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    skill builder plastering video on you tube

    Hello people, aint been here for a while but saw this video and thought it might be of interest to some people
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    gutted about ya pension but hell 14 years younger fair play
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    lol you are a funny bunch, I should have figured what you were talking about with that hawk video lol @JessThePlasterer @The Hobo @bof
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    What's a handboard hobo?
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    LOL give me some credit (not much like)
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    Here are pictures. and also pics of the hole in the plaster I covered up hopefully! and the bricks i used to re-fill hole with polystreene blocks 7 @Gavine The First
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    Ah right, yeah I should have said about this but it was a wall with 1/2 inch plaster on it already, so i just just replaced the whole with new plaster of same thickness. Then what I said I did at the beginning of this was referring to 2 skim coats. I did think about boarding but the wall is on...
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    Will do mate, when it's proper dried :)
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    Glad ya like it Gavine, I did go on a bit! Don't think I've got the gift but am willing to try harder...like I was told in school and didnt lol! I draw extensions and that at the moment, not well paid really or rewarding, plastering bloody is though! I got a builder mate coming round soon, I'm...
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    lol Well I did have a Honda Blackbird for around 5 years until last year, but it was getting old and bookkeeper said I could get a newer bike and claim it as a tax deduct but it had to be only 2-3 years old, so I got a BMW K1300S...I have become my Uncle lol Evening! Oh yeah, whale of a time...
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    I said it before, jesus (newbie plastering)

    Hey all, Cheers again for the warm welcome So this is just to make you pros smile and a reminder that what you do is bloody difficult. Started with a knackered wall in my new gaff (about 12-14 sq. m.), took 2 layers of wall paper off hiding a mess of a wall. tapped it and it was loose in a 4...
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    My god it ain't easy

    Cheers mate, and I like the hat icon thing lol
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    My god it ain't easy

    Cheers pal
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    My god it ain't easy

    It was It was, I'm not abusing someone else's gaff to learn a skilled trade! Cheers everyone for the welcome, I hope apprenticeships come back, good way to learn for some. Especially people like me that have to do, to learn!
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    My god it ain't easy

    Evening all, Did a small wall today after several practice areas (above doors in narrow hall way), I tip my hat to you pros, damn near crippled me. You got my respect any day of the week, one of them horrible jobs where you've gotta be strong with it and think about what you're doing. I hope...
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