ᐅ Repairing Smoothed Plaster – With What?

Created on: 3 Feb 2024 16:28
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hegi___
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hegi___
3 Feb 2024 16:28
Hello,

In our new build, we have smooth Knauf MP75 L gypsum plaster on the interior walls.
What is the best material to use for repairs?
We have partially repaired it with Knauf Multifinish, but it is too hard. When sanding, more of the surrounding gypsum plaster is sanded down, causing the coarse grains to become visible.
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jens.knoedel
3 Feb 2024 17:07
hegi___ schrieb:

We have smooth Knauf MP75 L gypsum plaster on the interior walls in the new build.
What is the best way to repair it?

An answer you probably don’t expect: Just use Knauf MP 75 L again. You can find a bag in almost any hardware store for about 10 euros. That way, you’ll have exactly the same product 100%.
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hegi___
3 Feb 2024 17:25
jens.knoedel schrieb:

An answer you probably didn’t expect: Just use Knauf MP 75 L. It’s available in almost every hardware store for about 10 euros per bag. Then you’ll definitely have the exact same product.

No, that won’t work.
The plaster was smoothed with water, which caused the coarse grains to move to the back and the fine grains to the front. If I do repairs, the texture will be too coarse and won’t match the smooth rest of the plaster.
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jens.knoedel
4 Feb 2024 00:22
hegi___ schrieb:

No, that won’t work.
The plaster was smoothed with water, which caused the coarse grains to move to the back and the fine grains to the front. If I repair it, the patched area will be too coarse and won’t match the smooth surrounding plaster.

If you can’t achieve it with the MP (it can be done manually like the plasterers do) and the current surface is baby smooth, then use Uniflott finish or Weber paint filler extra fine.
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ypg
4 Feb 2024 10:46
What is it about? A crack? How long? A surface? How large?
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Stephan—
5 Feb 2024 09:36
Normally, the 75L is used to create Q2, right? Afterwards, the painter usually works on Q3, and if that is not sufficient, the finish can be done with ready-mixed filler. (We used "RAW" ready-mixed filler lightly, 10kg (22 lbs) buckets cost just under 45 €) easy to work with and easy to sand.

In our case, the painter had already applied a thin layer (spray filler) over the Q2 MP75L, and when I sanded too much of the fine filler, only that layer appeared, while the grain texture remained hidden underneath.