Today was spent at the apartment resolving issues. Removing the groove tapes to reveal the brick wall took half a day. From a distance, the brick wall effect actually looks pretty good.
Unfortunately at close inspection, the workmanship was really unacceptable. The crooked groove lines and uneven brick design looks apparent. So the contractor agreed to redo the wall and use another application method to ensure a better execution next time. First of all, they need to remove everything that was previously done and restore the wall to original state.
By late evening, the wall was completely void. When the "bricks" were scrapped off, they came out taking the undercoat, emulsion and primer paint. Even the ultra hard compound plaster came off at some areas revealing the paint done by the previous owner! The sight of it was funny and pathetic at the same time.
While it seems that we are back to square one for this wall. Let's choose to believe that it's the beginning of better things to come! Well that is, in 2 weeks to come... =)
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