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The Apprentice
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codehaseyes's post
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Newly Skimmed Plaster Blown?
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Thanks for the compliment Oxford language definition "a person of wealth or high social position"
Friday at 9:33 AM
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Coloured scrim tape??
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Bg tape is the stuff you want, it's orange and that's my preferred stuff, don't buy p1stopshop tape, it's shite. What you want is...
Mar 11, 2023
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Controlling Suction
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Suction control is really important when plastering, to much or to little causes issues. I’d guess that you didn’t apply the grit thick...
Mar 4, 2023
The Apprentice
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Dot and Dab Alternative
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This might help...
Feb 26, 2023
The Apprentice
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Thistle gypprime
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It’s definitely not SBR
Feb 18, 2023
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Gyp prime
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@The Apprentice one for you Gary.
Feb 17, 2023
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Gyp prime
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Someone should whip him with a hose pipe? The idea has some merit for sure.
Feb 17, 2023
The Apprentice
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Gyp prime
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Its fine for that, I’d suggest letting it down to suit the substrate but don’t kill the suction
Feb 17, 2023
The Apprentice
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Pain and tingles in left arm/hand
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Only you will know when it’s ready, we are all different. When it feels like it’s ready give it 2 or 3 days then try it
Feb 9, 2023
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Pain and tingles in left arm/hand
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Very few health professionals really appreciate the strain our trade puts on our bodies. We once worked for a high ranking...
Feb 9, 2023
The Apprentice
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Pain and tingles in left arm/hand
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Is it worth rushing back for a few days that could cause you more problems later on?
Feb 9, 2023
The Apprentice
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Hello new member
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Laths will expand when wet, they then dry out and the plaster will move and crack With any movement
Feb 8, 2023
The Apprentice
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Plaster over artex ceiling
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Visiting sites to help plasterers, amongst many other things
Feb 7, 2023
The Apprentice
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Plaster over artex ceiling
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To be honest I do very little plastering now, my role is to help fellow plasterers out, not that this as got anything whatsoever to do...
Feb 7, 2023
The Apprentice
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Plaster over artex ceiling
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Before my time but it was tested on approximately 250 different paints but not on dirty paint
Feb 6, 2023
The Apprentice
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Plaster over artex ceiling
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Just short of 45 years in, ffs you ever read a datasheet
Feb 6, 2023
The Apprentice
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Plaster over artex ceiling
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All the data sheets I’ve read on SBR, only about 4 mind you, and not 1 of them mentions using it for plastering.
Feb 6, 2023
The Apprentice
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Cracked asbestos artex ceiling
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All depends if you’ve watched someone die with asbestosis
Jan 23, 2023
The Apprentice
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Cracked asbestos artex ceiling
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It’s do’able but not safe. When the joists are located r even when fixing the boards fibres can be floating round in the air or when...
Jan 23, 2023
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Dot and Dab - damp circles thoughts??
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We do, every job big or small.
Jan 7, 2023
The Apprentice
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New years same s**t
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That’s so he can see over the steering wheel
Jan 4, 2023
The Apprentice
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Pain and tingles in left arm/hand
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Sounds like carpal tunnel, I’ve had the op and not had any issues since but you can’t even drive for a week after. Good time to book a...
Jan 4, 2023
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Shoot me now for asking
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Weak pva on the boards but don’t wet them to much
Jan 2, 2023
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