A productive couple of evenings work. We've got to grips with Wickes 'One Coat' plaster - we hope. Only time will tell. 1 pint of water to 2 pints of dry plaster seemed about right. The mechanical mixer made the whole process much easier, although it took some practise to make sure the drill was running slowly enough that it didn't spray plaster/water all over the place! To complicate things a little, as the plaster thickens, we needed more power to the drill to make it turn faster, but the trigger isn't very sensitve. But we got there in the end.
Painting is coming along. The walls in the living room are now mostly green, and the wooden cladding and skirting boards are mostly reglossed. Thankfully the old paint had turned a little grey, so it wasn't too difficult to spot where we'd left off. It looks so much better now. Just a little more of the glossing and green on the walls - then we can start on the floor! The plan is to sand the floor boards, and then varnish them. Can't do that until after the painting is finished.
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