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    Ewi

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    Ewi

    Each to there own when you go on product course for weathby/alseco they do tell you to sponge base coat but if you decide not to then up to you when I did my nvq level 2 ewi we were taught to sponge up base coat to so go knows why no of you do it there's is no one on this planet who can spach a...
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    Ewi

    Of course but they produce the system its under there trade name the ewi system has nothing to do with k rend weatherby have a spec sheet which says the base coat is to be hit with a spachler then sponged up before you top coat if you follow the spec you should be sponging the base coat before...
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    Ewi

    Course they do so do alseco so to knauf there's to many company's that manufacture there own ewi systems to mention but you've got to follow the spec for each manufacture have there own spec we had the rep out from weatherby on Thursday to talk through an issue with the top coat and he went...
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    Ewi

    Take it you've never done a nvq level 2 in ewi or any product courses then ? because if you had you wouldn't be chatting utter poo if you knew what you were doing/ talking about lol
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    Ewi

    Weatherby insist you sponge your base coat as it opens it up to the air and helps drying process and the flatter the base coat it is easier to prime it/ top coat it
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    Ewi

    Why wouldn't you sponge your base coat iv been doing ewi for 5 years now and never heard of not sponging up do you just hit it with a spachler and just leave it ? Then top coat straight on top with out a sponge first ??
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    odd customer week

    Lol happens all the time I just put a big price in because I know there going to be a nightmare customer !
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    Beading 45 degree corners?????

    I'm so glad I joined this forum what a wealth of knowledge I'm in ore [emoji108]
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    uneven landing ceiling / over board / over joist

    I would just over board it screw into old joists and through a broom coat over it or bonding coat were its uneven low/high points get it as flat/ level as poss use a feather edge if needed then just two coats of skim if you don't want to do that just lower the ceiling with a hole new ceiling...
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    Cscs

    I would just do the test I had to renew my gold card last week just got the cscs operatives app on my iPhone it was only £5 I done a couple of mock before my test it cost £17.50 for the test they took my picture in the test centre before my test then all I had to do was phone up cscs and pay...
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    Plastering advice

    Wouldn't bother myself if I was you just get a plasterer to do it right first time it's false economy trying to do it yourself in the end you won't be happy and will still end up getting a plasterer in to do it after you've wasted your time and abit of money
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    Re skim blowing

    All of the above can cause the problem you've just got to scrape the walls as much as possible and pva or thistle bond the **** out of them and just hope.. it's happened to me before I think it was down to the walls being greasy/yellow down to them being big smokes in the house. I cleaned the...
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    Float and set

    Ceiling then the walls if it was me skim the ceiling and through couple of walls depending on the room size in one gage if your quick enough
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    New member

    Thanks everyone who's replied I'm sorry your back is sore TonyM hope it gets better soon [emoji106] @jesssop grab an early lunch mate live a little
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