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Got to plaster whole house walls and ceilings all covered in medium thickness artex. My question is what do you find best way to get good finish. Do you let PVA dry completely? Do you skim while say bonding or hardwall green? The reason. I ask is sometimes on the skim over artex its like...

Used the i think 1 meter spat the other day and thought it was great. Didn't even need a trowel to finish or use water. I used the flexible blade. The only problem i could find was getting the squareness of walls and ceiling spot on as very flexible. ANY TIPS I.E USE REGULAR BLADE FIRST THEN...

cAN YOU MAKE YOUR OWN. I have seen marble dusst and lime being sold on internet. Seems much cheaper. Can't help but think we are getting ripped off. What's the right mix for classic etc or micro cement. Or can it not be done. By the way can't find much info on micro cement any good websites etc...

Just wondered if anyone knows of any good books or dvd on micro cement,tadelakt and venetian plastering. Seem to have classic highly polished sussed but want to broaden my knowledge of materials etc. Particularly interested in micro cement and tadelakt. Done venetian course at goldtrowel while...

Got extension to quote for dot and dab walls then skim. Haven't done any but was taught. How much and how do you quote for dot and dab. Is there a set figure per board i was wondering how to price including materials. E.g how many boards will each bag dry wall adhesive cover. I work £150 day as...

going to be off for a few days had food poisoning so thinking about making my own plastic trowel sticking some plastic to my redundant 18 trowel. Anyone made one. Used a plastic trowel first time last week and thought they were great but maybe a bit springy to use early on in set. Whats best glue

anyone know of any good you tube videos or info. showing how to do it for skimming as havent got guts to try it out yet.

Would this work ?Get air compressor attach hopper gun and spray the plaster. Seems a cheap way to get into it. I saw someone using an industrial paint sprayer spraying plaster or dry wall but he didn't have a hopper. He taped and filled joints then next day sprayed. I thought that was too time...

Hi all, Been plastering quite a while had a long time off and come back to it. Doing a job at moment and wanted to experiment with different method. I have always 2 coated and just used 13 inch trowel and 18 to flatten then back to 13 and used brush. whats got me thinking about changing is all...