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    Back after a while out.

    Deary me! Bloody negative on here ain't it? Think I'll piss off again s**t!
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    Back after a while out.

    Hi everyone im back after a while out of construction but excited to get back into plastering. hows everyone doing you all busy Mark..
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    thums

    i get that claw hand thing as well... its god damn awful, your fingers just bend round and you cant straighten em up! its like cramp!! and i bin plasterin on and off for 20yrs.. but its only just started happenin, i find the best thing for it is about 20 beers...
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    dry wall system

    thanks for the response guys :-) im not keen on this method and just wondered wat it was all about realy..
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    dry wall system

    has anybody used the dry-wall system??? tapered edge boards and tape with easi-fill joint s**t?? seems a good idea on large areas???
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    Plaster Mix Going off too quickly

    yeah u normaly find little hard bits when its on the turn! one little hard bit and its only any good for patchin. always worth keepin a bag of that in ya van tho in case you gotta do a fast skim job throw a bit of old stuff in with new stuff and it will contaminate it brilliantly.. it;ll be...
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    A Year On

    its a great forum the response says it all well done danny..
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    What is the average age of the people here?

    im 38!! tell u wat u need the body of a 19 year old and the brain of a 50 year old.. i was always told unless you have had at least 20 years in the game you cannot call yourself a true plasterer!! you need to be time served!!! when i was a young lad my spread said to me in the 80;s you wont live...
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    CSCS Cards

    yeah danny im considrein this cscs card! is it worth it mate or not?? personaly i prefer sight work. first of all you dont have to consider all this liability insurance secondly its mostly new build where i am.. goin into peoples houses with such a shitty job worries the hell out of me!!! one...
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    wages ?

    lol!! this guys obviously family or polish???
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    boarding over ceilings

    rip it down whenever and wherever you can!!! ten times easier!
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    Theory

    shockin!! are you payin for that???
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    one coat plaster

    yeah it was the universal stuff i was on abt the all in one stuff, just wondered wat and if it was like to feather? cheers for replies guys.. ;)
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    one coat plaster

    i have not yet used or saw this one coat plaster bein used yet. my question is can it be applied and feathered with a featheredge then left and troweld up as normal? or is it too much like a finish plaster to feather??? cheers guys....
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    What a weekend

    hey danny chill out man!! you took a hell of a lot on there!! in fact too much in my opinion.. keep ur obvious talents within reason... the reason it was draggin or wat i see as liftin the finish off? is because you were in between too much plasterin. the plaster that was draggin was not gettin...
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    Sponge Floats.....?

    i;d never seen or heard of them sponge floats till i saw the plasterers on diy sos.. bit sad soundin i know! but not a bad programme and if you watch close enough you can pick up some good tips off it and there fine plasterers.. i wondered wat the hell he was doin when i saw him rubbin up finish...
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    sponge floats

    ok mate cheers.. wats the main purpose of lime in a render mix?? is it just for suction or is it for workability as well??? ive never used lime except at college a long long time ago and it was just used then to re-plce cement so it could be knocked off and used again and again etc...
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    sponge floats

    do marshalltown do a spongefloat with a blue sponge???
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    sponge floats

    hiya troweldover. think ive seen you on ultimate handyman???
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    Floating into existing plaster?

    wat i would do here is float up level to the existing wall with bonding wait till it starts to go off then i would get my plastic float wet that up then where the new plaster meets the old just press down slightly and run the float over the whole new area workin away from the old existing...
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    I am wanting to train as a plasterer

    i would have give you some work gareth but im in north wales! shame that is you could have tagged along with me no probs...
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    federation of traders

    i had a phone call yesterday from a guy from the federation of traders association!! he told me that all traders from this new year will have to join such an organisation to trade and do work and you must provide at least 6 references from customers you have done work for every 6 mnths!! he said...
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    plastering over membrane / house of horrors

    lol wow wat a mess!!! it realy should be injected and then floated with sand and cement....
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    tyzack trowels

    yes it will break in as an awesome finishin trowel trust me..
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    tyzack trowels

    tyzack is quality. second to marshaltown..
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    Sponge Floats.....?

    lol shldnt realy be resortin to them tactics!! :-[
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    public liability insurance

    yeah renderking can u stick details on 4 me too mate? i think that insurance is mega important and looks good too... you and any one else can e.mail me on carlitemark@hotmail.co.uk cheers mark....
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    public liability insurance

    cheers for that danny nice one, yeah i have heard crazy money like at least £300 excess!!! sod that! i doubt i;ll be gettin that till the dosh starts rollin in! better off just bein mega careful... ;)
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    public liability insurance

    wats the score on public liability insurance? do you all have it on here for workin in peoples houses or is there some of you on here that dont bother with it???? cheers....
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    i have a question thats doin my head in

    thanks 4 the replies guys.. yep obviously sum tiling is done in all bathrooms but my point was the parts that are bare which can be big areas sometimes are open to constant steam and damp etc.. cheers tho... :) oh yeah danny tenner won lol... ;)
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    i have a question thats doin my head in

    i have a queery thats doin my head in!!! is it possible these days to dry-line or dot and dab a bathroom??? that is not going to be tiled? or do you still have to float it with sand and cement or bonding like im sure you still do??? thanks for any replies to this... im in dispute with someone...
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    Courses

    pva fallin off like glass??? lol never heard of that b4???
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    Trowels you use

    when you buy a new trowel use it on rendering as this is the best way to break em in, however ive just bin lookin at a tips site which says you can break em in with an oil stone and a file for the corners and some sand-paper which i always use anyway... ;)
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    Looking forward to tomorrow!!

    hi everyone, hope your all ok? works still slow here in llandudno!! gonna get a few adds in the paper i think! >:(
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    Repairing Holes in Walls

    i reckon bonding would do the job bit of finish no probs...
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    Rendering

    wow that k rend business sounds well technical? and all the colors wats that all abt?? look great on the side of a house in the land of oz?? lol
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    average earnings

    im rarin to go now! bought me a van today a renault traffic 1999 bin used as a camper van, well tidy, shame im gonna s**t it up now with plaster lol.. gettin an ad in the local paper and a sign on the van so hopefuly all systems go will let u all know!
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    Rendering

    no ive never heard of that eighther???? k rend?????
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    Skimming old walls

    stick with pva u wont go wrong. as for the crackin sometimes customers can get bak to you in a cpl of wks time to say ur walls have cracked! ok wat happens with plaster is it is expandable! u get people who;s houses are at a constant temperature and others who;s houses are red hot in the day and...
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    What a Bloody day today

    £60!!!! were they livin in a dolls house!!!
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    dodgy plaster?

    sounds like you got the cowboy amongst the sheriffs!!!
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    pricng

    pricing is a personal thing the thing to think abt is will it lead to more work? or is it a one off? if its a one off charge top drawer if it cld lead to more work ie word of mouth maybe go a bit lower> but as danny knows i charge way too low anyway. lol ;)
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    hello

    hiya cheet ;)
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    Hello Chaps!

    hiya paul :)
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    The Multi was laughing at me!!!

    lol thats plasterin 4 ya...
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    about me

    hiya del.. hiya danny hows tricks??? i just got bak from cyprus just got married there, i was realy interesred readin the advertisin thread as im findin that the hardest part to crack at the moment
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    Plaster mix

    as for the numbness, ive found im gettin cramps in me hand!!! you lower your thumb past a certain point after a days plastering and it just cramps up and bends round on its own!!! awful feelin! i have to grab it and bend it back!!!! :-/
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    Plaster mix

    personaly i like my mix quiet stiff, however i reckon a stiffer mix is ok for smaller areas (cuts down the waitin around time to trowel up) and weaker mixes better for larger areas as it spreads further quicker! i worked for an ass of a labourer for 5 yrs and if the mix was too wet as it normaly...
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    Spanish Plastering

    lol well done guys if there happy then there happy! more time in the pub innit.. ;)
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