plastering is not a job for the DIY'er, because once you start you have to work fast.
because once you start you have to work fast.
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