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Forum: Tips And Tricks of The Trade

Any Tips or tricks of the trade

  1. artex walls

    Started by windy, 09-05-2010 08:23
    artex, artex wall, board, bond it, multi, plasterer, pva, wba, wickes, wickes bonding agent
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 444
    thfc191
    17-02-2012, 19:32 Go to last post

  2. dubbing our

    Started by OVERSKIM, 07-01-2012 11:43
    artex, bonding, float, funny, plaster, sand, site, spunky
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 274
    NPS
    08-02-2012, 21:52 Go to last post

  3. Cutting boxes

    Started by spunky, 07-01-2012 13:21
    beads, drill, job, put, spunky
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 220
    lucius
    03-02-2012, 22:39 Go to last post

  4. pulling inn???

    Started by Smurth1984, 31-01-2012 16:51
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    beads, board, board finish, cold, crack, day, finish, forum, gauge, house, how to, job, labourer, multi, petrol, plasterers, plunger, price, put, site, spray, trowel, walls, weather, work
    • Replies: 44
    • Views: 433
    irish_spread
    02-02-2012, 22:57 Go to last post

  5. plastering on hard pva

    Started by hector, 29-01-2012 21:19
    area, bond it, day, house, lime, nvq, plastering, put, pva, skim, skimming, spunky, walls, wickes, work
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 232
    jrplastering
    31-01-2012, 20:30 Go to last post

  6. Advice on laying on and trowel up

    Started by smoothy, 07-07-2011 15:13
    area, builder, covering, day, dot, finish, float, friend, how to, job, need help, nightmare, plaster, plasterer, plastering, plastering work, problem, rendering, skim, skimmed, sponge, sponge float, spunky, trowel, work 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 31
    • Views: 1,062
    andyR
    13-01-2012, 21:43 Go to last post

  7. Have i been taught right?

    Started by scotty3968, 30-10-2010 22:11
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    finish, float, good finish, how to, job, knauf, level, lime, mp75, plaster, plasterer, plasterers, plastering, plastering course, render, render systems, rendering, skim, skimming, sponge, sponge float, spunky, trowel, walls, work
    • Replies: 80
    • Views: 3,444
    DannyMac
    09-01-2012, 22:59 Go to last post

  8. Paper mashy top tip

    Started by Ahmed78, 11-12-2010 13:15
    board finish, bonding, brick, day, finish, float, hammer, level, plaster, plasterer, plasterers, plastering, plastic, pva, sand, tips, van, water, work
    • Replies: 34
    • Views: 1,078
    kebab king
    07-01-2012, 20:52 Go to last post

  9. Cheap Supplies

    Started by 1980Matt, 05-01-2012 11:27
    advertise, friend, work
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 104
    1980Matt
    05-01-2012, 11:37 Go to last post

  10. Bit of old school advice pls ..

    Started by andyR, 16-12-2011 22:48
    brick, cement, condensation, damp, damp?, external render, finish, float, house, job, lime, lime putty, plaster, problem, render, rendering, rip off, rising damp, sand, skim, walls, waterproofer, work
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 367
    alf
    23-12-2011, 16:52 Go to last post

  11. Siow the set down

    Started by stokplasterer, 04-03-2011 11:26
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bonding, carlite, cement, day, finish, gauge, gauges, hardwall, job, lime, mp75, plaster, plasterer, plastering, pva, render, sand, skim, skimming, tips, trowel, water, wickes, work
    • Replies: 68
    • Views: 2,028
    bubbles65
    10-12-2011, 21:12 Go to last post

  12. Large Wall , Not enough time!

    Started by peterramshaw, 10-10-2011 22:37
    beads, bonding, brick, cement, day, finish, hardwall, how to, job, level, machine, mp75, multi finish, plaster, plasterer, plastering, pva, render, sand, skim, skimming, walls
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 605
    murplastering
    04-12-2011, 15:10 Go to last post

  13. 2 best tips iv picked up from the forum

    Started by stokplasterer, 27-02-2011 18:32
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    angle, day, dot, fibre, finish, how to, paint, plaster, plastering, pva, scrim, skim, skimmed, skimming, snow, tape, tip, trowel, van, water, work
    • Replies: 52
    • Views: 2,154
    NPS
    04-12-2011, 10:02 Go to last post

  14. small areas to plaster

    Started by windy, 12-11-2011 21:13
    area, day, hell, plaster, trowel
    • Replies: 9
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    spunky
    22-11-2011, 19:50 Go to last post

  15. Word of mouth?

    Started by Ewing75, 25-08-2011 22:07
    advertise, competition, float, foreman, friend, funny, job, local, phone, plasterer, plasterers, plastering, screeds, site, skimming, van, website, work
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 366
    bill
    05-11-2011, 21:26 Go to last post

  16. Cream of Tartar

    Started by Artisan998, 21-10-2011 20:35
    aged, cement, drywall, finish, gauge, heat, plaster, plastering, site, skim, spunky, tip, work
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 470
    CKJ
    30-10-2011, 10:33 Go to last post

  17. wobbly rustic walls

    Started by mistersmooth, 24-10-2011 21:34
    job, plaster, plastic, plastic trowel, sponge, venetian plaster, walls, wanted
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 140
    Nisus
    24-10-2011, 21:48 Go to last post

  18. Angry My dad

    Started by Nerdy666, 04-10-2011 21:10
    forum, plasterers, plasterers forum, site
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 343
    mark ross
    15-10-2011, 23:39 Go to last post

  19. sheeting up

    Started by stokplasterer, 22-03-2011 10:29
    council, crack, day, forum, friend, insurance, job, plastering, plastic, price, pva, tape, tip, van, water, work
    • Replies: 34
    • Views: 909
    spunky
    11-10-2011, 21:10 Go to last post

  20. Warm up exercises on stilts!

    Started by Nisus, 07-10-2011 01:56
    day, plastering, plastering stilts
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 174
    henry
    07-10-2011, 19:15 Go to last post

  21. Mixing Small Buckets

    Started by vivajustice, 16-06-2011 13:32
    drill, mixing, plaster, refina, render, trowel
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 454
    Nerdy666
    04-10-2011, 20:30 Go to last post

  22. Keeping angles clean

    Started by windy, 21-11-2010 11:16
    angle, area, bead, damp, how to, plaster, plasterer, reveal, skimmed, skimming, sponge, spunky, tips, tools, trowel, water
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 873
    NPS
    02-10-2011, 23:48 Go to last post

  23. Teach me about......

    Started by Thomas, 26-02-2008 02:10
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    artex, bond it, bonding, builder, coving, day, funny, job, mesh, plaster, plastering, pva, sbr, skim, skimmed, skimming, spunky, tape, tiles, wba, wickes, wickes bonding agent
    • Replies: 44
    • Views: 2,395
    NPS
    26-09-2011, 11:13 Go to last post

  24. stopping plaster tearing ?

    Started by kemp, 16-09-2011 00:51
    bonding, finish, forum, friend, lime, painted walls, plaster, problem, pva, sand, skimming, spunky, trowel, walls, wba, work
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 369
    twitcher
    25-09-2011, 18:37 Go to last post

  25. WHAT MAKES PLASTER TEAR??

    Started by Barzie, 02-02-2010 17:56
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    area, bond it, cement, forum, funny, level, multi finish, painted walls, plaster, plasterer, plasterers, plastering, problem, pva, render, sand, skim, skimming, trowel, wba, wickes
    • Replies: 45
    • Views: 1,691
    lucius
    24-09-2011, 23:11 Go to last post

  26. Shelling

    Started by windy, 18-09-2011 22:08
    day, plaster, plastering, rendering
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 142
    Casper
    19-09-2011, 00:39 Go to last post

  27. ghetto blaster or dab

    Started by windy, 23-03-2011 00:29
    day, job, music, plaster, site, skimming, tape, tools, van, work 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 994
    mark ross
    14-09-2011, 23:29 Go to last post

  28. artex ceiling

    Started by nsm1982, 01-02-2010 23:34
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    artex, bead, beads, coving, overboarding, pva, scrim, skim, skimmed, skimming, tape, wba
    • Replies: 37
    • Views: 1,084
    beddy
    06-09-2011, 21:30 Go to last post

  29. masking tape

    Started by thebigfella, 24-08-2011 08:27
    area, hammer, how to, job, problem, site, solutions, tape, tips, work
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 299
    bubbles65
    04-09-2011, 20:57 Go to last post

  30. Dutch Pinns

    Started by RJM lime, 09-02-2011 18:56
    cement, float, joint, labourer, plasterer, plasterers, render, rendering, sand, trowel
    • Replies: 34
    • Views: 706
    Bad Marky
    26-08-2011, 19:46 Go to last post
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