Right plaster for our bathroom

03/19/2013 - 06:24

We are renovating our bathroom and my partner is getting a tad frustrated as he can't find what he wants to plaster it. In the UK he uses a multi-finsh which he puts over waterproofer that has been laid on the base of sand and cement. They don't seem to sell multi-finish down here and so he has been struggling with a product called "Rasoperla" which is a "rasante" extrafine. This doesn't want to dry on the waterproofer and he is unable to smooth it when applied as he just ends up dragging it off. Currently he is scraping if off the walls and going to try and re-apply it even more thinly than he did do in the first place, but if anybody has any ideas on what is the best product and where we can buy it, plus instructions on how best to apply it I would be very grateful! He is a builder (and a perfectionist!) in the UK but is stumped by the Italian method for plastering to get a really smooth finish so please help if you can!

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"........... In the UK he uses a multi-finsh which he puts over waterproofer that has been laid on the base of sand and cement. They don't seem to sell multi-finish down here ........ " Italian plastering does seem to be a weird process to those from the UK.  My plce looks as though its been 'rendered ' intenally with a cement type compound.  [I quite like the 'rustic' look it gives] Can he get some 'proper pleaster' from the UK? - Does he know anyone drioving down in the near future?

use Fasso Bartoli ZL25. obviously multi finish (made by british gypsum) has errrrm.. british gypsum in it and I wouldn't suggest using it on stone walled buildings that dont have a DPC. always best to use the product available locally because it works best under the conditions in the country with the building materials and methods used here. ZL25 isn't the same as plaster from the uk. you can apply it in the same manner and get good results but normally here for a smooth finish it involves rubbing it once it's dried. hope that helps

Thanks for the responses; all sorted now tho' it did mean getting a local plasterer in to see what should be done - which was just we should've put a 150 base coat on first! As you point out, the finish has to be sanded down over here, so that is the next step once the tiling is finshed. Getting there slowly!