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Just want to know who is using the MP finish and the way your doing it also what backgrounds your using it on?
 
If i remember right I think @Casper might be your man or at least one of a few who uses it regular sure i read one of his posts a few month back and he uses it regular :RpS_confused:
 
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used it on a variety of backgrounds over past few weeks and seems bang on. board, re-reskim, bonding that was green, dried bonding on some turned coving, only one i had slight problem with was artex. did an artex ceiling and although it went on okay in the end, it did blister. quite a bit. to the extent that i had to hard trowel the next morning. then it was very nice. don't usually get blisters when using multi, if you know what i mean. you can generally judge the suction just looking at it. maybe i was just off with that one. doing another artex ceiling with it friday so will know better then. and reskim hall stairs and landing beginning next week that will suck in ...
 
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whats your processes for putting it on and troweling it up?
At the knauf day the guy there sprayed it on sponged it then gave it a few trowels and his finish was shite.
currys wall was ok but didnt see how he did it and everyone else didnt do great so im none the wiser.
 
whats your processes for putting it on and troweling it up?
At the knauf day the guy there sprayed it on sponged it then gave it a few trowels and his finish was shite.
currys wall was ok but didnt see how he did it and everyone else didnt do great so im none the wiser.

:RpS_laugh: say what you see

just two coated it like multi with the tyzack. second coated right after the first. second coat went in real nice. then finished with the tyzack and very very light mist from the pump action. then dry trowelled. it was just the timings that i found different. plus it was like your trowelling velvet or something. really nice. and on the reskim parts it was pulling in pretty quick, like you'd expect.

just had the ccf bloke on the phone today to say he's sending out the trade card. be interesting to see what it's priced at. been paying about £7.60 a bag or something. should have tried the tp trade card with them but didn't think. probably wont be much cheaper anyway.

going to throw loads on with the h/s/l next week because of the set. it'll be sink or swim ....
 
:RpS_laugh: say what you see

just two coated it like multi with the tyzack. second coated right after the first. second coat went in real nice. then finished with the tyzack and very very light mist from the pump action. then dry trowelled. it was just the timings that i found different. plus it was like your trowelling velvet or something. really nice. and on the reskim parts it was pulling in pretty quick, like you'd expect.

just had the ccf bloke on the phone today to say he's sending out the trade card. be interesting to see what it's priced at. been paying about £7.60 a bag or something. should have tried the tp trade card with them but didn't think. probably wont be much cheaper anyway.

going to throw loads on with the h/s/l next week because of the set. it'll be sink or swim ....

I thought you had to wait 20-30 mins between 1st & 2nd coat jezza? Just going off the bloke on the knauf vid like

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right. maybe. just went by the bag instructions. 1st coat, second coat, leave 45 minutes etc. doesn't mention that on there. went in nice straight off. by the time i'd first coated half the room it might have been fifteen or twenty minutes .... maybe that's why i got the blisters on the ceiling .... :RpS_unsure:
 
the ceiling i did on sat i one coated left it for about 50 mins it was wet as fook it wouldn't trowel up at all so i sponged it then troweled it and managed to get paid :RpS_blushing: it took 3 hours to do it. weird stuff.
 
Was it PvA on your Artex ceiling or Betakontakt @Jurek?
I always use Betakontakt if I have to skim Artex and when using thistle board finish I second coat at least 20 mins later than if I was skimming onto board. There are often blisters in the first coat so have to be a bit more patient and I know from when I used to use the knauf gear years ago that it takes even longer.
 
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:RpS_lol:

i will do a video on friday of the application process. just been reading back through the threads on it and looking at that knauf vid. seems like a lot of people don't like it or have had problems. maybe i was just lucky. but i did put it on like it says on the bag. two thin coats, not one thick one. quick flatten inbetween, where it needed it, trowel up with very little water and dry trowel. think it's picked up fast on the reskim and the bonding and has worked out fine. but that i've second coated too soon on the ceiling, which was a smaller panel and went on in ten minutes. hence the blistering. not sure. you know when its picked up and ready to second coat. all backgrounds differ. same with multi. if i you followed to the letter on the multi bag the gear would have gone off on you half the time. and that bloke in the knauf is going on board isn't he? i was going a liquorice feckin allsorts background
 
if i had 2nd coated the ceiling i did on sat it would have took 4 hours (fuk that) i never 1 coated with multi and the reason i did with the mp is because of the demo we went on.
Ill 2 coat next time and just do a big hit with it.
 
was laughing at jesssop, james. no it was pva with a bit of blue grit mixed in. wasn't a "shiny" ceiling, and it wasn't a deep artex that i was going over. so first coat wasn't too thick. just second coated too soon. not as much suction as the walls.

did a small vestibule with it couple of days ago and it was fine as well. second go at artex on friday, like i say. large lounge ceiling. i've got the time that day for the unexpected so i'll stick with it. if you don't give it a go you'll never learn how to use it.
 
if i had 2nd coated the ceiling i did on sat it would have took 4 hours (fuk that) i never 1 coated with multi and the reason i did with the mp is because of the demo we went on.
Ill 2 coat next time and just do a big hit with it.

Were you going onto board? I would have thought the scrim would have more chance of showing through with mp just one coating it.
 
no it was shiny as fook artex pvaed. the mp finish dont shrink like multi. non of the artex was visible when it was done it was just a pig of a job getting it there.
The guy a knauf said it only needs one coat.
 
Can't believe that they sponged it at the knauf day, I never did and as said below just two hits but different timings.
 
Yep thats what im gonna do from now on. I just wanted some imput from regular users of the stuff
 
nope. read through some of the other threads, though, and apparently it sponges nice. and if the man from knauf say yes ......
then again, jesssop said it looked like he'd put it on with his cock when it was finished.

i'll stick to my two thin coats .. :RpS_thumbup:
 
jesssop, if it was shiny shiny and then you pvad it would have hung for ages with the multi wouldn't it?
 
One coat when spraying it mp. 2 coats by hand put your secand coat on about 30 min after first coat. 2 more trowels after that finished. That's over bored. Reskim put your secand coat on about 40 min after first coat 2 more trowels finished. I don't use water.
 
thanks, chlemo. i will follow that next time out :RpS_thumbup: with a bit of improvising probably. oh, and arti :RpS_thumbup: lucky it came off for me those first attempts. must just be a natural.
 
One coat when spraying it mp. 2 coats by hand put your secand coat on about 30 min after first coat. 2 more trowels after that finished. That's over bored. Reskim put your secand coat on about 40 min after first coat 2 more trowels finished. I don't use water.
Chlemo why do you put 2 coats on if you do it by hand and only 1 with a machine?
 
Chlemo why do you put 2 coats on if you do it by hand and only 1 with a machine?

Tbh that's what it says on the bag. But I find when I spray it it's a lot nicer and easyr to finish. We fill out the joints first by hand then spray. I find I can spray on a good depth. We find when we spray we finish sets a good bit quicker.
 
No mate I was 17 then and more than likely to pissed lol

What was that all about then?

one of the guys showed us how to apply and finish their multi and board finishes and one coat plaster. There was a good turnout ( free bacon sarnies) but mixed reviews. I used it for a couple of years but went back to BG as at the time I didn't like it in the winter, a bit too slow to set.
 
if i had 2nd coated the ceiling i did on sat it would have took 4 hours (fuk that) i never 1 coated with multi and the reason i did with the mp is because of the demo we went on.
Ill 2 coat next time and just do a big hit with it.

2 coat by hand one straight after the after
 
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