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| Value for Money | 1.9/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 2.4/10 |
| Overall Rating | 2.5/10  |
By russs on 29th Oct 2007
| Value for money | 1/10 |
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| Overall value | 5/10 |
 russs's recommendation | |
Does what it says on the pack, if you follow the instructions
Expensive
A company like Polycell (ICI) isn't likely to launch a heavily advertised product that doesn't work. Despite all the negative reviews below, I've found that Smoothover works perfectly well. Half the reason for its success lies in the applicator, which is a much easier tool for an amateur to use than a plasterer's float. With the tool, as with the Smoothover itself, you need to follow the instructions, especially bending the tip of the blade back slightly.
However, what a company like Polycell *is* likely to do is overprice its product, especially when it has to recover the cost of the above-mentioned advertising.
The price problem is especially significant, because the hardest thing is to apply the product at the shallowness required to get anything like the coverage claimed on the pack.
You can get results that are almost as good by mixing your own solution, and then applying it with Polycell's tool. I've been experimenting with a mix of filler powder and a little grout powder. Make sure you use plenty of water (but obviously not too much) to achieve a 'whipped cream' consistency, rather than a viscous gunge.
You'll have to do some sanding afterwards, but that applies to Smoothover too.
If you use the applicator with your own mix, you can probably do the job for less than a quarter of the price of using Smoothover.
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