Repairing artex..with plaster

theone8181 · 19 Oct 2020 at 19:24

Is this possible and is it just as simple as using slightly sloppy plaster? The effect I've got is the brushed circles one. I ask about plaster as I've got about 20kgs of a bag left that I'd like to use a bit of.

Semple · 19 Oct 2020 at 19:27

Got a cupboard or garage you could try it on without having to worry what people would say if it looks a mess?

BigBoy · 19 Oct 2020 at 19:52

Plaster will never work as smooth and crisp as artex or fine finish, if it was mine I would you a steamer and remove the lot nasty stuff!

theone8181 · 20 Oct 2020 at 06:25

BigBoy said:
Plaster will never work as smooth and crisp as artex or fine finish, if it was mine I would you a steamer and remove the lot nasty stuff!

I would, but we had another room and I've seen the mess it makes

. It's in the corner of the room, and there will be a set of free standing shelves under it (but not touching) I'm hoping I can do it and it won't be too obvious. I could always use decorators caulk

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200sols · 20 Oct 2020 at 06:55

Use the plaster to skim the whole ceiling

theone8181 · 20 Oct 2020 at 10:54

200sols said:
Use the plaster to skim the whole ceiling

Don't give the Mrs ideas

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MikeB · 20 Oct 2020 at 17:36

We had the rainbows, plasterer skimmed it all in a few hours and has looked fab ever since (Been 3 or 4 years now)

Dis86 · 20 Oct 2020 at 18:13

When was it installed?

robj20 · 20 Oct 2020 at 18:48

I'm in the precious of skimming all my ceilings to cover up Artex, horrible stuff.
I just knock any spiky bits off, then a coat of bonding agent then 2 coats of multi finish.

theone8181 · 20 Oct 2020 at 19:31

Dis86 said:
When was it installed?

House built in 1996, so smack in the middle of maybe it contains asbestos, maybe it doesnt

. I noticed tonight that the plaster is damp. I know the damage was due to a previous leak, however I've only just noticed it's from the bath. The leak is not the pipes, but at one end there's tiles to make up the gap between the bath and wall and I believe water is getting down there. I'm going to blitz it with silicone (neatly), however I noticed the spot that is damaged downstairs is the joint between 2 pieces of plasterboard, but the floor above has been removed for pipe access so a few reasons why it's a problem. My aim it to seal the inside of the joints in the plasterboard with silicone (am also tempted to smear some all over the plaster oars, not just at the edges as well).

Dis86 · 20 Oct 2020 at 19:33

theone8181 said:
House built in 1996, so smack in the middle of maybe it contains asbestos, maybe it doesnt. I noticed tonight that the plaster is damp. I know the damage was due to a previous leak, however I've only just noticed it's from the bath. The leak is not the pipes, but at one end there's tiles to make up the gap between the bath and wall and I believe water is getting down there. I'm going to blitz it with silicone (neatly), however I noticed the spot that is damaged downstairs is the joint between 2 pieces of plasterboard, but the floor above has been removed for pipe access so a few reasons why it's a problem. My aim it to seal the inside of the joints in the plasterboard with silicone (am also tempted to smear some all over the plaster oars, not just at the edges as well).

Overboard/overskim/remove properly! They're the sensible options if you really want rid of.

theone8181 · 20 Oct 2020 at 19:47

Dis86 said:
Overboard/overskim/remove properly! They're the sensible options if you really want rid of.

But then it becomes a big/messy job

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Dis86 · 20 Oct 2020 at 19:48

theone8181 said:
But then it becomes a big/messy job.

It becomes a safe job. Last thing you want is asbestos floating about your house.

Rroff · 20 Oct 2020 at 19:49

robj20 said:
I'm in the precious of skimming all my ceilings to cover up Artex, horrible stuff.
I just knock any spiky bits off, then a coat of bonding agent then 2 coats of multi finish.

Yeah we've got a few rooms in our new house that have it

no idea why anyone ever thought it a good idea it just looks naff and the quality isn't great - was on the list of stuff to be done but taken a bit of a back burner with the current situation unless we get around to it ourselves.

Minibiker · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:34

theone8181 said:
But then it becomes a big/messy job.

I'll come round and do it for you if your local to me :cool:

theone8181 · 21 Oct 2020 at 06:35

Minibiker said:
I'll come round and do it for you if your local to me

Up north near hull? I guess artex was just 'the in thing', a kid I used to work with had woodchip wallpaper. I think he had lots of fun taking it off

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Minibiker · 21 Oct 2020 at 11:05

theone8181 said:
Up north near hull? I guess artex was just 'the in thing', a kid I used to work with had woodchip wallpaper. I think he had lots of fun taking it off.

Ahhh tad to far then

yeah it was the thing back then, I spend most days either scraping it back, drilling holes in it or doing complete ceiling drops.... Just messy stuff to work with

theone8181 · 21 Oct 2020 at 20:09

Minibiker said:
Ahhh tad to far then yeah it was the thing back then, I spend most days either scraping it back, drilling holes in it or doing complete ceiling drops.... Just messy stuff to work with

Yea I can imagine. For skimming over the top, why does it need scrapping? Just to reduce how much plaster is put on?

Minibiker · 21 Oct 2020 at 21:04

theone8181 said:
Yea I can imagine. For skimming over the top, why does it need scrapping? Just to reduce how much plaster is put on?

It makes it a lot easier for skimming if its flat, So scraping the knobbly bits helps a lot

theone8181 · 22 Oct 2020 at 06:23

Minibiker said:
It makes it a lot easier for skimming if its flat, So scraping the knobbly bits helps a lot

Ok, I've got a small entranceway, probably 1m^2 so I might skim that (has artex).