Bonding
I made good around sockets with bonding but made it flush with wall leaving no depth for finish coat it's only a small area so what best way take back bonding to allow 2mm for finish coat
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The garage conversion company
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Personally you would be best just lightly sanding back the bonding coat the 2 mm required for plaster isn't much to make up. Use a fine sanding block around 120 should sort it out.
26th Sep 2023
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Painter and decorator
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Scraping back, filing and sending flat with the sockets
26th Sep 2023
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RB Build & Property Maintenance
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Use a filling knife to remove the required level of bonding then fill.
9th Oct 2023
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either scrape back bonding or coat finish onto bonding and feather it out
25th Oct 2023
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HYT Builders
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Sand it away, and depending on situation, and if area is very small, maybe use filler, sand, and paint rather than worrying about skimming it. But of course, depends on size of area.
5th Oct 2023
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All star decorating services
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Option 1 just shave it back with scraper
Option 2 if it's only small give it a sand down with some fine sand paper and paint it
Option 3 apply some easy fill sand then paint
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Option 2 if it's only small give it a sand down with some fine sand paper and paint it
Option 3 apply some easy fill sand then paint
Hope this helps.
2nd Oct 2023
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You could either plaster the whole wall which will leave a flat finish or take back the bonding by 2mm and then scrim and plaster it back to existing wall.
17th Oct 2023
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If the bonding was put on Recently then you should be able to scrape the surface back enough to take a finish if it’s been there for a while then same method either with the nose of a trowel or whatever tools at hand and lots of patience
24th Nov 2023
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Jb renovation
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Turn the power off and scrap back then pva around the area and plaster around the socket
31st Oct 2023
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Smooth Coat Plastering
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Sand paper, grander, multitool, wire brush
20th Dec 2023
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B&E plastering services Ltd
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Wait for the bonding to set and give it a sand down or use a 6” blade to go over it and scrape it back
4th Dec 2023
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PMP Plastering
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We would tend to use a Titan razor scraper (other knives are usable too) to remove some of the excess bonding and then PVA and Skim
18th Dec 2023
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Cut it back 2/3 mm fit top coat of skim but if the bonding has been done a while then a coat of pva diluted 50/50 will help control the suction and avoid shrinkage to the finish
4th Dec 2023
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N.A.K plastering
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Scrape back bonding with flat scraper adds texture for key and gains the depth for skimming.
19th Dec 2023
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Best way is use multi tool or sharp chisel and chisel it down. You can sand it down as well but will take ages.
4th Jan 2024
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Get some drywall jointing compound and feather it in, sand and paint.
4th Dec 2023
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Bourne plastering services
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Scrap it back pva it skim it
17th Jan 2024
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Adam's plastering service's
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To be honest I wouldn't try to take it back 2mm, I would skim it and thether it in around the edge and if you thether it in decent you won't be able to tell the difference
8th Jan 2024
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DJM Plastering
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I personally would scrape it back or I would sand it back
17th Jan 2024
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I think it would be best to sand back with orbital sander to allow for finish coat of plaster then feathering out the plaster as opposed to doing the whole wall
29th Jan 2024
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richard
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U should be fine As long as the bonding is not sticking out of the wall
29th Jan 2024
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Bkl Houses Ltd
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You need to fill around sockets for the best finish
25th Jan 2024
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Homepainting & plaster
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You can use a coarse sandpaper or a sanding block to carefully reapply the excess bonding around the socket’s creating a recessed area for finish coat
13th Feb 2024
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Angels plastering and building work
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Scratch it and paster over
6th Mar 2024
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AW Plastering
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Hi,you could scrap the bonding back with a sharp decorating scraper
6th Mar 2024
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Sterica Plastering
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Scrape it back once it started to dry
6th Mar 2024
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MJF Landscape Construction
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You could use a grinder with proper attachment and grind a few mm off the bonding.
4th Mar 2024
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You can either use a sharp scraper to take it back or your trowel
7th Mar 2024
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Ls plastering
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If you have used bonding you can scrape it back to allow for the plater
8th Mar 2024
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Southern edge finishes
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Bonding is soft so possible to scrape the 2mm back to skim but if wall is not that big an area and budget allows I would just get the wall skimmed
4th Apr 2024
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Scrape it back 2mm so you can apply the skim coat on the wall
5th Apr 2024
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WPA Plastering
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Scrape back the bonding with a scraper seal with pva and then skim
8th Apr 2024
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