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    Sto render or jub render

    there isn't any difference in the product just different suppliers(makers) sto and 1 or 2 others u need to have licences to buy there products and use so u get there guarantee where others r cheaper alternative but similar finishes. u been recommended these as thin coat render and other sort of...
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    Mono straight edge

    It b I bar, u I bar it then quick nail float and final brush both ways, simples
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    K rend in the rain

    If u have got to do it cos of peer pressure just cover it during and after an do best job possible, in my eyes u done everything possible to do the best job, who in there right mind wants there exteriors plastered between late oct to early march with our unpredictable great british weather
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    Goggles and safety - anyone else find it a real pain the ass?

    Not good i had it working on a isg site, our qs asked them to sign a disclaimer incase we get dermatitis from hands sweating ( as we had to wear gloves and he was testing water) they wouldn't so we didn't have to wear gloves but rest is piss take specially when u take them off and see brick work...
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    weber ocr

    OCR is s*x to rub up, rule off and knock up either with cement mixer or drill and tub, simples , get on it
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    SM700 Pro

    Yea dont put it on thick bout 3 to 4 mm, it hang about for ages and u got let it pull right it b float, sponge it up and down cos won't sponge in circles , prepare to lose ur mind on this, the rep said it a poor mans render, couple a blokes used sponge float to rub up but never saw the finish ...
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    Looking for a start in london

    I remember getting the evening standard bout 10 year ago in the boom and the construction section used to be pages now u lucky if half a page and all of them agencies, we r screwed, I sub and our boss is inundated from agency firms asking if he wants cheap European labour
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    metre rates

    Spot on gibbo, and for the "spreads" that sponge float or one coat r normally the people ringing around for work weekly, they haven't got a good job in them and don't give a f..k to there standard of finishing!
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    Health and safety ...

    Site we r on , gloves,glasses,boots,hi vis no hop ups , podiums only allowed two wheels, but then I did monocouch and scaffold was set up to shockingly bad and wouldn't adapt so ad to grim and bear it, and the site agent fresh out of uni talks to u like **** so weren't long till got red carded...
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    K rend cleaning going wrong ?

    When was the render done
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    Dura Finish Who can apply it?

    I've never used on cement board but have used it on other back grounds an again it hang around for time for coffee between trowels, I always give it a polish when it a little harder or pulled in more then multi would.
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    tyzack

    Each to there own but no brainer for me it defo a wooden handle marshal town, I've had a tyzack and within months rivit popped and a mate got one he used for rendering and it's like a banana, but u choice I always check blade so no bowed b4 buy and also I get steel not stainless
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