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skim coat

noun

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  1. A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in…

    A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in order to cover imperfections and make it smoother.

    • You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain. Then sand again, and apply a second skim coat, if needed.
    • A skim coat touches up small voids.
    • The final step before block sanding the skim coat is to draw a line along the length of the body line that divides the panel in half.

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