The 'magic trowel' looks just as inappropriate to the task, looks more like something you'd use for grouting. I would never dream of skimming with a roller, I had to look up what a 'taping knife' was & I have no idea how you'd use one for plastering - I cannot figure how you would hold one at a shallow enough angle to the wall with the handle sticking out the end like that. There may be some transpondian translation issues here - frankly I barely understood a lot of the terms you used. Done well, this can actually achieve a slight shine to the finished surface. I do all of my flat seams first and run the tape to within one-half inch of the corners. tape corner bead corners (see video below) coat corner bead. You can repeat this 'damp & polish' several times, each becoming smoother. Here are the drywall finishing steps: tape flat seams. Without the use of anything 'magic' you skim plaster no more than 2mm at a time with a broad square trowel known as a float, leave 20 mins to half an hour for it to start to go off, then re-skim with the trowel dipped in water or by gently spraying the surface, to polish up the finish. If you do the build up coat immediately after setting the tape, the shrinkage will be enough where the skim coat will not fill the depression left by the excessive shrinkage of the 2 coats applied together. Step 4: For the next paint application, don’t skip out on the primer. Step 3: Choose the primer according to the type of paint you’re using. Step 2: Scrape and clean the surface, and then finish off with latex and oil-based primer that works to block stains. Are you trying to do this all in one pass? 1 Answer Sorted by: 3 It should be done separately, set tape first let it dry, then the build up coat, let that dry, then final skim. In the skim coating video to Tutorial Im going to show you what to do after a skim coat dries.The good news is this is going to require No Sanding in this step. Step 1: Scrape away the bubbles, and patch it along the way.
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