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    Board Cutters

    Do you use them? If so any recommendations? Been thinking about investing in something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvWmiQAaD-k
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    Plastering onto Tile

    Another day another question. No flame wars this time hopefully :RpS_w00t: So I was talking to a friend of a friend today and he asked me if I could do his Bathroom and living room, of course I directed him to contact a fully trained plasterer rather than myself (mentioned CT Plastering fyi if...
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    Broomshank corners

    Allo folks me again. Would love a bit of help from my fellow more experienced students. So I am fairly new to beading, been floating or nailing and skimming on boards which is all well and good in a perfect world. But lately I've been thinking about redoing my entire flat for a bit of...
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    non paying customers

    Just any chance to give you old gits a chance to moan! What are your usual options for dealing with extremely slow or worse non paying customers? Is it a regular thing or once in a blue moon?
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    Rendering, different types

    Been focused almost completely on plaster, different types and applications and preparation, damp work and general construction and brick/wall work. Can anyone point me towards some good resources on render and the different types and applications? I'd like to get a head start before starting...
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    And another crap spread

    Saw the thread with the woman who had a chancer in and thought I'd give you's all a laugh with this "professional" job. These are photos from just before I decided to get into plastering, it wasn't my inspiration. Moved into a place where the bathroom ceiling needed plastering and a plethora...
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    Starting back on course tomorrow - anyone else?

    I'm back at college tomorrow for orientation then plastering on Monday. Anyone else back or anyone just starting a new course?
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    Tanking general questions

    This is something I haven't even remotely approached in training yet but I am having to do it. When you tank a wall do you use a cementone cement slurry and paint it on the walls and then use something like Limelite Renovating Cement based plaster or do you just use a cementone cement render on...
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    Best Hoover

    New as I am and just starting to buy in tools the latest thing is a decent hoover. Now I'm given to understand plaster dust and masonry dust will just break Dysons which are expensive anyway. I've done a little googling and the suggestions run to the good old Henry Hoover. But I thought I'd...
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    Hallo folks

    New to the forum. Good place, been lurking for a while but that damn post viewing limit got me in the end so I signed up. I am relatively new to plastering. Got into it when I went around to the grandparents to redecorate, pulled a bit of paper off the wall and the entire wall came with it...
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