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    Advice on some lines while skim coating

    Mate if you had wood in your eye im sure you'd cry about it too
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    Advice on some lines while skim coating

    That video made me cry
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    Distemper

    actually not a bad idea
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    Rendering on the coast. OCR?

    Why are you rendering the stone? Just use toupret to repair then paint.
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    I wanna be a spread

    For £50 a day.
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    Removing non breathable "plastic" paint from exterior cement render

    Sandblasting is your best option
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    Removing non breathable "plastic" paint from exterior cement render

    Not sure what you mean. I always recommend sandtex paints
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    Nela premium trowel

    I found the steel very soft. Great for skim but rendering will eat it up
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    Electric switch covered in plaster, now light doesn't turn off

    It's awful.
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    Thistle pro finish

    I found it awful. Pudgy and sloppy. But I was going over bulls**t. Maybe it works on board
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    I wanna be a spread

    Daddy?
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    niche problem involving wet plasterboard

    Clay takes long to dry so the boards took up the moisture
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    Removing non breathable "plastic" paint from exterior cement render

    But s@c is non breathable
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    Potential issue with concrete lintels

    Blue grit first lol
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    Your Unique tricks of the trade that no one knows

    A trowel has 8 edges to use
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    Using SBR before skimming

    Always use sbr now
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    Air blisters in k rend

    Laying on too quick and no agitation in your trowel action. All about the wiggle push the air out. Also happens when making your second pass too soon.
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    Air blisters in k rend

    You didn't follow the system...
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    Tubs. Trugs.

    Gauging buckets from p1 just saying
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    Dodgy work?

    That brickwork looks dry
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    How would you go about it?

    Always state contingency for extras @ day rate. Communicate and documents the work required
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    some good tunes to chill out with

    Some good music on this thread
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    some good tunes to chill out with

    Phaelah
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    HELP! - plastering over slurry (mums kitchen) conflicting advice

    It should have had 3 coat waterproof s@c as part of that damp proofing system
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    Long Heat Waves Keep Breaking this Plaster, any fixes please?

    You can see the twist in the first pic. The big bit hanging down at the bottom is totally out of placement with where it came from
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    Long Heat Waves Keep Breaking this Plaster, any fixes please?

    The structure must be moving.
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    Damp patches on render - is this normal??

    Rendered over wet brick work. Moisture trapped there. Do you have any damp issues internally?
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    Nela texture trowel

    Well done. Proud of you son
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    Staining/bleeding on new render, help please!

    S@c or lime f**k anything else
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    My coving

    Awful
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    Hello to everyone, looking for help and advice about pre grit on a external wall re render project

    Hack it off and start fresh
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    Waterproof membrane on floor, causing damp in walls?

    What flooring is it
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    Dasher advice

    Throw it with your hands lol
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    Green mould spots on newly plastered walls

    White distilled vinegar
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    Best finishing trowel?

    Depends on the set. Refina flexi steel but often hard trowel with Marshall town steel at the end
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    Hello - new member with a question about rendering around door frames.

    You could always make a return detailing into frame
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    Hardwall or Bonding??

    Bonding. Hardwall is only for block really
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    Hola!

    The site has changed since I was last here. Here to share knowledge and learn more about our trade
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    Thincoat peeling off

    Not just the heat and sun?
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    Bellcast placement

    It's gotta be above l2
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    Best Plastering Videos

    Those lads had a good tutor
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    Best Plastering Videos

    If only all labourers were this keen
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    Hey and Yo!

    Registered on here a fair while back but not really great with computers so never got round to saying hello (I don't think) My name's Alex and I'm trying to be a plasterer. I ditched my boss of nearly 2 years last year to go on my own, for a load of reasons and definately not cos I thought I was...
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    Plasterers wanted for New year

    Shefield int it. . .
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