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I can see that they are fixed with clout nails.

He can't take my advice because he is in Spain right now. I don't know a lot about asbestos myself, so I was hoping to have an explanation for him before he comes home.

No it isn't a prefab building, it's all double skin brick walls.

It's fine then, it hasn't been drilled in to or broken. the sheets in the bedroom ceiling have been covered with plaster until now, but the sheets covering the garage ceiling have never been covered, will they still be safe? what about the ceiling in the bedroom? is there anything I can use to...

I knew I should have asked elsewhere for advice.

Thanks mate. is there any danger with it being uncovered between now and the time it is removed? the garage ceiling, directly under the room that has caused me problems is also lined with asbestos sheets. I have mentioned to him in the past that it is dangerous, but he insisted that it was safe...

I was recently asked to do a small job for a friend while he and his wife were away for two weeks. he wanted three ceilings skimmed, two over artex one which was heavily textured and had to be scraped while the other was a shallow popcorn effect, the other had just been plastered and painted...

I wish I was. maybe then I would know why plaster is going off so quick, and before I can do anything with it.

Thanks for the help anyway mate, I appreciate it.

The stuff I bought was all fresh.

I managed to get the bag on the wall and I did work pretty fast. but the last bit that I used for the first coat and what was left in the bucket was setting solid as I was finishing the first coat. as for the rubber buckets, do you mean the flexi tubs?

Do they come with screws that turn in the other way?

There must be some problem with it, otherwise this thread, WTF is going on with multi finish wouldn't have been started. so I'm not the only one who is having problems, but I am the only one being slagged off.

Bucket, mixer, water and tools are all clean, the plaster is all in date and I can get it on in time. why it is setting in the mixing bucket I have no idea.

I have bought bags from two different places and had problems with each.