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Been looking at buying one of these but not sure which one? Are they used just for flattening once you have plaster coated on?

I've not long served my 4 year apprenticeship in plastering and have been thinking about working abroad. Currently working for the local council and although it's easy enough and a pretty secure job working in a different country is more appealing. What country's are in high demand of...

I'm an apprentice and the majority of work for my company is external

If i bond out a wall and want to skim it the same day how do I know when the bonding is ready to be skimmed on?

Read that Stabaliser is the solution for distemper then pva once dry?

As the title says? Going to use it on distemper then pva. Tried b&q but couldn't find anything

Just been reading about distemper could this also be the problem? I'm not to sure how to recognise if the walls are distemper or not. Just worried incase the walls I've skimmed aren't sound aye may be blown

Hi new to this forum and my first post! Just started a job skimming an old flat, walls are flat and straight enough to be skimmed without an undercoat so pva'd first 2 walls today then 2 coats of multi finish. All was fine but it did start to take up reasonably quick, when it came to first...