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Hi Paulydoodle are you keen to do mixing and learning? I'm based in Hornchurch and been plastering for 32 years and do work all over East london and Essex, just finishing a loft and house alterations in Cranham this week but start an Extension in Brentwood next week where i may need someone if...

Plastering/skimming on Artex is all about timing, i use to detest going over Artex when Multi first come out around 20 years back and nothing worse than when you keep trowling up and feel your not getting anywhere and your still trowling when it's changing colour, call me sad but i actually...

At £11 a bag its cheaper to use PVA and Multi, £5.50 a bag i may think about it.

Same here, knocking up for 2 price workers for years, £15 a day, over the moon and felt like a millionaire when I went up to £25 a day lol

I know but every shop these days seems to sell the red rubber handles.

Bring back the old wooden handles, so much better than all that rubber stuff, Hawks as well.

My local B&q is a mess with split Multi bags everyday, but as stated you have to twist them as their stuck with a lttle bit of glue, it you lift them then they tear, apart from that the actual Multi itself is lovely to use of late so well done BG.

I got one last week and have used it a couple of times, i've read the many threads on here re the speedskim and i'll have to give it a thumbs up, i just use it after i've applied my 2nd coat once, it's a lot quicker than a first trowel for sure, it's only really suitable on big areas, anything...

Always have used boards myself, i do mainly domestic which involves covering carpets with dust sheets, can imagine it would be very dangerous working on Stilts and dust sheets.

Surely the people with the most posts on here are the ones never at work :)

Sting & Andy Summers from Police and more recently the Reading ex Arsenal @ Man City goalkeeper Stuart Taylor

I use Multi on all backgrounds, i'm based in Essex and it seems the best it's been in years at mo especially since the bags have the advert on them with the new plaster coming out.

I've never had a problem rendering straight onto dashing as long as it's solid, you can't get a better key going onto stone.

Building sand always liable to crack more, I know of some spreads who put a couple shovels of sharp in with Building/pit sand, I've always stuck with Soft wash, harder to use but goes a lot stronger. Leighton Buzzard goes solid on the wall but I've always found its a fecker to use.

Thanks irish_spread, funnily enough that's the sand i'm using for the scratch coat at mo, it is quite white for soft wash so will give it a go, cheers mate.