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Hey kebab king 2 people who live in Farnborough I knew our town was on the map haha, that is Farnborough hants, not the one in kent?.:RpS_lol:.

hello folks, Well my new nela premium 14 inch laying on trowel has just arrived and have to say I really like the feel of it, wasn,t sure about the cork handle but I think it will make for a nice grippy handle even when wet, and its even got a plasterers 1 stop shop bit of...

I did actually come across one tip that I would never have thought of, adding food colouring to your pva to make it easier to see when your applying it it works a treat and if you mix several different colours you can have a neopolitan affect on the surface hehe:rolleyes)

just realised I answered your avice question with the question you asked in the first place, brain must be starting to fail:RpS_biggrin:

yeah George, my advice would be to be retired in another part of the world by my age haha, well made my final choice of new laying on trowel, a nela premium with cork handle. it,ll be getting its first test run on a ceiling iv,e got to do for my partners ex husband would you believe, my partner...

I became a home mechanic out of nessecity, couldn,t afford garage fees years ago all my old bangers used to be mechanically perfect even if they did rust away around my ears, and I certainly have had some bangers back in the 1970s when cars used to go very rusty haha, had an escort I opened the...

Hey ph106, I was born very close to Harrogate, a little village called cawood, haha small world although I moved down here the year I was born when my dad joined the airborne regiment in 1958.

Good morning everyone, thought I,d stop by and say hello before I go out and do oil and oil fitler change on my almost 18 year old 954cc citreon ax, I call it my flintstone car:RpS_biggrin:, a few people have a laugh about it well it went through its mot last Saturday with not one single fault...

gotta try the bonding in finish idea, pity did artex ceiling yesterday 22m2 but had no bonding, I,m sure I,ll get another chance to try it as there,s another artex bedroom ceiling looking very crap, can,t stand the stuff, never been interested in having a go at it, like covering it up...

evening lazer

I tried the cream of tartar in multi finish idea today all my years in the building trade never come across that idea it works a treat and gave me plenty time for troweling up and even 2 cups of tea not cold tea either I need all the help I can get these days as it,s not as easy these days...

I was a moron on site for 20+ yrs, now I,m a moron not on site, ooh lala. I can say emphatically I ended up on this forum by accident really whilst looking for a new trowel choice, and not to pick anyones brains at all although I have seen a few tips that may be helpful in the future , just...

I meant on a serious note, and the wall was 3 foot wide not the crack haha.

On a derious note about cracks, a kitchen I reskimmed back in 1992 for a mate at his house has one tiny wee hair line crack on a narrow section of wall about 3 foot wide which has only just developed about 5 months ago tapped round the crack not blown or anything so just made crack a wee bit...

my doctor gave me 4 weeks to live wish he,d given me 3 weeks then I would get away without paying next months rent in advance, that,s it sleepy byes night all.

My older brothers got letters after his name, see he was a postman for 5 years:eek:

Now what was that al jolsen song, he was the one with blackened face used to sing those kind of paddle steamer songs, one of them went something like this, nothing could be finer when your holding a refina in the morning, I,ll get my coat now then:RpS_laugh:

Where can I get a shite hawk from, sqwauk sqwauk:RpS_biggrin:.

You must be telepathic james, same one iv,e got in my ebay watch list:RpS_thumbsup:, is it preworn in or pre worn out, I,m completely worn out. they do look nice.

I just read through the bonding in finish thread, would never have thought of that one, I got a very rough wall to do soon I,ll try that idea out, it,ll look even rougher when iv,e dealt with it:rolleyes:.

Oh yeah for filling in chases is that the one, a lady friend of mine will be showing me a couple of handy tits, oops sorry meant handy tips, come to think of it they are tips. my typing goes a bit tits up sometimes and I make the odd boob:RpS_w00t:

Evening, just got home hey danny you very near Hampshire I can see your front door from where I am , hovering above in my private helicopter, I,m an eccentric millionaire:RpS_blink:, actually I think I,m turning into an egg plant:-0. I used new refina s*p*r*lex today I like it can,t wait to get...

actually I have picked up some handy tips scissors, even at 56 years old your never too old to learn new tips, I,m always happy to take advice pride before a fall and all that.

I,m in Aldershot wezley, I was born in north east Yorkshire then we moved down here when my late father joined the parachute regiment in 1958, someones got to live here I suppose:RpS_lol:.

Love the banter here takes me back to my hod carrying days everyone feeling like sh..t on a Monday morning ripping each other to shreds hehe, wonder when I,ll be on the hit list, yep I,m a complete bellend, thought I,d get that in first, nela, nela where out thou nela.

Heyup fellas, snatch, heee my favourite word :RpS_thumbsup:, be trying out my new refina s*p*r*lex later, getting a 14 refina, premium next, wonder how much it weighs loaded with plaster, according to scales its 11 stone 3 pounds, oops hang on I was stood on the scales while I was holding the...

sorry think I,m cracking up toothache is in full swing bye chat soon.

see they just unzip the crack line and work from below.:RpS_blink::RpS_w00t:

Heyup fellas I got a couple of ideas for the crack in ceiling problem you,ll love my ideas honest:RpS_biggrin:, if it,s nice and straight widen it and make a nice big 2 inch expansion joint, look a real treat with down lighters highlighting it. Othe idea is my own secret method this one,s...

evening all, my bad shoulder has gone away yippee, trouble is now iv,e got a double toothache, not to worry got a bottle of brandy off customer hehe that,ll sort it.

iv,e narrowed down my choice for a new laying on trowel but not telling as I know I,ll get at least 2 million responses as to which is the best haha, might even make my own as iv,e got an empty cornflakes box here somewhere:rolleyes)

I meesed up my reply it,s gone somewhere I also messed up my meesed up:-0

hello scissors yeah I,ll stay active was going to be doing a ceiling today but right shoulder is playing up legacy of 10 years hod carrying in my youth 4 of them on price work

woman I plastered a ceiling for years ago rang me 2 weeks later, she said I have a big long crack, I replied well you have had 7 kids what do you expect:RpS_blink:

Hello one and all, iv,e been lurkin in the forum for several days so thought I,d show my face, well at least in the form of text that is. I,m dave I live down south in Hampshire, I,m not a fulltime plasterer but do jobbing work for people, but have been doing plastering off and on for a lot of...

Hi Cassie, I,ll be giving its first try probably friday as being a jobbing man keep dropping back on other jobs, but must say it seems like it may lay on but think I,ll take your advice and just trowel up with it, my old mt trowels are a bit past their best bit like their user :RpS_lol: mind you...

Good day folks, Iv,e probably got this wrong its supposed to be an introduction to me so hit reply to thread. Anyway my name is dave and I will say from the outset I,m not a fulltime spread like you guys, I,ll get my coat now then:RpS_laugh:, no seriously I started my...