base coat over timber stud?

[zongatron]

Hi

Can i just base coat then skim coat over the face of an exposed pine stud?

The stud will have external angles screwed to both edges, so can i just base coat fill in between the two external angles straight onto the timber without covering it with gyprock first..... without running into any problems?

thanks

[Vernonv]

I reckon you'll get cracking, over time, from timber movement ... but I'm certainly no expert.

Why can't you just put a piece of gyprock/FC sheet on the face of the stud?

[Rod Dyson]

No it will crack and will peel off the timber.

[Eastwing]

You can buy a cap with 2 ext cnr's built in sold in lots of sizes mostly for steel stud sizes, I do know that you can get one for a 90 stud with 10mm plaster each side.