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Tape.
This was the advice to me from my BIL who started as a plasterer.
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Skimming well is a proper skill. Takes ages to learn to do well. Taping and filling is not, it’s easy, so long as you’ve ordered tapered plasterboard. You’ve ordered tapered plasterboard right?
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Not unreasonable. If you had a couple of spare boards you could always practice on either side of those to get the hang of it. Might end up with a bit of sanding and filling to be done, depends how much time you have I guess.
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Got a stud wall to do. Have done the framing and ordered the plaster board (delivery tomorrow) but do I go for tape and fill the joins or skim the whole lot? Never plastered before.
I'm leaning toward skim, means buying yet more tools but seems like a useful skill to learn so long as I can get a reasonable result... Is that an unrealistic expectation?