Recent content by Simonmc80

Hmm not sure mate I ordered it from Marshall Town website

Probably just new trowel problems mate never-ending haha just need get used to it

Feels too rigid like no give in it at all, like the actual sheet of steel feels way thicker than my usual trowel

It's a 13x5

Just ordered a marshall town steel and the thing is so rigid feels awful to put on with leaving tram lines everywhere even though I've rounded the heel corners. Just compared it with my old trowel and it's a lot thicker in width. Is there any reason for this ? (There's way to much difference for...

Yeah think it coukd be that using same stuff to lay down it's all the same colour as it picks up, probably just have to do rolling sets seems to take ages to finish a gauge using fresh

I know mate but usually that's how I'd spot them then use stuff from my first flatten to fill them

When skimming into an external bull nose fold up a plastic bag so it's got a good edge , dip it into a bucket of water then run it up the bull nose as close as you can get to the walls either side and you get a perfect finish on them

Anyone found that these are getting harder to spot since the 'no pva needed stuff' failure a few years back? I usually do a mix get the walls on and add water to my mix to 2nd coat, get it perfectly flattened but on my 2nd 3rd pass start to get the odd hollow appear but doesn't show with a wet...

Hi all just wondering if anyone has had any if these symptoms: Dull pain in arm/shoulder socket Tingling/numbness in arm,hand and fingers I'm 42 and have been plastering since I was 16 and had these symptoms for just over a week in my handboard (left) arm. It's not horrendously painful but very...