Recent content by mickey07

You want to see the joint all the way around 1/10....why didnt they just take the cove down and put new up I said...his answer was?i don't know...it looks total shite.

Hi chaps it's been a while since I posted on here,anyway skimmed my mates kitchen out the usual crack bit of bonding here and there then a skim,anyway he told me he had his through lounge ceilings doing overboard and skim a few years ago,went in and took a look!ffs....they only overboarded with...

How many times do you get the knock back when you say its a £25 charge per quote?

How do you other plasterers rumble a customer when you know they are just using you for a quote and got no intention giving you the work??as for myself,when they phone I instantly ask them for the insurance company they use,and 9 times out of 10 they immediately tell you (which is good) but to...

update on the paint/plaster blistering....went back there this morning 3 blisters about an 1" inch in size,back of the van pollyfilla out,filled holes,(told him to rub them in when dry) job done.....now even if i wasn't in this game,i would know to put a little bit of filla in there,infact even...

£75 a wall i charge for an average living room/bedroom ,£130 for a ceiling,then chuck the mats on top then a £10 diesel....

so hes proberly using a vinyl product, when he should be using a matt emlusion watered down 50/50???feckin hope so anyway as i aint come across this before....

thanks tony will take that on board

to be honest essex thats what ive been thinking,but just thought i should help him out a bit,i just wanted to rule out a bag of bad plaster(but it went on sound enough and troweled up like normal)plus it was a month ago since i finished the job as well....

hi chaps just a quick one,had a call last night off this customer of mine where he said on this one wall in the box room that when he added the emulsion undercoat to the new plaster it started to blister and bubble up???thats a new one on me as i aint had it before on any jobs....any ideas...

spunky just took a look at your link and thats the baby i got....

nice one mate thanks for the advice.....

it has got two holes on the handle spunky,just above the part where you grip it mate....where can i get a pole from then bud?

No mate,its just says a "finishing spatula" for plaster,got it from refina,its got a black handle and very thin blade...(sounds the same as what your on about)

Hi chaps,got myself one today from refina, 22 inch.Thought id invest in one for the ceilings,anyway just want to know the pro's and con's with them,plus does anyone use them for finishing walls as well???as im just thinking are they mainly for ceiling work...p.s. took your advice from here on a...