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  1. M

    if any 1 can help

    Hello their how ya doing ????? Where abouts in the NORTH EAST do you live mate ??????
  2. M

    Distemper ??

    Sorry mate forgot to tell you that if it is old artex then if you just give the wall or ceiling a good coat of unibond and leave to soak overnight then it will just scrape off a piece of piss CHEERS MAGICMICK
  3. M

    Distemper ??

    Hello their mate you can tell if a ceiling or wall has distempa in it by rubbing your fingers over the artex and if it is like dust or powdery then i would advise you to remove the artex alltogether cos if you dont then you will of skimmed whatever you are skimming for nothing cos once old artex...
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    skimming

    Hello mate your not doing nothing wrong all you have to do is once you have finnished the wall compleatly and you can see the culler change then you have to go over the wall cross ways with a dry trowel . But remember to go over the wall lightly otherwise you might end up with trowel marks and...
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    Skim over Artex??

    HELLO mate the best thing to use on artex ceilings is to unibond the ceiling first dosnt matter about the big bits unless they are really big but go and buy a couple of bags of bondng coat fron builders or b and q . Aply the bonding coat to the ceiling first , that will get rid of the artex then...
  6. M

    barn convertion

    TELL THE c**t TO f**k OFF
  7. M

    plastering on me own

    Now then mate . You have a couple of choices ,,, One .... You can get it a ll in one if you are as good as me,, LOL YOU JUST MIX YOUR FIRST GUAGE UP , PUT ON TABLE THEN MIX ANOTHER UP STRAIGHTAWAY BUT A LITTLE WETTER THAN FIRST BUCKET THEN BY THE TIME YOU HAVE USED 2 BUCKETS UP YOU WILL LET THE...
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