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    Killer

    lord and downing
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    Killer

    i bought it approx. 2 years ago and used it 4 times during the 9 months i had it it was in good working condition and the gennie fired up first time even in cold weather we had the usual teething problems with the running of the machiene and i decided it was not for me (material waste,and...
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    Killer

    thats my old monojet for sale..if you got it that price it would be a bargin,taking into account *********** tried to sell it to me for £5500 2 years back!
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    germany

    the oktoberfest in munich has to be up there as one of the best piss ups i have attended
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    What is a ideal height for a plasterer

    im 7'4 (with my stilts on)
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    what would you like for christmas

    pug...aka charles manson?
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    When did everyone start out?

    1984, knocking up skim with a podger and browning in an old galv. bath....the joys
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    what would you like for christmas

    id like my two front teeth
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    Plastic Population

    i bought a 16 inch one, and after a bit of experimenting i have found the best way for me is to lay on and flatten with steel trowel and then trowel up with my plastic....in terms of issues they do leave faint scratch marks and they do tend to over pollish. overall im impressed with them and...
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    Fibre tape

    it has to be said fibre tape is one of the best inventions we have had in the plastering game...some of the older spreads on here will remember the change over from cotten scrim to fibre tape.It was like having all your birthdays at once
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    stilts

    i bought my sur-stilts off ebay, well worth the money if you can get hold of a pair
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    PLASTIC SKIMMING TROWEL thread locked due to trolling

    Re: PLASTIC SKIMMING TROWEL ive just finished a job where the builder supplied us with febond blue grit. its a bit thicker too apply than betonkontact but did the job and smelt nice too
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    MarshallTown Heavy Duty Stilts MSW218 ---LOOK---

    sur-stilts would be my choice, ive had mine six years and there still going strong
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    mono

    id be careful to mention it on here how long it takes you to do that job,otherwise you might have that plasterking having a go at you
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    collomix mixers

    refina megamix...they will handle a variety of materials, even wetdash
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    parex

    no worries plasterking...just lookedlike you having a bit of a dig lol, id like to see anyone hand applying it any quicker than what we did taking into account the awkwardness of it mcplaster your right it is a pain to put on by hand, is there any other mono out there a bit easier to hand apply...
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    parex

    no we started putting on about 8.30 its a private house with a lot of detail and was awkward to scaffold, it ended up taking 33 bags about 40 m2..not a right lot but as i said it was awkard ...next time i'll get you on board "plasterking" ....would i be right in saying that you served your time...
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    parex

    we had it on for about 12 and scraped back for 7, bottom half hung a little i think it will be next day scrapes from now on
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    parex

    we have about 30 bags of monorex to hand apply tomorrow i cant decide wheather to get it on first thing and scrape back late afternoon , or get it on in afternoon and scrape back the following day (its forcasted highs of 15 degrees) cheers
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    monorex

    cheers fot the input, i think the tight coat and then desired thickness would be the way foward
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    monorex

    Im in the process of rendering an old house in monorex. We have scratched it in sand+cement with sbr and this scratch coat has been on for about a month. The other day we rendered part of the back without wetting down the scratch coat and although most of it went on fine we had a few areas that...
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    Mobile phones

    I have an i phone that i keep protected in a zip up pouch, the phone is 8 months old and is still like new
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    Pebble Dashing and Expansion joints

    you could try dividing the area with a bellcast bead, that would break it up for you
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    white rendering sand

    i think he maybe talking about white silica sand you can buy from most merchents mix that in with your white cement and lime for a white background
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    oh the pain

    i have to agree with that about the glucosamine, i ran out of them 2 weeks back and the pain has returned..get mine from 'Healthspan'
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    Where have you worked in the world lads

    there has to be work in Afghanistan and Iraq,it would have to be well paid of course with a bit of danger money ::)
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    apprentice jack in today

    i would not have given him a second chance personally, he is likely to pull a similar stunt in the future and as others have said he is on too much coin for a lad of 19 without a driving liscence
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    Where have you worked in the world lads

    england,scotland and the land of the bratwurst
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    Hello there

    just a quick hello out there to everyone, ive been plastering over 20 years and hope i can help and be helped from time to time on here cheers
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