Recent content by zomex

I took a look today and I think i can save it (y) It's gonna take sanding and filling but that's the cost of learning. Will send a photo of the finished job but won't be able to continue with it until next week. As for doing a course it's a fair point. But the truth is that I don't have the...

Web development is a very skilled job also. Way different to plastering but the same in the sense that it's not easy to pick up and takes a lot of time to get any good.

That's a fair comment and I don't completely disagree. But in my case I am prepared to get better by doing, I have nothing to loose but time and the cost of plaster which is negligible. I have learned a lot of DIY skills over the years and plastering is by far the hardest. I am not expecting to...

Cheers for the support lads. Went from a plastering high where every wall was getting better to a low with this sh*t attempt. But there's a reason why plastering is avoided by most DIY guys. It's hard as f**k to do so fair play to you guys who make a living plastering. I did have the socket...

Haha you're right mate. I am a over thinker. Will see how it looks tomorrow

Today I went for it and it was a complete disaster. Used the half time stuff and found it was too slow. I think I would have better better off without it on this section. Got the first coat on and then used the speed scim and it was pulling off areas. I think my wall wasn't flat and these were...

Ah man that sounds rough! Can't imagine the pain of that. Every story I read said the same about the hospital treatment. My mate said it's the lime that is the big cause? Bonding must have no or little lime in it as I had no issues after washing out with water. Or I got lucky. I did get a bad...

A bit of a update. Wall bonded and first coat SBR coat (watered down) on my first plaster attempt. What do you guys recommend for the bonding. Is it best to PVA or SBR? Also plastered the window reveal. Quite a challenge as a beginner with all the angles. It's a do your best and fill the rest...

I've read some horror stories on how bad plaster is if you get it in a eye. So like a DIY guy I started wearing glasses for it. But when mixing bonding some got underneath the glasses and right in my eye. Thankfully that wasn't plaster ahh. Gone a bit OCD with the walls and I have used more...

Because during lockdown me and a mate gave it a go and half assed it before I knew any better. Since then I understand a lot more and pulled down everything apart from the window revewals (as they were well secured), a back wall (as it's well insulated with rock wall) and the cieling (also well...

Brace yourself - A Wickes basic trowel :D

That's too big for me to handle mate :LOL:

Yeah I will be. Will do 3 coats before. I also PVAed before bonding as it was painted plasterboard

Used bonding for the first time yesterday. Used it on the window reveal to get it flat and also on the ceiling where I used different plasterboard (went with separate plasterboard and PIR to save £££). Going to plaster the window reveals, get them finished while waiting for the double time stuff

Ah that guy I remember his videos. He's a beast. Most customers choose to go with pool liners (cheaper) which are heat welded so I haven't done any tiling yet. The pools he does are chemical free using filters. The rich love a "eco" pool :D