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The joys of being a spread !!

The plastering was done 2 weeks ago and I was notified today about the cracks Minh ? The pva was fresh for that job ? I can cross out C through to F ! And maybe A too because the new skim where it's cracked is not hollow around the crack ? Which suggests its adhesion was good ?

A variety of walls really ? And this particular wall is an internal wall that's cracked ?

No it's not every job just on occasion really ? I didn't notice any existing cracks prior to re skimming otherwise I would of scrimmed them. ? They was good solid walls that got re plastered !! I'm stumped !!

They seem to appear randomly ??? When tapped around the area that's hairlined is not hollow or anything ? Which suggests the Re skim has taken well ? It's difficult on what to suggest the customer can do ?

Maybe customers are drying out the plaster too quick to get it painted?? This was one of my thoughts too artisan ?! But when asked that question they say that no heating has been on recently in that room ? Ya can't win !!

70% of the time I use uni bond pva and when it's possible I apply a plasterers primer such as thistle bond it ?? I always wash the wall first if its had wallpaper taken off recently ? And use multi to skim ?

Hi all , I've been a plasterer for nearly 25 years and in the last say 2 yrs I've had more feedback that my re skim work is getting more air line cracks than ever before !! Wondering if any of you guys are getting any similar feedback or can throw any light on the subject ? I've spoken to gypsum...

Yh my doctor had said only allow 3 at a push before operation ? Mine worked on second injection .. Be my knees next !!! Lol

If its getting that bad , you need to ask your doctor for a quarter zone injection , I tried tablets creams and potions !!! Eased for a while but always came back ! Finally I got my quarter zone injection on a Friday and rested it over the weekend and back to some light work on the Monday ...

I found my first coat very similar ! Although I didn't get big air bubbles I got lots of fine cracks on my first coat ! And like you say the second coat goes on mint !! What surface did you apply it on ? Cheers

Hi guys , new to this forum .. Looking around for other plasterers views on uni finish and fell across this plasterers forum ..... I've used this a couple of times over two different surfaces , the first being a slightly patterned artex ceiling , this setting time was quite normal also id like...