just scratch with finger nails u'll know what material one,..

lol

yes very skill work, but I notice Ang moh skim coat plaster with the paint already in the plaster, unlike us plaster white than paint over it. wonder why their method not common here??

I think he is refering to the sanding and grinding part.

This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: Jul 25 2022, 02:58 PM

he already painted over, then now wants to "smoothen" over paint job?

then paint again?

got. skimming machines. it speeds up the job but most local contractors dont use it. not sure why, as they prepare human labor.

Skim coat is a lot of work, 5k for whole house is considered cheap.
But the wall will be scratched easily and very visible due to the smooth surface.
An alternative I can think of, you can selectively skim coat only certain feature walls.

Personally I don't really care if my wall is not smooth, you just have to be careful with your lighting. Have fun!

i self skim all of my landed properties interior. I used aluminium shaft, and you need to buy the materials too. it is hard work very back breaking. but smooth surface. down is easy to do, if you have high walls go hire someone to do it.

This post has been edited by Avex: Jul 25 2022, 03:02 PM

if you think your wall smooth enough to paint, then contractor try to scam you. Ask him to proceed with painting je. no need wall skimming

My house my problem la tell the contractor. I like rought surface canot meh. I like my house red or green colour canot meh.
Btw go read ur b&w got state bout renovation specifications or not. Im also renovating my house now

ask them list down what they going to do
strip existing paint? sand it? plaster the wall?

later took the money then tell u got something extra, ask u pay again how?

I think they use stopping to skim only la

RM15-25/m2 internal wall
RM30-40/m2 external wall
Plastering, RM10-15/m2

Inclusive of materials

why the heck do you need to smoothen your walls?
usually the smoothing is done by the wet works (cement work) contractor. did your old wet work contractor run away?

rm5k is a lot. if he is saying the whole house punya wall all rough and not smooth, what the fuk? how did that happen? is it really all rough cement or just slightly not smooth?

this is what rough concrete looks like:


this is what smooth concrete looks like:


usually, if its already been painted before, you shouldnt need to resmoothen.

Smoothing wall is not part of painting works.

If you do not mind it to look curvy not smooth then ok to proceed to paint.

no right or wrong. i guess if you don't want to pay, he still can paint the walls with the original price.

typically, what they mean is, the wall is not smooth enough, after you paint, you still see some imperfection.

conlan7firm kena up car la

What for need to smooth the wall? I thought naturally its almost impossible to smooth the wall or is not worth it. Just paint it je lah…

If got a crack area i just use putty je to tampal and smoothen it and paint over it

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Usually not smooth if previously did patching work to cover hairline crack or dug hole for wiring but wasn't done properly. If you are DIY enough, can buy the wall plastering cement usually it has a number 333 and then mix that with susu (hardware shop will know what is this). That is probably what they will do with that 5K. Then they will sand it off after it dries. Before applying the paint, they will apply the sealer layer for 2-3 coat. Just check your wall whether there's a lot of surface that look like majority of the guys face here.