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  1. Birdythespread

    Fairy Liquid in Sand and Cement Mix

    Id go to lidl, you get 20% more washing up liquid than fairy, #valueformoneyrender
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    3 coat lime render

    I'm Pleased for ya, that'll keep you in pot noodles for a while
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    3 coat lime render

    Haha proper slime renderer, sorry lime
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    3 coat lime render

    Bobby if you read the first post I put up then you would know I don't do it regularly but been a spread since 85, just not priced a lime job in years, so if the rate is way out give me a clue fella.
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    3 coat lime render

    Ok cheers fellas £50 it is, I'd sooner be on my lammy than on the trowel
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    3 coat lime render

    hi guys, can anyone give me a heads up on costs on 3 coat lime render per m2, on to old brickwork, I'm supplying pre mixed haired & course stuff , I know it was about £48-£5o last time I did some 4 or 5 years ago, Got about 55 m2 to do, much appreciated. Birdy
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    New pieces of kit

    What happened to the good old spot board & stand lol
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    top or bottom thats the question

    Machines probably empty which would give me the proper petrol pump
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    top or bottom thats the question

    Does it really matter, as long as it turns out right, and you get paid the bangers & mash.
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    Shite sand

    And just reading down ill definitely try going back to opc, all the merchants sell or push the multi-cem / mastercrete etc in the poly bags, maybe it's too much with the render guard gold w/proof.
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    Shite sand

    I've always used Leighton sharp, which was fantastic, but the pit has gone, the sand almost seems as if the goodness has been washed out of it, it's almost like sugar, really hard to use a few spreads around here are refusing to render because of it, not used fibres, do they not come through...
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    Started This Today

    And if you had a gaff that size you wouldn't be on this forum, the hawk & bark & growl would be redundant
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    Bonding failed??

    I won't scrape artex ceilings now with the asbestos threat, although the amount I've scrapped in the past should see me off , I uni- bond artex allow to go tacky almost dry, then I use 3 big handfuls of bonding in the first coat of finish, second coat goes on a treat, ( don't get on it too early...
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    Shite sand

    Hi lads, has anyone in the herts beds bucks region had problems with rendering sand ? Been doing this since 85 and I've never had any probs up till recently, rendering hair line cracking the day after, all jobs scratched, then two coat, ruled, floated then sponged, walk away from the job...
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