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I use loads of Fast Set and happy to pay the premium. I regulate it by adding board finish if needed. Not for the feint hearted or disorganised, but in the right hands keeps you busy for an earlier finish.

I once did a very similar job to the one described on a hall, stairs & landing. This was before Blue Grit type products, and PVA just ran down the glossy paint. The surface was dimpled rather than stippled, and I coated the walls with Thistle Bonding, then a 50/50 of Bonding/Finish, and then a...

Sorry if that's how it comes over fella! As I said, I do try to keep a months gear in stock due to supply issues. I am presently selling my supply at cost to the builder just to keep the job going. If you could have got a pre warning from Nicola so you could prepare for the next few weeks...

I started reading this thread a few nights ago & got to about page 4 of the same few calling those working "pieces of shite" as well as the usual Tory bashing bollox. At this point I glazed over, and still haven't read the rest ... I will at some point. What their bigotted minds can't grasp is...

I bought a paddle once with more downforce than Lewis Hamiltons car - I'm guessing this was a negative jobbie?

I make it a policy not to engage in "texted" negotiations, and just ignore them - They generally call back after 3 or 4 un-replied texts agreeing to the original quote.

Yep, Ivory and white! Also got some cream from Buildbase last summer to match existing ... which it might with 15 years of weathering.

The day does go faster when you are on it! But a nice pottering day with the rattler in one hand and a pair of snips in the other is always a pleasant easy day.

So why don't they just scrap multi, replace it with pure at 8 quid for the elite & leave board finish for the rest of us in the cheap seats? I did 2 jobs in the same day a couple of weeks ago, and I can't tell you just how differently the same batch of plaster behaved from a wet morning to a...

You know the old saying ...... If it fly's, floats or fcuks, it's cheaper to rent by the hour! Utter macho bollox I agree, but I do go by the following; Yesterday is history, Tomorrow's a mystery, Today is a gift - The present! I don't believe the destination is better than the journey ~~~~...

Lets face it, nobody is going to store a pallet of overpriced plaster in their living room in hope that Mrs Jones appreciates the clean air that the 2 and a bit bags used on her ceiling will create. It's all bollox mate! You're being spun a good 'un by the Mothership and first commander Vincey.

This thread is just too G** on so many levels!

Such a great seller that I have never seen it on any shelves?

It looks like something done in Soweto? ... but I guess not as they at least would have an Afro comb to scratch it properly.

Buy her a chocolate orange, but take some advice; She will open it and take a single segment .. she will then wrap it back up, leave it on show & fcuk off to bed! This is just a test, and should be seen as a bronzed maggot mounted enticingly on a size 18 hook. Cast out & trotted down the river...

Small van requires a big garage or lockup!

I still have a scutch hammer knocking about somewhere ... but wouldn't know where to get the little jagged blades to put in it now? I spent many an hour scutching painted brickwork in me yoof.

I used a Cementone exterior grit that was quite good. http://www.andysemporium.co.uk/cementone-renderers-stabilising-primer---10l-115598-p.asp?gclid=CjwKCAjwos7NBRAWEiwAypNCe-BNeEHi4Bg-PZ3oL0S-2l7jNy5Y4ET2fUtxS9GxsnUl6X8ZyjwXmxoCihMQAvD_BwE It smelled really nice and left a rubbery kind f feel...

Looking like a proper bit of kit with some proper batteries .. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> ... couple of half decent bits of totty pushing it as well.

Kate Middleton ....... have her scrubbed and sent to my bedsit!

You need to know your hydrated lime from hydraulic lime. The hydrated makes a good plasticiser & gives the mix some body when pebble dashing, or when the sand is shite. Now hydraulic contains clay, and will set off sand on it's own. The higher the NHL rating, the harder it sets. I have rendered...

There is a cat amongst the pigeons, and Vincey has been conditioned by BG with the "I owe you nothing" mentality. It would be nice to have a silent night ... though to be fair that was a Matt Goss solo effort. Woo Gary Davies ...

Good night!

Chuck a tub of Thistle Bond-It at it and crack on!

British Gypsum should be making the moves & not rely on the merchants to take the risk. Wean tradesmen over to Dura/Pure or whatever ... and then start the process of doubling the price. I really do dislike them as a company now, and every pound I don't have to give them makes me feel a bit better.

Get a bag of Cullamix and tyrolean your worries away!

How soon? How quick? How much? These are the only 3 questions domestic customers want answering! I don't know what planet British Gypsum are on these days offering all these new G** products when they can't get any consistency with their bread & butter products. They have totally lost touch...

Why do all these new products have to cost twice what they are trying to replace? Materials are the biggest killer for me ... Just about everytime I walk out of the merchants I sigh and say "FFS"! No way in this world will I pay double for a nicer finish, faster set or No PVA needed...

Bags of board finish used to have "not to be used as a dry lining adhesive" written on them! I'm not saying your boards weren't dabbed with finish, (done it myself) but it is worth mentioning that bonding compound used to be pink ... as was cove adhesive.

I had similar happen a couple of years back! Bloke trying to get me to render his new build off a tower, when the ground all around the house was like a scene from the Somme.

£25 in the mid 80s .... about a days wages as I remember.

Interesting ... thanks for that! It would have been 85 when I first started that I saw guys using hot water to mix artex. The Carlite Bonding of the day used rendered down cow hooves to produce the glue. That stuff was evil compared to the rubbish of today. Stick to anything and would foul up...

Insulation boards start at 27mm extruded foam in my book .... 10mm of polystyrene on a half inch board is just a waste of time.

I was working at a house many years ago on a boiling hot day - The neighbour offered me a glass of lemonade in return for over boarding & skimming their entry ceiling.

But trusting a convicted burglar in a house full of goodies is like trusting a Labrador in a butchers shop. Bloke who got sent down for fiddling his VAT .. No problem! Bloke who smacked someone who groped his daughter ... I doubt it? Bloke who is a convicted thief .. Not a chance! I also...

I have worked in a lot of very nice houses with a lot of very dodgy looking characters it the past, and can only ever recall one instance when £40 was taken out of a womans purse. Turned out to be a young window fitter working for Everest. But I can think of many incidents outside of work hours...

It makes my day when they leave a pink surprise at the bottom in the form of 10 8'x4' Fireline ... love that!

I would never trust an ex convict in peoples house - It's not them I would be concerned about .... but the mates they talk to/ hang out with after work.

Memorise the words on the side of a Polish lager can & start reciting it when the bailiff shows up ... That's the trick around here anyhow!

Bit of a camel Toe on the go there! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I did some work for solicitor who dealt with asbestosis cases. Basically said the more you got the worse it was. Also mentioned that most of the boys that worked with it every day are now gone. For sure, I will have scraped a few ceilings containing asbestos. Just like my old man must have...

Can you ask them why Bonding 60 is £11 per bag at Wickes?

You know what they say; "If it fly's, floats or fcuk's ... it's cheaper rented by the hour!"

I once got sent to do a job by a builder (more of a clueless architect type of college boy) on a Saturday morning. It was patching up chases in the kitchen after the electrician ... who had kindly fitted all the switches also! After 20 minutes the guy asked how long I was going to be as he...

I do a lot of domestic & I would say at a guess I have been asked to put right shite work maybe 3 times in the last 2 years. .... Seen plenty more shite - but not asked to re-do it.

I had a first last week when the customers pre-paid meter ran out of 50 pence pieces. Called him at work to say the power had gone off & told me the reason why! There are some half baked dumbfucks out there!

I have taken to buying 10 of each and mixing 50/50 to start with & tweaking it one way or another. Board finish last week was dead after 20 minutes, and I was struggling with 2 bags. And while we have the attention of BG, could they explain the reasons for "Bonding 60" when the regular stuff...

What happens to all the recycled plaster board?

Come the apocalypse, you will need a stealthy trowel ready in your bug out bag! The above is clearly the South American "Amazonian" livery - But I look forward to seeing the Woodland cammo or Mullticam version of this essential piece of survival kit.

Any idea why the wobble light was discontinued?