Recent content by rosco

Hi I ended up bonding out the wall and put a bit of finish through the mix, let it go off and skimmed it (no pva). Worked a treat and was really happy with it, but i think next time i will try put three sets of finish on it. Thanks for all the advice

Evening all, Just wondering about a job i have to do tomorrow........ It's quite thick artex and it looks as though it has been painted quite a few times (dont know if that's a problem??) Everytime i use bonding to cover over anything quite thick it seems to either drag around a bit or looks...

Customers who stand and watch everything you do, i started a job yesterday and finished today and through the whole job the guy stood and watched me..........eventually i asked if something was wrong but he just said no, i'm very happy........... So why are you just standing there then...

It's part of a chimney breast, thats a good idea i think i will board over it. Cheers for the reply

Afternoon all, I priced a job yesterday that involves covering an old fireplace that has been removed and skimming it so that it matches the existing plasterwork, just to make it a little trickier there is a small vent at the bottom that needs to stay uncovered. Just looking for some general...

Thanks alot for your help, got it done this morning and it was fine. At least i konw for the future thanks again

Hi, Need to go to see a customer tomorrow to reskim a wall that has been slightly damaged when the joiners were fitting the kitchen units and worktops. Not quite sure if i just give the plaster a quick pva and crack on or if there is something i need to do to prep the wall first?? It was...

Evening all Just went to price an insurance job tonight for the first time and the insurance company want a "quantified quote" (very posh) Never done this before and was wondering if someone would give me a template for breaking down the work ie. breakdown costs of materials and labour...

Yeah the plaster slides off and i think it is painted with silk, maybe thats the answer??

Yeah it slides, and yeah the artex is painted in silk........do you think that could be it???

Cheers guys,will put it into practice tomorrow. I see what you mean now about the first coat taking in before putting on the second. hopefuly won't happen again.

It was just two little patches that it dragged on, just confused as to why its happening. Maybe i'm not mixing up right ie. too much or not enough?? maybe it's one of life's unanswerable questions like how do you know when you've ran out of invisible ink or why do round pizza's come in square...

Right everytime i have looked at a posting and see the phrase "puting on a tight coat" i have always wondered what was meant??? The plaster was dragging with the trowel but not just on high spots, i'm ripping my hair out(and not got much to play with by the way) so far we have ruled out high...

It happened once before and i put it down to the pva, but it was tacky when i applied the first coat. I also had great difficulty going round light switches and the like, when someone is teaching you why is it on a freshly sheeted wall and not with radiators, alarm boxes, light switches and the...

Just your bog standard pva, i know it says on the side of it to dilute 6:1 for first coat blah blah blah but i just dilute it til it looks right, it was covering artex, do you think this has anything to do with it??