Filling hard plaster channels in walls?

[Emma1]

Hi there,

My husband and I are renovating and have had an electrician friend come in and put in the electrical work for a new kitchen. Only problem is we have hard plaster walls so they had to gouge out channels to put the wires in.

What is the best way to fill these, what do we use, and approximately how long before you can paint over?

We were planning on filling them in on the weekend and had arranged a painter to come and paint on Monday, but I am worried that whatever we fill the channels with will not be dry.

If anyone can help it would be much appreciated, my husband is a tradesman so pretty handy, just not sure the best way to fill the channels.

Thanks very much!
Emma

[rod@plasterbrok]

Hi follow this link for detailed information on how to fill the gaps.
http://www.plasterbrokers.com/restlath.html

If you do the work on satuday am with nice weather forecast they should be able to be sanded Monday morning.

Air flow is the main ingredient to drying plaster. Open all your doors and windows to create as much airflow as possible for as long as possible and it will dry quicker.

Cheers

Rod

[Emma1]

Thanks so much for the tip - we will open up the house and crank up the heater perhaps.

Thanks again,
Emma

[rmartens]

Its not a good idea to paint the following few days. If the chasing is deep it will need some time to dry. If you were from Perth I would suggest using whitelight as this is a plaster float application and can be troweled.
Give your walls time to dry and plenty ventilation and a sealer in the paint.
Mix sand and superfine plaster at a 50% ratio for the float and then set.
be careful it gos hard very quick.