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    Pain in the neck

    It seems lately that every job i get has really annoying surfaces to plaster. If its not silk paint, its badly put on gyproc which bounces all over the place and with gaps you could climb through. ;D Last week i had a few rooms to do in a house, and the walls had old wallpaper paste on them...
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    Teach me about......

    Bonding agent. :P I have never used it and i am a bit weary of using it in a customers house to try it out. :-/ And i have no plastering needing done in the house. Apart from a ceiling.....Hmmmm..... Anyhoo, what does it have over PVA? How does it apply? Is it easy to clean off surfaces? How...
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    Paste on Walls

    Sometimes i find that when a customer has used a steamer to strip wallpaper, especially on silk walls, there is paste left on the walls. You cant notice it until you have glued the walls, and its all rubbery and the glue takes ages to get tacky. Also the plastering time is more than doubled, as...
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    Bonding

    Hullo:) When im using a bag of bonding on a bad surface, i always mix a bit of finish in with the mix. This gives a nicer smoother finish and it feels a bit nicer to use. But it also helps the bonding go off a bit faster, which is handy if you need to coat it with finish on the same day. But...
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