plaster skim over artex

[Alex]

Any advise , is it a practical solution to unsightly swirls.

[chris French]

In message , Alex writes

Yes.

[in2minds]

yes, coat the ceiling (or walls) with PVA solution then plaster over

Les

[R P McMurphey]

what he said...but only if its not greasy from kithchen frying and its been pva'd.

steve

[stefek.zaba]

A heavensent local plasterer did two ceilings for us in a day, and will be doing the rest of the upstairs Real Soon Now. He dragged a scraper across to knock off the highest high spots (less plaster depth then needed, and less orrible Artex to scratch your otherwise nicely polished trowel), did the coat-of-PVA thing, and worked in that intimidatingly confident way which plasterers have to put on two thin skim coats - one to do the bulk fill, and the second to smooth to perfection. Not nearly as cheap as any d-i-y solution (I'd got as far as buying the thinner plasterboard to bodge over the offensive substance), but a great finish and a nice change to make it Someone Else's Problem...

HTH - Stefek

[-= debully =-]

take of the high spots first....will keep the plasterer happy.

[in2minds]

that too...

Les

[Lobster]

If you're thinking of getting a pro in to do it, you might have problems... IME some (not all) of them will insist it's either completely removed (nightmare) or plasterboarded over. Depends on how well the stuff is bonded to its substrate, or whether it's mucky and greasy, but in some cases the application of wet plaster can either make the artex either lift off a bit (wish it was normally that easy!!), or fall off, with crappy results (and therefore an unhappy customer who potential won't pay the plasterer)

David

[-= debully =-]

Overboarding a ceiling isn't really of much hassle anyway in my experience. Might add and hour to the job for a 3x3m ceiling. But definately try and get them to PVA and skim as this is mostly the simplest solution.