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i just got the new marshalltown 2.0 and they feel very secure with the thick leg pad compared to the first marshalltown stilts..well worth having ,not to good on dust sheets tho!!

never use board finish will give it a go tho..

board finish over artex?? never heard of that do you rek there a reason they call it board finish??

pm'd you danny..

cheers mate..just looking through previous threads and found couple.

will speak to him soon ..can any of you show me your sites before you END OF my thread.

hi guys ..thinking of getting website done could some of you show me yours for ideas etc..what kinda money am i looking at to??

you 1 coating mate???

i got the same whisk mine the same think it normall they have lot of torque

mate you cant do a 6 week course and go off by urself in ppls homes..what you on??why do people think it so easy????????????stick at ur plumbing

yeah i also done yellow pages got told that same story and didnt recive one call!!

hi guys what kinda adverts do you fine most effective??tried a few and find locall paper to be the best..

or you could chuck a scoop of lime in with the bonding and it will go off 10-15 mins but be quick ,when it stats to go it will go quick

fanx for advice i have actually already quoted 950 so i sud be in the clear...

hi everyone ,how do you guys go about insurance work???went and see this guy who said the insurance company have told him to just get 1 quote ..its a kitchen ceiling to take down ,put new one up and artex..he has also asked me to put a new ceiling up on the landing and to put on price of kitchen...

i remember i was on a job (not plastering ) and my mate was trying to put this drill bit in to a impact driver...i fought this was well funny...

lol.. thats a joke i used to work of a site like that but it wasnt a bidding competition like that site..dont use it any more as you have to pay to quote...them guys obviously ant real spreads...after diesl,materials and tax (if you paying it) you prob left with £40 in your pocket , that is...

i live in kent woody,,,

alright danny fook me 35 meters over artex that was a big ceiling a........................

i wouldnt use a stop bead on a resturant ceiling if i were you you are gunna need to get it spot on mate get yourself another spread to do it with you..maybe get your self some bettercontact(wba) to get a good seal on it ;) ;)

hi everyone i am really struggling to get any work i dont know what to do ?? if this carrys on for much longer i will have to look in to a diffrent career. any one else having real probs at the mo???

funny you say this my flyers has artex ceilings made smooth from £80 not that i am gunna do a ceiling for £80 tho .makes people think i am cheap just have to sell myself when i go and quote it... think i will go ahead with the flyers and see what happens like you say i will target the right...

it only seems to be when the buckets are new after you have mixed up a few times in em they stop doing it.. if it real prob just dont let the paddle touch the sides..

so you rek it ant woth getting em done ????what other advertisement can i do????

how much the pens coast you mate???they sound gud :)

hi everyone i am running low on work AGAIN so i av put my ad back in local paper and put some more cards about.. i am also getting some flyers made up and getting a few youngsters to deliver em for me i have never done flyers before has any of you guys???any luck wiv it?? :-?

ha ha they look well funny how would you load your hawk up???only good for polishing up!!..any one got one of those two handed trowels????

so what course are you doing ??(goldtrowel)?? have you done any plastering? or have any idea about it at the mo??

where you live in kent mate and how old are you??

so are they comfy???might order myself a pair where you get them from??

yeah they are good bit of kit..any 1 got them new marshall town ones??? i have some older marshalltown stilts but them new ones look like they have more supprt on the top strap as mine start to hurt my leg after an hour or so...

Re: just been made redundant can anyone help me!!! oh dear mate sounds like you really have landed in the sh*t hole ant u :o..like the other guys are sayin just keep ringing round builders etc..put ad in the paper, but all this will not give you a steady flow of work(money) which is sounds like...

lol when does it turn white ha ha ha thats well funny .. ;D

so the conclusion is that my mate is a fooking little bull#hitter..i will get to the bottom of this i have yet to see the other guys who done it with him..i dont belive that any one mixes up in a wheelie bin with 15 bags of multi all by yourself....why do some ppl feel the need to lie bout...

i was using sharp sand..what is sbr

i have done few of these now as i do wrk for a lofo con company after you have done the bonding/hardwall what ever you use ,lay the finish on as best you can then use a nice clean wet brush and keep going over it eventally it looks pretty good ,trowel as much of it as you can then like bigsegs...

thanks guys this has helped alot fought i was doing somthing wrong just coudnt get it to stay on the wall that thick >:( ..felt like a right plonker :-[ :-[ha ha ha ha ha ;

o.k so i dont really wana be going over 10mm thick without doing it in layers .scratch one day float the next and do i need to leave another day to skim or does it just depend on the wall(suction etc..)if its going off pretty quick skim it if not leave till next day???...you say that you would...

hi eveyone.. i havent used alot of s/c before but doing some damp proof jobs ,do you do a scratch coat then a float coat then skim??? as im trying to match the s/c up with the original float and set but its so thick that if i build the s/c out to match it it just falls off the wall as it is so...

that is bad you should get them back to sort it!! there is some old guy around my area whos work i have seen a few times and it is really bad and the same firms keep using him ,i told them it is crap but thet keep using him ... :o :oits shocking !!! how do they keep getting wrk.

also why do ppl use s and c when you can use that dri-coat stuff????????????this must be easyier to use than s and c????

hi everyone can someone tell me the proper way of finishing up after the damp proofing guys . the mix ratio ,how many coats,how long to leave the s and c before the finish coat etc etc any advice would be great. ;) ;) ;)

hi evryone been looking at doing course on marble plastering got goldtrowel dvd but it dont say nothing about doing external angles..what kinda beads do you use cos if you were to use a metal one you would be left with a metal edge as you dont paint it(obviously!!!)soz this may be a stupid...

£60 a week ??????????????what the fook was you thinking? i pay my bitch 50 aday and ive only been plasterering for 1 year my self....straight out of gold trowel never worked for another plasterer for more than 1 week..

hello mate I pay £117 every 5 weeks but this does not meen that you will get calls but it is very likley you will get some quotes to do..... how many plasterers are in your local paper now?????????

yeah just think of the money mate dnt let it get to u...theres alot worse jobs out there.. ;) ;)

use whatever trowel you like mate .i use marshalltown trowels i have a 18 " 14" 13" and a midgit trowel..i am still breaking my 14" in...dont budget yourself buy the best trowel you can as you are gunna be using it everyday for a long long time..80% of my work is done with my 13 " if that helps..

DSplastering where you from mate?????????

i have a transit connect and the boards can stand on edge down side of passanger seat perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol ;D ;D ;D i bet that hurt