Plastering over bonding plaster

Ritchi

We have a job done by an electrician in which he finished off his chasing with bonding plaster. And now we want to get these areas finished to a standard we can paint over.

Seeing as it's only small areas, I think it could be done with a bit of skim to cover it up, but as the bonding plaster is fresh with the wall, it would involve a lot of sanding.

Is there a specific product I could use to finish these off nicely, or given that I'm inexperienced should I be getting in a plasterer to finish it off? And if so, how much roughly would it cost?

mp22

I would be inclined to sand down the bonding flush with the wall, and use the likes of polly filler to finish any rough bits,another bit of sanding and then paint.

Ritchi

Something like this: http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/polycell_finishing_skim_polyfilla.jsp

Or is there something better to use.

The rough bits are generally about 10cm wide and running from the switches up, or similar around the socket and running down, if that makes a difference.

mp22

That stuff is dear enough,just use everyday polly filler, mix with water and apply with a filling knife that is only a small bit wider that the chase.After its dry get some fine sand paper wrap it around a block of timber and sand down carefully.If you dont like the look of the finish just apply more filler and start again.

650gs

Buy a bucket of ready mix joint filler/finsh its very easy to use or sand if your not to hot with it

TheLastMohican

As 650 above says .......hot mud and sand