Recent content by worz

Many thanks , very helpful

Thanks, 5:1 the night before or?

A small area (about a quarter bag) was skimmed (2 coats onto board) - 3 days ago, the finish isn't great, bit bumpy etc, not bad for his first attempt. I'd like to re skim it, but have a feeling the existing plaster (not painted) will suck the water out of the new plaster instantly. Whats the...

prefer to board as the wall is crappy, crumbling etc.. is it ok to dot and dab board onto it?

Hi all, hope you can help here... A good friend of mine is renovating his bathroom, he has stripped the tiles off (adhesive will also be scraped off) the wall, ideally it needs to be plastered then painted.. I've done a fair bit of boarding now, and plastering at my house but it's always been...

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Thanks all, Beddy where abouts are you in the country? I have 2 that need doing, worn in but not sharp

Hi all.... Any tips on sharpening the trowels? tried sand paper and a sharpening edge but can't seem to get any kind of nice sharpness? thanks in advance

Ignore him mate he is a child who needs attention, if he doesn't get it he will have a tantrum and eventually go away. I read somewhere that the ts60 struggles with porcelain tiles, any truth in that? can't see me doing owt bigger than the ones I just did, 6x3 porc.. so something that makes a...

Thanks, makes sense. The deal feel through so I'm still looking, the tiles I just laid were 3x6 porcalin and i wasted many with bad cuts with a crappy big clanger cutter.. I'm drawn toward the tx 700 now incase I choose the same tiles for the kitchen and dina... I see the tx 700 would be ideal...

Looking into a Rubi cutter, have been offered some at a good price but have a few questions.. Aside from the obvious, what's the reason for the different cutters.. for example a ts 40 and a ts 60, why would you need the 40 if you have the 60? I've also seen a tx700 cutter, would this cover...

Cheers lads, knew I could count on you lot. I ended up carpeting it, actually looks pretty cool

Hi all, having some issues with over boarding the landing ceiling.. seems they are all off a bit so tried packing as I went along but it's getting messy now.. will probably just start over.. I watched a video about screwing new joists into the existing ones, over the old plasterboard then...

This is why I posted this as it seems some plasterers do and some don't.... hmmm