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The Eu, has vanished in a heartbeat overnight and everyone has gone back to their national states. Italy,Spain the worst hit places in Europe have been well a truly abandoned by the eu. While everyone has become obsessed with toilet rolls the Germans have been stockpiling weapons. They must see...

Fear is now the biggest currency, thanks to the media. All the s**t panic buying and paranoia is down to the media like the daily mail etc not the virus. They want to cull all the old timers and vulnerable. Heartbreaking

Hey lads, did a 15m2 artex ceiling this morning. Applied the Alan Zombie dual mix, speedskim flatten, allowed to pull right in, 2cd coat went on lovely. The house went from an ice box to Tarzan hot in a week, they got a new boiler and the rads were pumping when I turned up. So that played a...

Only 3 coats on 1 of the patterns which was heavy snowfall/ Avalanche pattern which I should of bonded out. I'd invested in the speed skim and bought into the theory of applying next coat straight away. Yeah I should of let it pull in. Good to be aware of mistakes learning the hard way. That's...

Chrispy, please, you don't need a comedy emoji to realise I'm joking. I reskimmed at my own expense.

Robbo, my friend, on 1 of the ceilings I couldn't agree with you enough. I was very unhappy with the look of it. Had that sea sick appearance, just wasn't good. Realy heavy artex, to much movement between coats (3). So I did the honourable thing and reskimmed it. I explained to the client and he...

Zombie, overboard is something I could never do to you. I'm now a loyalist to your post apocalyptic the dead will rise special mix. Going off all your advice and the combination of the freezing weather,ice box house. it was me thinking cause I'd speed skim the first coat I could apply 2cd coat...

Thanks lads, I put 3 generous bucket trowels in per 1.5 bags of skim. The house has been freezing, s**t weather all round. It's probably as you said applying 2cd coat way to soon and combined with to much bonding. Found the zombie very helpfull for the first coat. 1 of the ceilings was pretty...

Hi lads, if you could help me out guide me with my approach on some artex ceilings I'm doing at the mo. Done 3 last week got 3 more to do this week. Used the zombie mix for the 1st coat, flattened straight away with speed skim then 2cd coat straight away. They hung for an eternity, they been...

Cheers lads about the other product I've not heard of, microgobetis . I was looking forward to using the blue grit but was disappointed how stodgy/ thick porridge the texture was. Thanks for the warming it up tip.

Used Feb bond blue grit for the first time the other day. It felt heavy the aggregate/grit compared to wickes which I'd always used but was going for something cheaper. Application wasn't as smooth as wickes, I applied with a brush though. Is it best applied with a mid pile roller? What's...

It seems most men I know who are the wrong side of 40 are bang into fitness and power walking , sports and healthy living diets etc and all the women are heavy duty soaks.

you have a healthy diet? In general I was constantly tired, fatigued, half arsed sessions in the gym. Cut out sugar and bad carbs in my diet, feel great energised. Check out Dr Eric berg on YouTube. He's the man. Plastering is so physically demanding, you need the right fuel in your system.

Hi guys got 6 artex ceilings to do. Any of you lads mix bonding agents with pva so it goes further and saves time? Is it

Hi lads,got heavish patterned artex ceiling to do 16m(big for me) and just wondered if any of you fellas stabilis before applying the wba etc? I was looking at the sandtex 1 from bnq? is it true if you mix stabiliser and pva together it kills the violent suction you get from artex ceilings...

Hi lads re-skimming a re-skimmed wall which hasn't been painted. just wondering if any of you lads have ever used stabaliser before pva on a wall that's been skimmed already and if it's ok to do so? cheers

Hi lads got my first tub the other day. Any tips regarding dilluting and did someone mention you can mix neat pva with it? i always apply my wba with standard mid pile roller from wickes but on the knauf tub it says apply with lambs wool roller? thought they were pricey. cheers

cheers boys. it must be in the top10 for crappest questions/threads known to tpf. my refina was ill for long time so always had the trusted podger n stick which i was brain washed with soo when the refina came back it felt alien to me regarding mixing.

Hi lads just wondering when mixing finish with your refina or what ever you got, how long you have the whisk in for? i know everyones different. i start off with a long stick then put the refina to use on a slow mix as i was told high speed can accelerate the setting time. was told around 30sec...

Hi lads,its a flat steel lintel so can't put noggins in. so quick spring clean with a wire brush and would there be any need for wba? cheers

Hi lads gotta d&d a wall & above the fireplace/stove is a flaky steel lintel. The couple said the new won't be in use,just for show. will i have to wba it before d&d or patching up with bonding etc? cheers

guilty of going for the skim only option myself at my folks house.long corridor wall about 25ft long 10ft high in a old victorian house. All painted up now and i cringe evertime i walk past it, looks terrible. they were over the moon but i'm ashamed of it. massive regret not dubbing out with...

sleep easy friend!!! you now have the luxury of knowing some fella is going to devalue his house for him and when he sees the final product and his wife bursts into tears and says why didn't we just get a gang of kids over to have a plastering party instead. Thats when at internet speed he...

Hey Jace it's the bolle bandido glasses steam/scratch resistant ones. loads on ebay 5 or 6 quid

Hey Ray it was about 1990 when the boss brought a whisk on site and i remember all the spreads laughing at it saying " it will never take off" wtf

Had to learn the art of mixing with a stick and podger. my refina has been ill for a long time. Didn't flinch at the thought of having to embrace the stick n podger.Realy gets your blood flowing and gets you pumped up. always good to have one in the van. Like to make it clear to the tpf massive...

yeah these cost bout £6 off ebay. the plain ones. Been riding my luck for way to long,it's not worth it. well chuffed i was put onto these.

Hi lads, a thread was started few weeks ago bout glasses. some lads recommended bolle steam/scratch proof glasses. used mine today,fantastic. the glasses issue has always been a big headache for me,steaming up etc when doing ceilings. Highly recommened. cheers boys.

i bought a load of out of date b/f from wickes,months out of date. my sets were bout 4hrs long.

Hi lads, spoke to an old boy and he didn't even know what the correct title for this style of plastering was but it was in vogue in the 70's and 80s. No pics sorry. first coat in this case applied with skim as rough as a badgers ass then what seemed like about a million big heavy dabs of carlite...

it looks like the most revolting heaviest artex(applied by a gang of children) that every single tpf member could wish to have a nightmare about.

hi lads went to look at a job before,massive hall way and landing which seemed like never ending of meterage of that realy horrible heavy old'e english style plastering......real nasty. How would you guys approach dealing with it? if i remember correctly did spreads used to do it with browning...

i'm not even s**t yet!!!!

hi lads rang knauf and they fixed me up with enco,being the closest dealer. £51 incl vat. cheers again lads

cheers for that lads. love the wba but expensive gear

hi lads who stocks/sells the gear(north west) and how much should i expect to spend? only found one place who were selling at £72 for 20 litres. always use wba but noticed you get your moneys worth with this stuff. cheers

Hi lads,my s*p*r*lex came today. do i apply gear with it or just use it for the final passes? when you've just applied your 2cd coat do you introduce your s*p*r*lex straight away without any water? cheers lads

Hi lads,got to d+d a room full of thermalites. The original d+d has all been tore down as it was badly fixed and spent. Whats the best way to treat the walls before dabbing? just a good drink of water do the trick or someone one mentioned few coats of very weak pva? cheers

hey,Artisan your right. i'm gonna do that instead. thought with square edge on the plastic stop beads it would just look crap. realised they hadn't used the normal stop bead. they've used some form of plastic beading to make it look and to get it as square and as authentic as possible. don't...

6mm found em

hi,yeah sorry they'd rendered on top of the lintel to create another. the ones that are still sound look the buisness. the scratch coats on the blown ones are still solid. they had dabbed plastic stop beads on top of the scratch coat to form the square. whats the smallest sizes for external...

hi lads,just ordered the plastic and replacment blade from the one stop. look forward to using it! cheers

hi lads,went to look at a job where the house had been white spar dashed and the spreads had created nice looking lintels above the windows. the problem being on few of them the top coat has blown and come off. the customer said when they did it they used plastic beads on the scratch coat to...

hi lads,gonna invest in a refina plazzi. just wondered what was the best handel to get the premium or the standered or does it not realy matter? wasn't so sure if i read a while back,a few of the boys commenting bout the standard handel being to chunky or cumbursome?

hi lads,what approach should i take when plastering on to sandstone? it's a only a small area,lintel support under a window. was told they are extremly porous? will i need to treat it & is d+d on sandstone ok? cheers

cheers lads,Minh,i'm not even **** yet. gave it a scratch coat as it was very deep in areas but i probably had left it to long,suction was violent. gave it a good drink of water today & used my speedskim instead of my darby & it was all good. i always thought if you try and go to thick with...

hi lads,patching up some large areas in an old house & my second coat of hard wall had shitloads of big air bubbles in it? i scrapped it off as i felt it was never gonna adhere properly & didn't wanna risk it blowing once skimmed. i'd left it a couple of hrs between coats. cheers

hi lads,how would the thieves been able to take it off the rendered wall & kept it in tact?

hey madmonk,wait for it to dry(think 2hrs) then as nisus said apply your pva or agent. i've just reskimmed a house with the old lime walls. stabiliser,when it was dry taped up all the cracks,1 coat of pva 3-1. i used the wickes stabiliser, it owns them horrible high suction lime walls.

stabiliser lads!! it's the buisness