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cheers gps will give it a go 3skim to 1bonding yes?

yes GPS the guy on you tube calls it the magic mix, so whats the idea of it, you say add some bonding to the first coat, and then do you second coat straight over it with multi as normal while still wet,or wait for it to take up? will it not drag or tear? and what mix 3 skim to1 bonding...

just wondering if board finish has changed since I last used it probably@ 20 years back, only used knauf and multi since, reason being I have a house full of ceilings to overskim, I would say just above an average thickness of artex to cover In the past I usually put a 2 or3 coat of multi, or...

heat and a slight breeze open widows? can cause the slightest of hairline crack's it still paints ok but does not look the part if this is what happened mix a bit of filler and cover just to keep the bloke happy

best and cheapest way to get over this is get a good painter or yourself to RAKE out and fill with a good strong filler and sand down, don't use plaster to fill. This happened a lot on the sites 30/40 years back when most houses were built with thermalite blocks , and they were floated with...

just got the same trowel 2 weeks back, I have been back on area work after my old marshall trowel used for for laying on with was about knackered, and my tennis elbow was just starting to show its ugly head again,after the first day with the new trowel, there seemed a lot less stress on the arm...

Hi guys would like a bit of advice please, can you recommend a plastering trowel that I can lay on with but also must be strong enough and flexible for a little ease on the arm, I am a little out of touch with new gear I use a 14 inch Marshalltown its around 8 years old and about knackered...

Andy g said all that needs to be said, I know I had 30 years on sites house bashing

wow I find it hard to believe that a plasterer does not understand what a spot bonus is:lol:

best tips in order 1 one coat your ceiling slightly thicker than normal, then speedskim it, and no need to second coat or lay in if your good enough. straight on to trowelling up with a flexi 2 times max 2 use a flexi trowel and water will be old school, all you need to trowel up is a sach...

just after a little help here guys, I have recently started on the books for a large construction firm, I received my first pay slip through the door today, My payslip gives my hourly rate gross and net pay, but no sign of my agreed hourly spot bonus, I have a contract in writing, so not...

your having a lafff vfr

Floating lol, this game kills horses, 1+1 squad needs to AVERAGE 17/20 bags a day skimmed off on new work to make decent money I think the machine lads have the right idea.

The basic rule of ceiling boardwork 9.5mm boards= no no -------------600mm center's 12 mm boards= noggins needed-----600mm center's 15mm boards =no noggins required----600mm center's 15mm boards are usually 8x3's so they are easier to use than the big 8x4 12mm

Lol mashman I take it your a massive fan of speedskim, but really come on, it does make life a lot easier would you not agree?

Hi guys, Here is my follow up after over I year of using speedskim Still love them, and would not be without them, I have the medium and small, medium for walls, and small is mostly used on ceilings with the pole,I would say the smaller one is most useful for me as I do a lot of ceilings, only...

Hi oldschool I am in the same boat as you almost, as I did site work most of my life, but like you 9 years back I got into social housing work, for different firms/agency's and never looked back, I am sure if I had to go back to new work, there's no way I could manage it now, I could always...

aspotofbother, you say u have the set, has the impact driver got a slow start speed on this model?

hi guys i am after your knowlege again, my drill drivers pact up, so I fancy getting an impact driver, the reason being I need power for overboarding ceilings, my old drill used to struggle to drive the screws home so I was thinking about one of those makita 10.8v Makita TD090DWE 10.8V 1.3Ah...

yes lads it is dry coat, and there's no way it will set up in time to skim then, thanks for the help

got 5 meters of drywall to do tomorrow, I have never used it before, I really need to skim after a couple of hours, will I be able to? thanks inadvance for any help u can give me guys

what do you do now KK? I tried to escape years back was thinking about buying a taxi, but realised it was either a black eye every weekend on the taxi's or stick to plastering, I took the safest route not a bad win today we might just pull it off again, what do you think?

cheers cassie, if I decide to stick it out I might invest in one, that's if I don't get thrown out first, I am leaving a good job but its taking me twice as long as it should, I will get a lot faster if they give me the chance. had a look at the Diamant 180 online @ £90 and upwards looks a...

near Bishop Auckland m8, these prices where for the Sedgefield council sites

can anyone beat these prices found some old pay slips with prices, good week was £145, bad week £120, on top my prices from 1982 on social housing in the North East In those days people where moved out, some times in rows of caravans the idea was to skim as much as possible over patches,as the...

never seen that before, got to be a fault when the gear was being made, probably a full rouge batch from the factory

got myself a wet tile cutter from Screwfix its the Titan £40 one, not that happy with it, although its probably my fault when setting up, the instructions where poor , and the problem I have is I cannot centralise the blade, been using it all week, it cuts fine but when I need to run the full...

bobski, I dont use a sponge all the time, and don't bother with the fine sponge's any more, I like the rough one now, a lot easier to rub up with, had a few over the years, had the last one @9 months or so, but its about had it, I get mine from Jewsons 300 x 120 great when they are cleaned...

and this was my post in 2012' still get a good laugh at reading some of these posts on the forum, the old trowel finish v sponge finish, I find it hard to believe there are still some plasterers out there that dont like the sponge or wont use it, but I know plenty of very good spreads that...

is this debate still going on, this was my post in 2008 on this site ok I am new to this site but been a spread for 35 years, but you will not see many plasterers on new board work (in today's world) putting 2 coats on if they are on bonus work, I can get a wall perfect on new work with 1 coat...

wow looks like the £1 per meter lads have been in.

Hi there, got a last minute coving job for tomorrow, need to cove a room @ 18m total, on site I used to use knauf dry wall to stick it up, never had to buy cove adhesive, but I need some tommorow, would a 5k bag cove ad do,or would I need a 10k bag? I all so need to buy an electric tile...

I have had my speedskim a few days now, and love it , wish i had it 10 years back, bought a plaziflex 16" to go with speedskim tried the trowel today for the first time and wow, just makes life so much easier, the downside is i could do with a transit just for all the gear I use now!

Great review, and thanks, this gives me a lot more info on these trowels than reading about them, really pleased about the help this forum gives out, these new wave tools will make life a lot more pleasant for me, and fellow oldies.

Thanks for the help lads, got emery paper today, took the corners off nicely, also, ordered a 16" plaziiflex because a couple on here say it helped with tennis elbow, I am pretty much old school and a little frightened to go bigger than 16 inch in case of drag/stress on forearm and bringing...

ok got the 600/ 1200 st blue, and pole attachment off ebay, most of my work is in social housing /kitchens /bathrooms/ full rewires/ full re skims/ today I had a sitting room to re skim, I work alone, first batch i had a 11m st wall, and a window wall @6m, I unibonded the the day before, and...

43 years spreading now, but wooden derby thats a blast from the past, as a 15 yo apprentice was giving half a plasterers tool kit, the rest I had to buy out of my £5 per week pay, and yes a wooden derby, wooden rubbing up float,( for browning) wooden crossgrain float for skimming (used on...

Cheers kgreigh, starting to get a bit more idea now about this gear, Nice video fatarm, ex Highland Room here m8, ktf, Indeed I do!

thanks for the imput lads, a couple of questions, first brimplas what is speedskim sf ? and which is the best 1200 to buy? next mark, you use plaziflex rather than plastic or marshal town, is it really much beter than a quality old school trowel? you also say less aches and pains, (music to...

I was told that PTLLS is a first step basic teaching cert, I've been left school many years and done no teaching at all, but been told if I get the cert there will be a job for me in Plastereing (teaching practical) but I feel I would struggle doing the course, plenty of life skills but not...

hi there, has anyone done this PTLLS course, if so can I ask what it costs online or college, and how much work is involved, thanks

hi there, its been a few years since I last posted, I could do with a little knowledge on how good this gear is, I did buy it many years ago soon after it came out, had a look at it and sent it back without giving it a try,I did not think it could work, now I have been told that alot of good...

I still get a good laugh at reading some of these posts on the forum, the old trowel finish v sponge finish, I find it hard to believe there are still some plasterers out there that dont like the sponge or wont use it, but I know plenty of very good spreads that wont use it, the sponge wins...

I started as a subcontract plasterer on the sites in 1979, I can remember the rates then, and these prices were 25% more than on the books prices new builds loading up money £15 per plot, all hand bash off the wagon and into the plots, in those days no hiab or forks Float/set ----------------...

bigsegs m8, no it aint 1 coat plaster its just skimming that is easier if done right with 1 coat instead of 2, compared to Thisstle i would say much lighter and loads easier to spread and will probs do one third more in area Plasterers are allways looking for an easier way well on big areas...

hi guys sorry to go against the grain here but I have used knauf multi finish 5 days a week for the last 14 years its used by Persimmon homes North east, it makes life much easier for skimming on new board work , the plus side of Knauf multi is that it spreads easier and further than Gypsem or...

hi m8 are you on about the scrim that is used to cover fibreglass insulation blocks/ permerock ect, I used to use this gear on towerblocks to bond the insulation blocks before rendering /dashing, if so how much a roll would this cost? cannot see it being cheap

hey regi boy I allways brush the last 2 trowels as long as u have a decent smooth brush , same with walls on a wall its much easier to brush the bottom footor so of the wall and then trowel up long stroke does away with watermarks reason being it saves splash water marks on your cielings (...

hi m8, i used them for years before the drills came out they are ideal for small walls ect its easy to make your own usually done with an old bike cog and a steel rod welded together, failing that as an ermergancy use a small Drain cover nailed to a small broom shank or similar, the ones u can...

cheers church, I would need to earn alot more than £240 per day between 2 of us in london, working for tha agencys in the North are paying £13 per hour and u do less than nothing for it, 40m aint alot on average work, thats take the good with the bad, but I can only compare it to browning and...