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    mono damp patches

    any seen this before? Rubbed up friday, but has left wet marks… chipped off the old mono, but kept the basecoat as it was solid. Render primer’d old basecoat. Then basecoat & mesh. Then topcoat. TIA
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    high flex basecoat finish

    how do people prefer to finish high flex basecoats like fx4 or star contact for EWI/render carrier? Spatted flat and coarse sponged finished one yesterday in the heat but didnt like the finish I got compared to normal basecoat. Looked a bit choppy in the sun for an hour at midday........ Cheers
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    spraying johnstones SE

    Does anyone have any joy spraying johnstones silicone enhanced with a Bennu set up? Took me hours and multiple passes to get to a finish that was something like. Ended up using 1500 water, speed 2 on drill. Trigger pressed down full pelt. Shouldn’t be that bloody hard. Got the rest of the house...
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    expansion joints - thincoat jobs

    Looking at a couple of bungalows where the top of the gables to the apex are to be renderboarded - running through into the lower level masonry. Reps say i need expansion joints where the bottoms of board and block meet. Already know customer won’t want it. Does everyone do this? Feel like i...
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    Render board beads.

    Do folk like to use standard 6mm beads for render carrier boards are use the winged mesh profile ones like in EWI? TIA
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    Favourite OCR?

    What’s the general verdict on the best OCR out there for a painted finish? Got an extension to do. Leaning toward Johnstones OCR. Had mixed results with the Weber one. Didn’t know if there was a better one out there.. TIA
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    Mono or thincoat

    Spent last 12-18 months convinced thincoat is the way forward, and in turn have been convincing customers. But last few jobs have done in eco rend mono and they’ve been a dream. So much bloody easier. Got my little extension sat ready to do and I’m torn. What’s better and why help me decide...
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    WeberSil tf silver Pearl

    Anyone know anywhere in the north where you could source/pickup this stuff?
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    Ritmo air leak / water drop

    Hi, Very very new to machine life. Used our ritmo about 6 times now (bought from Les in sept). Just as we thought we was getting hang of it seems we’ve got an air leak as the compressor machine thing keeps making a noise… Was spraying EcoRend mr1 the other day. Had water set on 280 (as that’s...
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    Movement bead or additional mesh overlap?

    Hi, Looking for advice. Rendering a small gable (thin-coat system). At the top of the elevation above the doors to the ridge, a stone/brick wall sits back around 20mm from the main masonry cavity structure. Customer doesn’t want any nibs so floating the section as flush as poss. But obvs where...
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    Base coat render hairline cracks

    Hi lads (and lasses). Still new to thincoat, done a few smallish jobs now (hand applied) last two in Johnstones. Iv noticed on a couple of times once sponge floating up basecoat that just a handful of small hair line cracks start appearing. Cut one them out on Friday as we were doing it, layer...
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    Advice/ first time using Renderboards.

    Hello. Thanks for having me. First time posting on here... iv done a few small monocouche jobs using weberpralM the last couple of years and all seemed to go well enough . Agreed to do hack off and re-render a small bay window area for a customer only to discover it was hollow (straight onto...
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