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A small area (about a quarter bag) was skimmed (2 coats onto board) - 3 days ago, the finish isn't great, bit bumpy etc, not bad for his first attempt. I'd like to re skim it, but have a feeling the existing plaster (not painted) will suck the water out of the new plaster instantly. Whats the...

Hi all, hope you can help here... A good friend of mine is renovating his bathroom, he has stripped the tiles off (adhesive will also be scraped off) the wall, ideally it needs to be plastered then painted.. I've done a fair bit of boarding now, and plastering at my house but it's always been...

Hi all.... Any tips on sharpening the trowels? tried sand paper and a sharpening edge but can't seem to get any kind of nice sharpness? thanks in advance

Looking into a Rubi cutter, have been offered some at a good price but have a few questions.. Aside from the obvious, what's the reason for the different cutters.. for example a ts 40 and a ts 60, why would you need the 40 if you have the 60? I've also seen a tx700 cutter, would this cover...

Hi all, having some issues with over boarding the landing ceiling.. seems they are all off a bit so tried packing as I went along but it's getting messy now.. will probably just start over.. I watched a video about screwing new joists into the existing ones, over the old plasterboard then...

After scrimming joints on sq edge board, do you put a run of skim or jointing mix over them ? if so.. why? Or do you just scrim up then skim the wall?

I boarded an oddly laid out stud wall, having finished this I noticed in some parts where the boards join, there is a bit of play when pressed as there is no joist behind that part.. it's only slight Will skimming the wall strengthen it or should I take the boards off and add a joist in there...

Just stripping the wallpaper off before re-boarding the ceiling and plastering the whole room.. having removed the wallpaper on the window wall, I noticed a few problems. It looks like it's been skimmed over the original plaster at some point, and that layer is coming off, see pic. Also, there...

Apologises if this is classed ash more of a tiling question, but I'd imagine alot of you guys board up before a tiler comes in so with that in mind I'm about to start on the bathroom, plan is to rip it all out (bath, toilet and sink) then take the plasterboard walls down as they old and...

I'm going to be over boarding a landing and some rooms - I'd like to get recessed spot lights installed, I assume you guys would have had to do this at some point My question is, what is your method? over board, drill the holes for the spots them skim? Also, how much do you space them by etc...

Hi all, first let me say I WOULD hang my trowel up if I was considering doing this for a living, however I am doing my own house before renting it out.. also I do enjoy it :RpS_cursing: OK I am self taught and have only actually did about 6 walls and 2 ceilings now, I am starting to get...

On the stairs end of the landing the ceiling droops down a bit, I'm going to be over-boarding and plastering it, basicallly it's where the huge heavy water tank was in the loft before we had a combi fitted recently.. so I think the weight of it has caused it to droop a bit, the tank is now gone...

I use a pre worn M Town perma, it's not sharp at all and I hear a sharp trowel is better. I tried a sharpening stone but isn't giving good results Any tips/advice/techniques/recommended tools thanks in advance

Hi all, hope you guys can help :RpS_love: Firstly let me be clear, I only plaster for myself (house ren) I haven't plastered in a while and had ago at a large (for me) ceiling today, my god, my shoulder. Re-boarded so onto fresh board. I always seem to run into issues with mixing, either the...

I purchased a Makita paddle mixer, it does the job but it seems quite slow at full speed. Did I make a mistake buying this? also it peels the bucket a bit (noticed a few bits of bucket peel in the mix) Everybody else seems to use power drills, if this is a better option which would you...

Hi all, new guy here :RpS_thumbup: On the picture with the green box, having placed some plasterboard in there (I've removed the top part of the frame area) it's got a slight dip as the other wall has a layer of plaster. I've tried skimming and trying to feather in before but I couldn't manage...