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  1. K

    Tiger stripes

    I blame it on the individual , if you stick with your set long enough you can actually see Tiger marks appear. Hard trowel them out as set takes place and its job done ! Inferior well known Flexi Trowels do not help either !!!
  2. K

    Free Offer to prove courses are better than no training

    A good bit of advice is , don`t run before you can walk mate. Stick to learning your internal stuff like board skimming , beading up and a bit of hardwall etc and build on your rendering skills once you get used to whacking on about 30-40 bags a day on to a good standard. It takes years to learn...
  3. K

    artex showin after skim?

    What i find works well is, after two coats of pva put a good thick first coat of multi on , let it pull in a bit and then go over the first coat again with a dry trowel flattening off. Leave it it for a good while to pull in once again and then hit it with the second coat. Perfect results...
  4. K

    quickest way to find the joists when overboarding????

    I normally get my labourer to go around the room with a cordless drill, find the 1st joist nearest the corner of the ceiling in question and simply run a pilot hole through the existing ceiling until he finds the 1st joist . He then drills a couple of holes until he finds the centre. Then he...
  5. K

    new trowel

    Save your money my friend and stick with marshalltown, i also went over to tyzack and within a few months the trowel was all bent and twisted. We dont make stainless like we use to and we can`t produce trowels like the yanks can. Regards kosta (k`s plastering services)
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