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  1. Jimbob9

    All render the same I have been told !

    No mate. It's not.
  2. Jimbob9

    Weber next day .

    The new Pral MF is a slower setter apparently not tried it as if yet, Pral M is a nightmare this time of year, probably the worst one for knowing when to stick or twist.
  3. Jimbob9

    K REND, why does it split ?

    Did you spray it mate and did you serrate it before levelling? Not a lot of body to HPX as its mostly adhesive so it goes on thin on CP board it'll slide if applied too thick and / or you trap air which doesn't get removed. Trapping air and then slipping tends to be a problem for the sprayers...
  4. Jimbob9

    Hand balling K1

    We do have a big vat for such jobs, yes. :numberone:We wouldn't get the machine out for 9 bags either, not that we get many jobs that size these days.
  5. Jimbob9

    Hand balling K1

    If you can't handball 9m of that you need to fookin give up. Jesus. Its one feckin mix.
  6. Jimbob9

    Why cant i find a labrador

    Ask at the college for apprentices?
  7. Jimbob9

    K rend Lw1

    2-3 experienced spreads will outrun a machine with one man and a bag boy. Loading outs a pain these days though, starting to fall apart at the seams.
  8. Jimbob9

    K rend Lw1

    We hand apply small jobs. The machine is for jobs that are a bit more substantial.
  9. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Pure white is a bright white. The next one down is like K1 white. Natural white or chalk white, something like that.
  10. Jimbob9

    k rend

    We had a gang got splits as well, one of the other lads went over and softened the mix and showed them how to get the air out, never had one since.
  11. Jimbob9

    k rend

    I disagree with you and you don't like it when you're used to being in an echo chamber. Its ok to have preference to material, I prefer my own stuff. Some guys like a dense meaty feel under the trowel, some like it to have no feel and full of air. That's fine. You need to get your head around...
  12. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Sigh, I use it a lot, customers ask for it a lot, it's probably the most asked for gear there is. I make money of it. I'm going to criticise guys who make out its crap because they can't handle it. A nicely done job in this gear looks as good as anything else out there. This is their and my...
  13. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Make sure block mortar has cured and wall isn't saturated. Use r10 if in doubt. Put more gear on you tight get.
  14. Jimbob9

    k rend

    I'm approved in it, and Parex, Weber, Alumasc, Envirowall, Art brick, Structherm. Learn your gear, quit bitchin about nowt and give the punters what they want. If we've not used owt before I've got a test wall at the yard and we'll cover that in it but whatever a punter wants we'll give them...
  15. Jimbob9

    k rend

    There's lots using K Rend scratch renders without problems. Just sayin.
  16. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Well between the Germans poisoning everyone and hiding it and the French stuff not lasting 2 minutes we're proper f**k*d.
  17. Jimbob9

    k rend

    I don't murder it. If you're getting splits it's trapped air, slow down marra, soften your mix and get the air out and pull the gear together on the spray lines. Weber traps air as well given the right conditions which can make it look like its been shot gunned instead of splits. It's from...
  18. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Gash in what way? I'd agree FT can be a bit heavy and teary but K1.. It's fine. We do a lot of the Silicone I actually quite like it, it's one of my top 4.
  19. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Just trowel it up, it's nice enough. Maybe a bit of a light sponge over but no real need.
  20. Jimbob9

    k rend

    Just use Hp12 over the lot. Its specced over cement board and brick. Might need a splash of R7 on the bricks. No need for HPX, unless you like pi**ing money up the wall.
  21. Jimbob9

    hot today weber

    Sounds a bit quick for bigger walls to me. Not had a play with weber for a bit.
  22. Jimbob9

    Does anyone use this place ?

    The usual re-bagged stuff from Eastern Europe or further a field I suspect. A quick check on my company checker suggests they aren't doing as much as their glossy marketing suggests. Last set of accounts shows £600 quid in the bank.
  23. Jimbob9

    Best machine on the market

    I'm surprised PFT doesn't tell you to do one lol. Someone starts a PFT thread and your vending M Techs with a PFT banner!
  24. Jimbob9

    K rend Lw1

    We ran it through the G4, settings probably won't help you. Spray it on the slightly wet side, it should hang nicely if you get the mix right. We base coated the beads on the first run and it caused us big grief. The top was hard on the edges as suction dried it out and soft in the middle where...
  25. Jimbob9

    K rend Lw1

    Tight first pass with mesh. 4-5mm tight and flat as you can to get mesh bedded. Let it pull in but not set, don't go straight back over it give it a bit to get some body. 8mm last pass as I said get first pass flat to avoid halos. Fix the beads with firtrees, don't stick, this gear responds to...
  26. Jimbob9

    Long time no post

    You can't put thin coats directly onto Parex Parinter, it's designed to attack paint type resins so it can stick to them.
  27. Jimbob9

    Monocouche coating

    Let 1st pass pull in a bit, so do the entire wall. Soften your mix a bit to get the air out easier and make sure you do get it out as its denser, stronger gear than some and the air might not come out by itself leading to splits and holes showing up when scraping. K Rend behaves a similar way.
  28. Jimbob9

    Spraying and ruling..timing and problems

    If you're struggling to keep up think about using a base coat before topping. Much easier for a two man team with one inexperienced member. Beauty of it is base coats tend to be cheaper and you can base coat all day without worrying about stuff going off. Next day is just a matter of topping...
  29. Jimbob9

    Silicon K1 on during the day then cold overnight, how long does it need to stay above 5 degrees?

    5c and rising if you want to maintain spec. Water starts to crystallise at just below 3c not ideal for a setting cement and apparently easy to spot under a microscope. The 5c limit is obviously to maintain a bit of margin above where problems start to happen.
  30. Jimbob9

    K1 silicon

    I swear I use different gear to you lot lol. Is there another K Rend I don't know about? Used loads of it recently it's just been on quite a few specs we've had.
  31. Jimbob9

    K1 silicon

    Rendit stock that colour by the looks of their website.
  32. Jimbob9

    Mono wet corner

    Expansion joint pushed into the corner gets them as crisp as hell. Protects against corners that ain't been properly tied as well.
  33. Jimbob9

    Problems with k rend

    Ft is for the man with a trowel and bucket and nowt else. K1 for the man with a van full of tools to fook about with wet render.
  34. Jimbob9

    Finding tyrolean!!!

    Monorex splatters quite nice.
  35. Jimbob9

    Brexit Render/tool Costs

    The UK has its own sand, cements and chemical manufacturers and it now has a currency that's competitive. Might be time to buy British.
  36. Jimbob9

    K-Rend HP Base Coat Cure Time

    Get a plasterer who knows what they are doing quite frankly. Which hp are you using and what is the wall build up? The base coat can be topped next day for bagged top coats, it's just the bucket coats that need the wall fully cured out. Also get an applicator who understands the material...
  37. Jimbob9

    Best place to order beads

    Who the hell is WACK?
  38. Jimbob9

    patch repair monochouche

    Tell your plumber to fit a pipe collar. I'm more interested in how the top layer of render managed to pop off the apparently flat bottom layer with no sign of any bonding.
  39. Jimbob9

    Best place to order beads

    They deliver anywhere mate. Pallets everywhere getting sent when you go in.
  40. Jimbob9

    Fooking krend

    You did let the Hp12 fully set before topping off? Any sign of damp in the walls?
  41. Jimbob9

    Fooking krend

    The only unpainted sand and cement I tend to come across is usually full of water proofer or sealed with something. I assume that you checked for this? The only thing Hp12 doesn't stick to is stuff that doesn't like water... The stuff is a board adhesive, should stick like hell. In fact...
  42. Jimbob9

    mono on bullnoses

    Make sure walls are flat before starting and the renders dry and dusty when scratching.
  43. Jimbob9

    Vimark or Parex over painted render?

    Price the customer on both and let them pick.
  44. Jimbob9

    How to fix new build render?

    The Rendit lads would sort that out I bet.
  45. Jimbob9

    Is K-rend a monocouche render?

    Go on you render warrior you. :baaa: In answer to the question, yes K rend is a "monocouche," render and some of us actually manage to get it on the wall.
  46. Jimbob9

    Krend Silicone FT White.

    Morning bead, afternoon lay, scratch it next day. What's the rush? The weather is what it is. Love next day scrape season myself. Loads less stress and no late nights hoping the hurry up will actually start to work. Nowt worse than a soft scrape in the dark, recipe for disaster if you ask me.
  47. Jimbob9

    Monoblanco tips.

    It's a swine when trying to whack 15mm on at once. Takes an age to be able to get on it and it still tears and slides all over the place. Loads better over at 10mm over a base coat or if you have to a tight first pass that's pulled in quite a bit before topping.
  48. Jimbob9

    Krend?????

    If the wall is shaded, constantly damp and already growing algae then applying a layer of k rend or any other porous render won't stop it doing any of that. Walls that are generally dry and correctly protected by roof overhang, correctly positioned roof tiles and gutters that don't leak or are...
  49. Jimbob9

    Where to get parex natural white

    So let's say the system cracks, they inspect and find a crack in the substrate what would they do then? I'm genuinely interested in this response because if they cover in this scenario I have use for it.
  50. Jimbob9

    Where to get parex natural white

    Just ask them if the renders guaranteed to not crack if the background moves. Background movement causes most cracks, very rare render just spontaneously cracks on its own.
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