Traditional skim coating, like many construction jobs, is a craft that requires considerable practice and skill to master. If you watch professionals, they use a combination of trowels and drywall ...

Q: I live in a home built in 1979 and want to create a smoother surface on my walls. They were finished with a textured finish of long strokes of finishing mud, which I have heard called a skip-trough ...

Colorado Skim Coating announces its ongoing commitment to providing high-quality skim coating services to both homeowners and businesses throughout Colorado. They focus on improving the look and ...

DEAR DESIGNER: We recently moved into an old house. One of the bedrooms has fancy plasterwork on the walls that is dated and busy. What can I do to hide it? Tearing down the wall is not an option at ...

Painting or wallpapering breathes new life into walls, but it also highlights imperfections. Rather than messy skim coating, this process is quick and clean.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 62nd installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Mariwasa Siam Ceramics Inc., the Philippines’ leading tile manufacturer is introducing the new Mariwasa Skim Coat, a ready-to-use, cement-like plastering mortar suitable for smoothing and finishing ...

close-up of hands applying skim coat to a wall - Alina Mosinyan/Shutterstock Traditional skim coating, like many construction jobs, is a craft that requires considerable practice and skill to master.