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hi guys been to look at a job today and its just a couple of walls want re-skimming ..th thing is the stuff thats on the walls now looks and feels like sandpaper has anyone come acroos this stuff b4 ?? will i be ok wi just a couplke of coats of pva then multi ???

ive got a ford transit on an 03 plate only got 53000 miles on it aswell and its just sailed through its mot (thank god ) ....drinks the diesel though ???

ill keep me eyes open for some .cheers church

going over artex i used to hate , but most of my jobs now seem to be covering them up and find them no problem now . i always give it a good scrape first 2 - 3 coats of pva depending on size of ceiling . 1st coat quite thick whack it on flatten then let it pull in as much as possible then get...

cheers lads i wasjust about to ask the question about the artex stabilex too . not come across it b4

cant really do the hardwall cos still got skirting board on and coving aswell . did a job like this b4 and the skim just dried and cracked that was after about 5 coats of pva it was a nightmare . this gyprime how much is it and where dya get it from . or wouls it be best just to use me spare tub...

cheers dpbeds ive got a tub of wba in the van . that will do it ok will it .also ive heard things about thistle bonbit any ideas wot thats like ? cheers does it kill all suction ? how much does it cost? and where dya get it from ??

hi guys gotta wall to do , the customers have taken wallpaper off and it has pulled the skim off back to the old render . the render when u touch is bone dry and crumbles when u touch it . is there a product that u can use to kill the suction . i thought about going over it wi hardwall but the...

i just leave my trowel in a bucket of water overnight then just rub wi some fine sandpaper comes out like new everytime

where i live we have a booklet which goes to all the houses , it comes out every 2 months and it costs me around 60 quid depending on the size of ur ad .. i get most of my work through this booklet ,having the van signwritten helped aswell

if the wall looks fine when painted dont worry mate ......could be somet to do wi how much water u put on when doing final trowel

aye .. i just purchased a tube of beads from b&Q 10 x 2.4m lenghts for £5.99 ....wonder why there so cheap at the moment ???

i did a bedroom couple of months back .. pvad as usual starting whacking 1st coat on and b4 i was half way across wall it started to dry out and crack like crazy paving .. anyway i came on here and asked the guys why and got replies wi it been a high suction wall soak it 1st wi water to stop it...

well said boys .. there is always something that pops up wot u dont know . thank god for u guys on this forum cos uve all helpedme out so much

thats wot i thought about doing rob . cheers , but i always like to ask the guys on here

went to price a job today a bloke been doing a bit of renovating to his house wants me to skim few rooms to finish it all off .... the bit that is puzzling me his that he,s boarded a section of his hallway which meets up to an existing wall ... but the boards are about 3mm off the level off the...

fixing plate ????????????????????????

no difference big mart just enquiring

cheers for the replies lads but im still confused some of u say stop beads and some say dont

smiths ... top top band oh yes

it used to be radio 2 all day for me .. but now im really into radio 1 ( think im going through a midlife crisis ;D)

do any of u guys do 2 coats from the same mix ?????

i think everyone does it different . i worked wi a spread who just whacked 1st coat on as fast as he could thick lines everywhere and as soon as he,d got first coat on he was striaght back to the start applying the 2nd coat from the same mix . must admit he did get a good finish but i prefer to...

aye ... anyway she rang back yesterday wanting it doing on wednesday cos thats when a said i could fit her in .. anyway i told her she was to late for the wednesday now ive booked someone else in .told her if she,d made her mind up when i was there she would have got wednesday . told her she,s...

so just skim away like i would on plasterboard ... no need to pva ???

cheers lads ill go wi the stop bead me thinks ..... erm steve just explain wot u mean about the small rule thing abit more please it might come in handy in the future lad

been to look at 2 jobs this week where customer has a 2 adjoining walls (ie external angle so usually put an angle bead on and skim both)but both customers have said " theres nothing wrong wi that wall just want one wall doing " ive explained the benefits have having both done wi putting angle...

a friend of mine has just boaded his box room out ready for me to go round and skim . he rings me up all excited telling me he,s finished and i can go skim anytime . i went round yesterday just to check his work... his boarding was spot on . but then i asked him why he didn,t use plasterboard ...

cheers lads all advise taken

ok flynny thanks for the advice

point taken pal . but this was the smallest room in the house . and when i gave her the price she said god if its gonna be that much for this room how much are the others gonna cost ( the other rooms were twice the size ) i honestly dont think she ia clued in to wot prices are for plasterers ...

i know mate . u make the effort to go there at wot time they say and get treat like a dog ... the thought did cross my mind

aye thats true mate .. but i was thinking that she wants the whole house doing room by room so i thought if i get my foot through the door and do a good job and get to do the other rooms i could pull it back that way

thats wot i was thinking mate . its in the same vilage as me so dont have to drive miles i reckon i could do it all in 2 hits so if get early start could be home by 2 -3 ish but not gonna go any lower than that or as u say might as well work in call centre or greenhouses

bloody hell mate she would have had a heart attack i think she was expecting to get it all done for about 20 quid

lol ;D

went to look at a job today boys ... an old cottage really really high ceilings .. anyway the place is riddled wi artex , she wanted me to skim the ceiling (not to big) and 3 sloped walls which come down three quarters to meet the straight bit of the wall which goes to the floor .. i reckon...

ok cheers for your replies lads ....

ive had a go at widening the 90 degree beads b4 .didn,t do it to well >:(so if i use a stop bead can i still skim both sides ????

please explain ???? and does that mean u dont get a wider angle bead????

been to price a job up today ... anyway part of it is a sloped ceiling wot leads into a small window half way down the slope i need to put anglebead up but the angle is greater than 90 . do they do beads wi wider angles and wheres best place to get em from ... cheers

cheers for all your replies lads all your advice is greatfully recieved ... been back to look at it today and it was oil based paint ... anyway ive managed to talk him round to him taking his coving down and doing an overboard .............. is there a way i can spot oil based paint in the future

cheers for the advice lads ... im checking it out on friday ...so ill stop beating myself up ..... feel a little better now .

ok thanks ...but how do u spot things like this ... and wots me next step cos no point skimming again

im going back on friday to check it out . but not sure wot to do or wot to advise him

cheers pal for that .. so wots my next step theres no point skimming it again is there

im feeling pretty low boys i need the help of this forum now cos my head is spinning ... heres the story did a box room for a mate 10ft by 8ft ceiling just over old emulsion . no wallpaper on there no backing paper on no artex on none of that shiny paint s**t.. straight forward i thought a few...

i can reply now chris now i can get back on site ... it was a big job pal .... me shoulder was numb by time we,d finished but like u said mate job turned out good in the end ;D

been away over xmas guys got back come on the site and everything seems to be working fine again ;Dcongrats to mr spoon and troweladdict been promoted to moderators

come on danny its been nearly 2 weeks now ... i cant read any posts mate