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I got a try of then mashalltown qlt slywalkers 1.0 from gumtree, took me ages to get the confidence to even try a pair think they are 6 year old? Theyre blue? Anyway im miles behind the new tools crack but i think theyre 5 years old, really like them though! Might look at getting a new pair myself

What model speedskim you got? 600 steel or plastic? Is 600 enough for bigger lids? Or if i was to get one speedskim to try would 1.2 be better? Also what plastic trowel you got lurpak can you send a link? And does it need worn in like my 2 ss mt's? same goes for a nelamax do they need worn in...

Just curiosity really thats got me wondering how different an experience all this would make e.g less labour intensive? Timings etc

My heads battered trying to get round what size and type trowel to do what and when....i have 2 trowels one for skim one for render and floating up im way behind times lol

Bare with me cos im thick trying to process So i lay on with my 13" ss mt. Then i would flatten with a speed skim am i right? Plastic or steel? Is the whole moisture thing a myth and you can 2nd coat straight over with plastic 1st flatten?? Or would be still have to wait 10 or so mins if so...

By the way when i finish off i dont use much water, i just wet my trowel because i had a bit bother with striping when i was an apprentice and my boss said it was to do with adding water when wet troweling he taught me to just wet the trowel hence the name....and ive stuck to it since

Yea how they getting a good finish off of one coat? Are they finishing with a plastic trowel? My mate says it doesnt bring moisture to the surface but it sounds like a load of tinfoil hat stuff to me. Ill be honest again though ita because ive never personally seen anyone sponge up and finish...

Is it right that you have to round edges off on a speed skim a little bit before using from digging in?

Yea think im gunna have a try of the 1.2 however a few lads on here been reccommending them 900mm refina spats are they any good?

Ill be honest i am interested in getting a speed skim as they look like they make first and second flattens on ceiling a helluva lot easier, however i did get with the times recently and got some stilts and love them! But yea im honestly baffled and ill admit i dont understand sponging to me it...

Hows it going you lot, i was a newbie to this forums and plastering in 2012 when i last posted here! To even say that seems like the last 7 years has just vanished, anyway simce 2012 i went on my own house bashing and stopped working on sites and i just stopped posting, tired/kids drink or...

haha with you on that one marra would rather lick sandpaper than pay for a young asian bird to get her tits out for 40 quid or whatever it is. but just for a heads up drop me a pm with these dodgey websites haha

that or Big Girls? I reckon theres more to this tale like arty....so did you pay her a few hundred quid for a quick nipple slip then haha

proper sick arty marra holidays after tommorow, i'll be going mental mate

like opening a window and ******* the sky

just blackmail them efc, take some photos of the dodgey scaffy etc and tell them for a few extra bob you will keep hush, get your warm clothes on for tommorow mate ;) not too long to go until santy lets us have 3 days off eh?

not if its going to last atleast an hour can you **** haha my ears are bleeding from today, now i'm moaning about him moaning, irony? d*m**o effect....meh.

aye it was -5 on site last monday, sat in the cabin for 2 hours playing poker with the lads until we were told we could **** off home haha, not as cold as last monday but its just lashing down with snow...get on with it imo. aye danny worked with a few myself mate strikes me all the time how...

Working with a lad today never met him....all he's done is ******* moan because its lashing down with snow, he knows the score so why even bother working in the winter if hes just going to bang on about it? Wear a coat ffs... I love plastering tbh....not arsed about the weather neither. Wish i...

usually just jump on the labbys shoulders for small ceilings or strap about 3 beer crates high, then strap them around my feet, home made stilts when the labbys not in, work much better than skywalkers etc. for high ceilings i ask my mate to come around with his forklift truck and he raises the...

just sand them down mate its much quicker :)

telling all the birds you're an "artist"

brush wall angles in with a 6" refina, and skim 2" from the ceiling angle and advise punters to get cornice to make good ;)

Hey lads, quick question i've stated before but i can't find the post. I'm only familiar with S&C render, its all i've done. Theres loads of ewi graft going on due to massive flooding that hit and i'd like to get amongst it. Is mono anything like chucking s&C on, and is it as hard to finish...

Mate the week i've had i'll smash on a ceiling tommorow and the coont will probably be off in 5 mins...my karma better sort itself oot lol. but yea no lie, could of probably put a house on today if the work was there...i should of just done it for the crack, something to do instead of waiting...

Had to bump the van starter motors just went on me, pushing it into gail force winds on me todd, met the labby on way too job. Got to the job, sea front horrible shitey weather, van nearly tipping owa with some serious weight in it, waves 20ft + coming over the pier. So get in, nice. a simple...

Haha class^ aye he's got some wedge like....i suppose being a jew has its benefits, thing i don't get is, is that his vans full of stella crates near his little bed he built etc, probably spends more on drink that he would in a bnb, he's not all there like.

yea i wouldnt kip in a van mate **** that, i've already said i'd get digs no matter the price cos i'd actually like to have a decent shower n that...but he does it more often that not. aye the moneys a little better away from here tbh, thats why i'm contemplating it.

Hey lads ok few things, been looking at the option of grafting away from home still in the UK though, and was talking to a sparky who i'm working with atm who is from scotland. He travels to work away from scotland in his van, doesn't pay for bnb's or out like that, just kips in his van has a...

Yea i've done quite a bit sand and cement mate. Thats just it though owls, i thought you need to be certed with the product you're using to even have a chance of working with the teams? I don't want to chance it, i actually want to learn a bit about it and get involved with a team as theres...

Also is there any EWI courses in the north east, if this is the case? ta.

(EWI) Hey people, so works going steady, not chocker but not short. I do however have an interest in this external wall insulation and the applications/finishes and amount of work I've seen kicking about. Seen a few steady sites with it and was wondering how to go about getting involved in...

Sorry lads been busy, some cracking info in here cheers, only been spreading for 3 years coming 4 on my own, and another 3 with my apprenticeship included so around 7. Yea i don't struggle with walls of any size tbh, i could chuck a 30m2 wall on no bother, it's just lids that, make me cautious...

No bud, I can chuck 20m2 on comfortably to the point where after finishing up, i'm a bit achey and it feels like a workout. 10m2 is a doddle :) i think thats what i'm lacking, the confidence to just lash on an extra bit of meterage with the fear of it setting on me, is another 10m2 really that...

This haha, 60m2 on my tod? Never mate! I need more ceilings in tbh.

Not being a **** but lets throw a hypothetical situation up here, lets say a person has never done 30m2, how should said person have no worries doing this sort of area if they have not done it? That's a bit illogical, isn't it? Cheers for the tips anyhow people, that rolling set looks interesting.

It makes sense, i have a lab, i just can't do any more, i'm blowing after i finish but its finished well. I've thought of this alot, but never did it, i've heard of stories that even when the joint is matched up well, it can still show when drying etc? Ever heard of that?

Hey people, ok here goes. I don't know about you lot but i can only hoy on a ceiling of about 15-20m2 and i'm blowing in the process, i was asked to do a ceiling of 30m2 a few days ago but i just don't think i could put that much on in time before it starts going off. How do you lot become...

Very knowledgeable then? Good to know mate! How did you pick up tiling? What got you into it if, you were a spreading first? As i don't trust these dodgey courses, I've asked about mosaic and stuff and none of them are delving into it. Yea I'm starting to struggle with work at the moment, so...

Newby to spreading, came out my time in 08 only done it for about 4 years, still learning, still gaining pace. Seen this site, loads of cracking information and things that's helped me out. Just wondering if any of you lot tile as well as plaster as I'm thinking of going into that route as...