RogerS
Established Member
I want to apply two coats of Synthaprufe to one of our internal (non-DPC'd) walls.
The instructions say that you need to finish with 12mm of plaster and so presumably I need to chisel out the old plaster to approximately that depth...so that the finished plaster will be more or less in line with the plaster higher up the wall?
If so do I need to do any preparatory work to the chisselled out wall prior to the application of Synthaprufe? The instructions are silent on this issue. The current wall surface is very friable and powdery (efflorescence?) and my concern is that if I do chisel out the plaster then the surface left will be too friable for the Synthaprufe to adhere to.
In some areas the finish top coat is no longer adhering to the underlying bonding. Part of me wants to just hack it all back to the (probably) rotten oak sole plates but don't want to make unnecessary work for myself.
Last question. The instructions refer to blinding the final coat with sharp sand. 'Blinding'...does this mean throwing sand onto the still-wet Synthaprufe to provide a key for subsequent plastering?
What would you guys do?
The instructions say that you need to finish with 12mm of plaster and so presumably I need to chisel out the old plaster to approximately that depth...so that the finished plaster will be more or less in line with the plaster higher up the wall?
If so do I need to do any preparatory work to the chisselled out wall prior to the application of Synthaprufe? The instructions are silent on this issue. The current wall surface is very friable and powdery (efflorescence?) and my concern is that if I do chisel out the plaster then the surface left will be too friable for the Synthaprufe to adhere to.
In some areas the finish top coat is no longer adhering to the underlying bonding. Part of me wants to just hack it all back to the (probably) rotten oak sole plates but don't want to make unnecessary work for myself.
Last question. The instructions refer to blinding the final coat with sharp sand. 'Blinding'...does this mean throwing sand onto the still-wet Synthaprufe to provide a key for subsequent plastering?
What would you guys do?