It brought the prices of construction down because drywallers only had to apply one coat of mud to the seams of the drywall before spraying the popcorn ceiling as opposed to 3-4 coats of gradual feathering out and sanding to make a smooth ceiling....
Understanding the Finish Levels for Drywall, Glass Mat and Gypsum Panels The recommended levels of finish are as follows, as stated in the Gypsum Association publication, GA-214 “Recommended Levels of Finish for Gypsum Board, Glass Mat and Fiber-Reinforced Gypsum Panels” ...
Internal plastering is normally done as both sand and cement with a skim finish plaster-boarding and skimming. All block walls will be coated in solid render and ceilings and partitions in plasterboard. When all is in place, we will put tape on all joints before coating all walls in skimco...
Skim coating has other uses as well. When I worked in the scene shop of my college's theatre, we used skim coating and other, similar things a lot of the time to coat props, set pieces, or walls for effect. It was especially useful in one show we did, where there were trees that...