Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 21, 2019 11:24 pm Hello. We are building with Ross North in Perth and they are using a relatively new product for internal wall plastering. It's called Multi Finish and I think the brand is Thistle. Apparently it's popular in the UK. They are half way done with the plastering and it looks and feels great. Very smooth, almost like marble. It dries with a pinkish hue. Has anyone had experience with this? We've had some shockingly bad walls in rental houses so hopefully this is a good solution. I'm wondering how easy it will be to hang pictures etc. Re: Thistle Multi Finish Plaster 2Feb 22, 2019 12:28 am I'm currently building my own house and have opted for the Thistle multifinish. It's much harder than the standard plaster set, and won't have the long term issues that typical lime based set can have. The only issue we found was the plasterer over finished the walls. Some spots were glassy. Apparently it should only be trowelled smooth not polished like they typically do with standard set. We ended up giving the walls a light sand before the painter sealed them. I would definitely recommend it over standard plaster set. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Thistle Multi Finish Plaster 3Feb 22, 2019 12:33 am ![]() I'm currently building my own house and have opted for the Thistle multifinish. It's much harder than the standard plaster set, and won't have the long term issues that typical lime based set can have. The only issue we found was the plasterer over finished the walls. Some spots were glassy. Apparently it should only be trowelled smooth not polished like they typically do with standard set. We ended up giving the walls a light sand before the painter sealed them. I would definitely recommend it over standard plaster set. Cool, nice to know others are going with this too. Hi all. I just had my timber floor bleached and coated. Colour looks nice but the texture is not smooth. It has many areas where I can feel the grain of the timber and… 0 8000 Old Home Restoration / Renovation Hi I am looking to lime plaster walls in basement. The building is stone foundations which over the years have had efflorescence build up and mould. My intentions… 0 528 Many years ago I bought a unit on Manly beach in poor condition with flaky ceilings. I consulted a couple of separate painters that had done some work for me doing renos… 1 537 |