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Hi chaps... have been asked to spray wethertex mp44... havnt sprayed it before however it looks like I can just put it through a standard hopper with compressor.. am I correct or am I gonna. Need a bigger machine ?? Thanks.

Is that possible? I skimmed the ceiling first then artexed same day.... the amount of water retained in the skim.should easily have been enough ?

Afternoon chaps... just a quick question... has anyone ever had air bubbles in their artex ??? Has happened to me twice now and am keen to figure out what's happening... only thing I can think of is that maybe I am over mixing the artex ??? Have attatched pic

Really ? But if I had beaded then put rendaid with a stipple and then mono my overall depth for the mono would be under the specified 15mm after it was scraped surley? If mono can be laid on up 20-25mm think max surley rendaid then beading is the sensible way to go ? Again I'm a rookie with...

Oh s**t really? I figured it was next day especially in this heat ! Tbh rookie mistake i should have checked !! I'll swerve it till Friday to be sure thanks for the heads up !! Will I need to damp it down then or isit it suppose to be bone dry when laying on the mono??

Whys that mate?

Hi guys... hacked a small wall off today ready for mono tomorrow, only to discover it wa a mesh mash of bricks and blocks !! Rendaided over the top and put a stipple on but the blockwork has started to grin through as I was leaving... am putting 15 beads ontop tomorrow and then mono.... if its...

Afternoon chaps... how long have you left krend TC primer before going over with krend 1.5 TC.... iv always done the day after however I'm in a bit of a predicament that may require me to primer it on the Friday and come back to thin coat it on the Monday... can this be done ? Or do i have to...

Hi chaps!!!! Need a bit of advice.... have a job to patch repair render and have been asked to match this finish .... I think its actually had a textured paint on the top to create the texture... can't see how it can be done with render ...am I wrong ? P.s its not mono its sand and cement

Thanks @bobski Will keep this in mind... do I just damp the nhl undercoat with water or do I need to get a certain primer ordered?

Hi chaps... currently working on some lime walls and my surveyor had specified he wants me to use limelite high impact as s top coat... wanted the conserv top coat but this is what I have ended up with .... any advice or pointer to using it ? Have used NHL 3.5 as a backing coat.

Ha 9amp it it's then. Thanks guys

Hi chaps Looking at buying the dewalt cordless mixer (have the corded one already)... im looking at either the 6amp or the 9amp batteries... is there much noticeable difference In the power? Mostly using it for skim and a few bags of bonding/hardwall on domestics. Cheers

I would depending on price and location