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    wallpaper + paint

    Hi guys I took some wallpaper off one of my walls only to be confronted by paint. I scrapped as much as I could (the paint that is) and then went over the stubborn bits with a stanley knife so that the plaster could key onto the wall behind it. Problem is, when I began skimming small bits of...
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    Take off radiator brackets ?

    I am going to bond and skim a damaged wall in my house, should I take off the radiator brackets and put them back on once done or should I bond/skim around them ? I would take them off if I was skimming but as I am bonding too, my concern is the radiator may come out by afew mil and I wont be...
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    bathroom wall

    I am working on my bathroom, we took off the tiles and knocked down a partition wall. When we knocked the wall down the rendering also came off (about 0.3m X 2m) from the wall it was attached to such that you can see the concrete blocks. Also, some of the tile adhesive is still stuck on the...
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    Feather edge and/or darby

    Hi Guys So Ive been plastering for a few weeks now. I decided to plaster my own room. The job was mediocre. When running my hand down the wall I could feel large bumps in the plaster. Are there any tools I can use to even out a wall when skimming it ? I was thinking of using a darby or feather...
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