Plastering help.

My Dad had someone in to plaster a wall with just bonding. Its a very old house and a rustic finish was wanted. But there’s rustic and there’s really rustic! It looks cack. Does anyone have any tips for flattening it off (its bone dry now)? Its mainly justs lots of trowel edges that need work. Flattening stone perhaps? Anything that doesnt make loads of mess.

Skim over it – it really is the only way

Re skim but with a wood trowel?

The bonding base coat is designed to be rough so the skim will adhere to it.

Get some blue grit – its a skimming compound – bit like runny polyfilla – can cover over all sorts of issues. V easy to work with too. Bandq do a version called make good.

thanks your help!

Wants PVAing and then skimming or more bonding if it’s that bad. I’d get the fella who did it to sort it if it’s not what your dad wanted. Blue grit isn’t the right product for what you need