Plastering work Q2 - Painting work afterwards?

  • Erstellt am 2022-01-12 14:15:29

Prager91

2022-02-18 10:46:02
  • #1
One more thing regarding gypsum plaster:

Our main contractor just said that the walls are still reeeelatively wet and that we should/can sand them.

I will probably tackle this with my sanding giraffe over the weekend. Does anyone have experience with this? What grit would you use here? I don't want to sand it too coarse or too fine.
 

Tolentino

2022-02-18 10:49:13
  • #2
Had done everything with 240 grit, but at least for me there were still quite a few scratches left that showed up again when painting, even though the wall felt completely smooth by hand (and I don't have much callus as an office worker). But since you are applying rolled plaster over it, you can probably go straight to 120 grit or stick with 240 grit. However, my plaster was bone dry, not sure if you have to approach it differently with "wet" plaster. Try it out on an inconspicuous spot (under the stairs or something).
Addendum: Just saw that the workers for the ground floor use 120 grit, but they use a random orbital sander. I had used a rotary sander. By the way, I couldn’t handle the sanding pole at all (but that might just be me).
 

Prager91

2022-02-18 10:52:14
  • #3
I had already worked with the sanding pole in the basement... Occasionally slipped - then it gets pretty deep in the plaster xD - it’s actually not that easy to handle. I’m already a bit apprehensive to sand with it in the living area here. But of course, it’s extremely handy since you can reach everywhere, which isn’t possible with the random orbital sander (I have one too).
 

Tolentino

2022-02-18 11:01:13
  • #4
Exactly slipping all the time and at the same time sometimes no material removal in other places at all. Maybe my old Parkside Giraffe is also too weak. I then preferred to work with the cordless random orbit sander for the hand and with a ladder. With that, I could also reach everywhere, and you have much more control over everything. Especially since you can always feel along with one hand. In the end, that was really fun (except for the dust).
 

Prager91

2022-02-18 11:10:27
  • #5


Yeah... I had exactly those problems too. I'll check if my dad still has an orbital sander or something similar - then I'll try it with that. My dad even built 2 trestles himself - I could then equip them with 2 boards, so I wouldn't even need a ladder :D
 

Tolentino

2022-02-18 11:13:38
  • #6
So I actually found a small ladder practical for the normal walls. You can move it with one hand, so you’re quickly down and up again. You really only need armor for very high walls and maybe at the staircase hole. But I had to figure all that out first.
 

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