If you think you can or you think you can't, your exactly right! I learnt how to do this...and I'm a right t**tWould love to be able to do something like that so much skill
My second week working as a labourer, We had a restoration job replacing enrichment details on the outside of a shop in Cheltenham - mainly freehand mouldings. Walked past that shop for years laffing at my effort...looked less like a fleur de Lis and more like a fleur de turdAnybody doing a full apprenticeship with the 3rd year advanced craft or called some other b*ll***s these days should know/be able to do this kind of work
@mikeadams1985 hes not far from you and he is awesome at this kind of workWell it's a nice skill to have never went to college learnt the hard way with other spreads never had chance to have a go.
Is he busy with it I've heard you can earn some serious money doing it@mikeadams1985 hes not far from you and he is awesome at this kind of work
As far as i know yes he is he comes from a family who have done this work for decades. Hes a good egg too and helped me out on one of my jobs hopefully hel pop along and say hello etc?Is he busy with it I've heard you can earn some serious money doing it
Is he busy with it I've heard you can earn some serious money doing it
Well it's a nice skill to have never went to college learnt the hard way with other spreads never had chance to have a go.
Don't myther yourself about that. Buy a book called...wait for it...Plastering by J B Taylor (I bought it 20 odd years ago), it's a brill A-Z of all plastering solid & fibrous work. Read it then read it again - and I fills a huge understanding gap of the craft. The render section is the dogs - it has stuff like; Depeter, Sgraffito, Reticulated & Vermiculated patterns. If you only learn one thing this week, Its buy that bookWell it's a nice skill to have never went to college learnt the hard way with other spreads never had chance to have a go.
Shame that so much character aswell it breaks my heart when I see people move into property's and destroy every original feature in therei spent the first year of my apprenticeship knocking this stuff down. very unpopular in the 60s.
Get yourself on youtube and watch some stuff a chap by the name of RWF and some numbers goes by you will love it and learn a lotDon't myther yourself about that. Buy a book called...wait for it...Plastering by J B Taylor (I bought it 20 odd years ago), it's a brill A-Z of all plastering solid & fibrous work. Read it then read it again - and I fills a huge understanding gap of the craft. The render section is the dogs - it has stuff like; Depeter, Sgraffito, Reticulated & Vermiculated patterns. If you only learn one thing this week, Its buy that book
Has he read J B Taylor though?Get yourself on youtube and watch some stuff a chap by the name of RWF and some numbers goes by you will love it and learn a lot
That is a great book read it 20 year ago mselfHas he read J B Taylor though?
All we get asked to do round my way is try and tart it up, even the richer folk never want to pay for filling and sanding never mind new, just saying like.Is he busy with it I've heard you can earn some serious money doing it
Haha tight arses up your way vince??All we get asked to do round my way is try and tart it up, even the richer folk never want to pay for filling and sanding never mind new, just saying like.
I had a dead fat woman who sat reading a book on her kindle for two days straight, I never saw her move and never got a single coffeeHaha tight arses up your way vince??
The job I'm on he's been in all day and never got offered one cup of tea
Go straight up to said customer and say " do you know the alphabet"?....then what comes after the letter S? THEN FOOKIN GET ONE ONHaha tight arses up your way vince??
The job I'm on he's been in all day and never got offered one cup of tea
I can't get over that when a customer does it its a pet hate it's worse when they make food right in front of you and not offer you anything.I had a dead fat woman who sat reading a book on her kindle for two days straight, I never saw her move and never got a single coffee
Fatty must have had a stash of food behind her seat...I had a dead fat woman who sat reading a book on her kindle for two days straight, I never saw her move and never got a single coffee
I got offered sunday dinner a few weeks ago when I was at a house on a sunday, I didnt take them up on it but thought it was niceI can't get over that when a customer does it its a pet hate it's worse when they make food right in front of you and not offer you anything.
Haha I'm not like that me dad is he always says is your kettle broke to which they reply no he says not sugar but milk pleaseGo straight up to said customer and say " do you know the alphabet"?....then what comes after the letter S? THEN FOOKIN GET ONE ON
I've had some great meals of customers don't get me wrong I had a fresh cooked home meal everyday for a week off some guy had takeaways and things too .I got offered sunday dinner a few weeks ago when I was at a house on a sunday, I didnt take them up on it but thought it was nice
Yep, that's something I have to think about twice now. A family asked if I wanted some dinner as I was working late at their - it was a really yum smelly peanut curry, when I sat at the table there were no plates just a big 'sharing bowl' in the middle of the table...yukI got offered sunday dinner a few weeks ago when I was at a house on a sunday, I didnt take them up on it but thought it was nice
Off a guy...what were the 'things too'??I've had some great meals of customers don't get me wrong I had a fresh cooked home meal everyday for a week off some guy had takeaways and things too .
Who lived with his wife and kids he was a good cook.. other things like different food not sexual pleasures I've only ever heard off one person that they wanted to trade it for that apparently had a boob job aswell.. he never did thoughOff a guy...what were the 'things too'??
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Nice work mateI usually get at least one cornice job a month. There is good money in it and breaks up the boredom of skimming! Here's a few I done last month
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Okay, I've had a good look now....I still prefer my TimexGet yourself on youtube and watch some stuff a chap by the name of RWF and some numbers goes by you will love it and learn a lot
I used to like fibrous even won a trophy for it
I had to construct a turning box to create a reverse mould for a column with a entasis in it which i could then cast off two sides to make a column with a round plinth and Doric capdid ya?
What was it that you did to win?