vertical scratch for me.............bubbles has some pics of the very scratch technique
Wavy, wavy, wavy!!View attachment 1733
I'm straight :RpS_thumbup:
But your boyfriend isn't?
Yeah I have, but do you -really? and WHY?????
I was taught to do it horizontally and an old boy I worked with always said a wavy scratch was a sign of a cowboy :-0 "Too much time on their hands if they're making fancy patterns"
BUT, I can see your point about it holding the water :RpS_thumbup:
Hmmm, well we all are up here then cos it's unusual to see a wavy scratch round these parts :RpS_blushing:
There are loads doing it straight down here as well mate.
will need to have a look into this, where you getting this info, i have only ever seen 1 guy do the wavey scratch it was on site years ago, i think most guys up here do it straight
Defo wavy.
Two reasons. The first is as the water wants to run down the wall, the water will collect in the bottom of the waves and so creating uniform wetness all over. If you do straight horizontal it will not be bang level so the water will run down the scratch to the lowest point making it wet and the highest point will be dry. No good when you dashing and a pain when you rubbing up with one area wet another dry.
sorry but i dont agree,because even in a straight scratch your gonna get high points as well as lowpoints,(you dont scratch using a level) so it contradicts what you are saying , i would rather the water run away on a straight scratch than being trapped in the wavey scratch,been scratching straight for 30years never had any agg with it blowing (touch wood) .
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Anyone got a link where it says straight scratch is recommended?