Scraping dry texture is a dusty mess, and skim coating requires some practice. And if your home was built before 1979, the texture might contain asbestos, which can do serious damage to your lungs.

So, the second coat of joint compound included a wide skim coat across the center. It will blend in with sanding—most importantly, there are no blisters under the tape. Bradley Ford ...

A mesh-and-skim-coat job will fail in a New York minute. Your walls were constructed by nailing wood lath over the wall studs leaving a 1/4-to- 3/8 -inch gap between each piece of lath. Then ...

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You can purchase special paints that eliminate the need for skim coating new drywall. If you’re in the same situation as Steve and my neighbor, I wish you the best of luck.

Let your skim coat dry for 1-2 days. If your wall still shows some texture, apply a second skim coat, smooth, and let dry again. Don’t sand between skim coats.

But skim coating walls will not cost the owner more than removing the plaster and putting up drywall, and skim coating preserves the existing woodwork and other details. And no doubt one of the things ...

When skim coating, a plaster (not drywall) expert can ensure a fine, smooth, level and durable finish that will easily take paint or wallpaper. After any repairs are completed, plasterers typically ...