Re: Flawless Walls, by Sam Singer, a current article on the site.
He uses blueboard instead of drywall, due to better ‘absorbtion and bonding’. He also uses standard ‘setting’ type compound for all the joints, before starting to apply plaster. We know that this mud works well on normal drywall, and apparently also adheres well to plaster.
So, my question is, what if one did a scratch coat with setting compound onto drywall, with plaster on top of that?
Blueboard isn’t normally stocked in my neck of the woods.
Any other nuggets on the subject? I only want to attempt the skim-coat if I can incorporate the finish colour in it, avoiding painting over it.