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no it f......... hurts

i been plastering for two years and have started getting some pain in my elbow have always use a 14 inch trowels a couple of people have said changing to 13 inch trowel helps alot. can any one tell me if this will help befor i go and by one i dont realy want to go any smaller than 13 any one got...

on a job damp course has been don plaster has been taken off back to brick work ameter high, i have rendered,undercoated befor and then skimmed. but we always used dry coat its ready mixed and designed for use on damp courses all you do is just add water but on this job the customer want buy it...

hi im contacting on behalf of a friend he works for a collage teaching plastering,cos he couldnt cut it on site lol, they are buying a batch of 20 trowels for students they have decided on marshall town trowels ,there choose is between 14 5 perme shape or 14 3/4 the teachers all have different...

my skimming trowel died on me had it for years iv bought a mt 14 5 perma shape the thing is its shaped like a banana my walls are not as flat as were with my old mt trowel. will it flatin its self out or is that the way they stay. can anyone tell me were i can get a mt 14 5 trowel that is flat

i been working for some one for a year plastering,hes been pay my wages into my bank iv always payed my tax vever tried to fiddle it my wage went up 200 pond a coulpe of months ago just realised i never changed my tax payments i shiting it cos times are hard and could nt afford another bill i...

started out labouring for plasterer worked for timber wise it a damp proofing ferm hack of meter high, float out with dry coat its ready mixed and designed for the job, make sure you leave a key only had one come back where a slurry coat was needed but all jobs where acessed by specialist befor...

i to some times put first and secound coat on straight away depending on back grond but thats not my issue its the way he puts it on no matter what coat. i try to keep it even, moving trowel back over what i have spread on. he spreads one trowel motion next to each half over laping each.don t...

i been plastering for one year,i was tought when skimming to appie 1 coat even, i spread on the wall moveing trowel over it 2 or3 times geting it flat and even so theres know where for air to hide,total coverage, applie second coat in same way then leave it then flaten thats my wall done,add...

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lath and plaster house been emty for 6 months so was cold i had to strip two layers of wall paper off any ideas cos walls do not look good had to use fat in some places it was that bad

i am skiming my hall way,im puting first and second coat on then flatening it when firmed up but its blistering is it cos im work it to hard to get it flat should i be geting it flater on second coat when mix is wet so that i dont have to do much when i come to flaten it,will that stop the...