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I realise this post is 5 years old. What ratio, water, white vinegar and powder do you use?

Just had a phone call saying she will pay half the bill tomorrow. So I said no as you are not happy with the cove I will take the money off the invoice for that and you pay the remainder, then once the cove is to your satisfaction then pay for that. She said no I'm not doing that,

I can cove, it just makes more sense if I have a lot on to get him in to put it up and I can move on to the next job.

Would of said to him to get another couple of quotes and compare, don't get the hump. Give him a bell after a week and ask how your quote faired up.

Yes I rung her this afternoon, but to be fair I left the ball in her court when I text her yesterday to ring me back lol, maybe I am far too soft? Think I will send my missus in hahaha.

I think my phone must of been cut off? she hasn't rung me today either!

Cant beat sand and cement and skim finish, done properly its the best finish imo. Even hardwall and skim is a nice finish. Float and set all day long lol

Fair play lol

Shovel twitch

worked 7 til 5 and not really doing long hours?

Bond it and use a template out of ply to rule (as such) upright and skim freehand, alternatively plastic stop bead the top and bottom (Packing out where necessary to form a good radius) bond out and rule off the beads then skim.

Hmm, I was asked many times to go to my local BNI and I accepted the offer. Hmmmmm, interesting experience one thing is you pretty much lose Friday so you can write off that day work wise and use it to quote and invoice do banking etc etc, on my visit I got 2 referals, I chased them up during...

Contradiction?

lol, I know my missus just said wtf you typing an essay there? Annoying isn't it! to the point of wanting to go round and take everything down and leave it the same as we started, and saying please find someone else bye!

Quoted for a job this December just gone, Woman had her artex ceilings re-skimmed (By a local plasterer) and wasn't happy as they were all cracking. She wanted the ceilings overboarded and skimmed, I suggested as there were quite a few cracks running through and some into the cove that she...

hmmm, i was on a job over the summer where the spreads was plonking on hardwall over old siraphite walls that had been pva'd, devil them up and skim the next day. doubt it stayed on the walls to be honest i think they were doing it so they could book in float and set money?

Lets have it right! That price is the same as what it was 20 years ago!! Come on are you going to work for those rates? I know you always get the lads that will do it. But this is why plastering is never going to pay a reasonable wage anymore, there are too many skimmers calling themselves...

Just tell the builder to get board in lol not hard is it? Unless your scared? Lol what's all this about clay? Lol Hahahaha

Truth bruv! And i never swore lol

Switched to board finish the past year or so and it is so much better than multi! Multi is like spreading gritty clay and trowells up like clay, its shite it stripes up if it has little background suction. And its very fatty, board is creamy to apply, you can build it out better than multi and...

Yeah seen a few threads, curriers posts i have sort of followed on this i know he is using spray finish applied by machine but it the same finishing principle remains i would of thought? Cheers

Sand and cement all the way! As long as its gauged and mixed correctly according to the background then it won't crack or blow, but as it is now with everyone wanting it done asap and as cheap as poss the outcome is these New render systems. Ya pays ya money and takes ya chance.

Thought i would give it a go, now i used to: lay it on with ss trowell flatten in if it had gone a bit too much then lay it in, flatten it in with ss trowell, then wet trowell with carbon trowell and final cross trowelling with carbon leaves a lovely finish. The speedskim come along first and...

Don't see how this gear would work, if its for skimming over backgrounds with suction then its gonna be a **** to trowell as it will retain all just moisture which in turn will make it hang like a bag of porridge? Can't see bg making it the same cost as multi. A rep i was speaking to was paying...

Why are some painters so prima donna???? On site and the painter is going over the walls with a halogen lamp. Every bas**rd house he will go in and moan that he has to sand and scrape the walls slighlty before his so called mist coat (Surely thats all part of the job? i mean a bit of sandpaper...

True for se1 its pretty carp! Medway, just up the road from me in margate. Are BTM plasterers still about?

Where in kent are you currier?

2.50 aint a bad price as long as the boarding is nice!