Draper 89713 Plasterer's Feather Edge,1.2 m x 100 mm

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Feather out dry lining joints, filler or plaster with a taping knife or caulker Feathering out Dry Wall Plasterboard and Plasterboard Partitions Use tapered or feathered edge plasterboard for dry lining Materials Used for Feathering out Plaster, Filler or Dry Wall Anything ad-hoc or out of the ordinary we are keen to help and our Managing director Phil Hall an avid inventor loves to solve tool based problems so lets give him a challenge! A slight bow in a Feather Edged Board can help it stay watertight Feather Edging Used in Preparing for Decoration Feathering Out Filler

Feathers get less dense along their length Feather Edged Boards Used for Fencing and Garden Buildings For larger areas that need feathering out, for example when you have inserted a door frame and filled in round the edges which may not then be flush with the existing plaster finish, or where a new section of wall meets and older one, you might want to look at something called Fill and Skim. Feathering out a lump in a wall so that it is no longer noticeable Filling and Feathering out Different Levels and Coats of PaintHow flat and/or smooth should I be trying to get the wall with my trowel before using the feather edge to flatten. As a seasoned plasterer I naturally try to get it as flat as possible with the trowel. Please note, it does not very often make the chip invisible and some fine surface filler can be placed into the chip to be smoothed out with a paint scraper.

A wide scraper or a taping knife will allow you to feather out filler neatly and disguise the lump, bum or hollow in your wall. Use a fine sandpaper and rub the edges of the chipped edge hard so it slopes gently to the middle all round. This will give a flatter appearance. Because of the feather or taper in the board itself this means the filler can finish flush with the surface of the board and when painted the joint is completely hidden. Feathering will not, in most cases, allow you to finish with a perfectly flat wall. If the bump is proud of the wall in the first place, as in our diagram above, then the best you can hope for is a surface, which to the naked eye, is flat.Specially designed High Quality Aluminium section. Finely tapered for maximum accuracy.Strong construction with thumb and finger groove down full length of section Sanding down these areas is much better achieved with a Detail sander, Mouse Sander or a Delta Sander. Using differing pressures on the tool will allow you to get the surface looking flat. Be sure to get a sander with a dust bag as the sanding dust gets everywhere. To get rid of any surface bumps or lumps and finish with a totally flat surface, the chances are you will have to chisel off the lump and make good the hole with some filler. How flat am I trying to get it with the feather edge? Perfectly flat or just a bit better than a trowel finish? If the latter how much of a dip/bump can I leave in mm? Many walls have lumps, bumps, depressions and hollows. These rarely show up until the first coat of paint goes on and then the reflection of the light casts all sorts of shadows making the paintwork look shoddy.