Skim-coat

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To apply a skim coat.

    "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."

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"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."

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