what's needed to plaster skim
A skim coat drywall process is used by most drywalling and plastering professionals to level out and remove any roughness that your wall or ceiling surfaces may have. Skim coating drywall (sheetrock) involves drywall compound (mud or plaster), an 8 taping knife (drywalling trowel) and mud pan (or hawk).o skim coat drywall, processionals like to use a drywall hawk and trowel or mud pan and broad taping knife. Instructions that follow are for the mud pan and a 6 to 8 taping knife. As the pan and drywall knife are the easiest skim coating tools for a beginner to use.