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You can also use easifil 45

It's stronger, but you can get bubbles if not enough preasure is applied.

Use on low suction backgrounds such as concrete. Apply like pva with a roller or brush. It's coloured, so you can see where you put it on, also only needs one coat. A lot of similar products, with diferent drying times. WBA is made by knauf and takes 2-4 hours to dry, where thistle bond-it takes...

When you start cutting you still need to have your saw at a 45 degree angle, that gives you the slight curve.

Worth a try

Missus has some fancy light fittings which give the ilusion of bad trowel marks. Well that's what I tell her anyway

Just had an idea, do you think a window cleaners squeegy would work well? Getting my mate to try it, cos I wouldn't risk it on one of my jobs ;)

Does it erradicate water marks then?

You've already had to go back, and now you want to know if you can one coat it? How long is it gonna take you to put on the second coat! Personaly it's always 2 coats for me, except on the odd reveal or patching around sockets, but that's just me

Isn't it when everything goes wronge, and you go down the pub all moody. Oh, that's a plasterers mope

Nice one. Loved the acceptance speach

You say it's smooth, could it possibley be caused by sunlight comming through the window and creating some kind of siloet(or however you spell it)?

When doing several hits at once (especialy in the summer) I find it imposible to have them all tacky. I hate it when you start to skim and only realise after laying on that a few patches were to wet and started to crack and slip down the wall.

When you're at college you do it their way, when you're on your own you'll find your own method. That's why when people ask advice everyone gives a dif answer

Imagine if they done the same to all the old buildings in this country. Older buildings have to be refurbed using similar techneques. As it's a 1905 build I'm not sure if it's the same, but worth getting a second opinion. Mum done a garage conversion and had to dig a 1m trench to take a 2x2m...

Stud it, tape and joint it, get it signed off, rip it down, then do it the way you wanted

My missus got knocked up in a shed with wood.... Yeah you're right, she is crap

Can, and I will

Can, and I will

What is it and what's it for

Can

I'd use the front off the claw hammer on your beads if I cought you doing this. On a serious not, how have you got to the end of your c and g using skim beads for undercoating?

Jiz every time

Why would you leave it till the following day? Just clean with a sponge as you go

Forgot to reply. I ended up pvaing lintle. Dot'n'dabed then wacked some screws half way so not to move board. Worked well, cheers guys. Also tape and jointed it, sorted

Only conservatory I've done had to go around about 20 crooked caieling joists no more than 10 inches apart. Also going up to a plastic trim alsong the top which was no nailsed in and would pop off if I used to much preasure. This was that bodged up job that I helped sort out a few weeks ago.

Had a go today on a patch repair (600 x 2000) on a boarded ceiling. Old ceiling was a bit pooie. Toilet waste wasn't conected properley, had to wear glove to remove poo boards. Left patch slightly raised around edge due to drying to quick, so applied mote preasure, which blistered it. So had to...

In that case should be happy days

I love going over board that someone else has fitted. No matter how many times I tell people, good number of screw heads stick out to far, joints to wide, and no support at edges. You could give an estimate stating 3 days, make them aware that any issues may require another day's money.

Cool, think £100 will be my budget then

Your freind may have been lucky up till now. I don't think you'll learn much from tiling in 5 days, that you can't learn from trial and error. Done a few months labouring for a tiling firm ten years ago, learn't a bit, but not realy enough to make a living. It may not seem like much, but there's...

Purchased a 1000mm one, whole thing looks like it cost under a tenner to make. Using it friday. All that money spent, and comes in a lovely hard wearing cardboard box. You'd think for that money it would at least have a case. Looks like my woodworking skills from school are finally gonna come in...

Always try and mix up with a window aopen at the least

Alright. Not used stilts, still on hop ups and boards. The ammount I spent could have bought some skywalkers

Cheers southermonkey, will do when I get a free day

Need to get the missus off the lap top, cos my phone doesn't like showing links or photos :(

Nice one, will pm him at some point, need to find a spare day to fit in some work experiance

My nostrals look like a 1970's muff, so no dust getting into my lungs.

I doubt it's advertising, more a case of what they've got to offer someone, besides, someones looking for work and someones expressed interest, so shouldn't be knocked

Based near epsom, junction 9 m25. Cheers for fast response. Any recomendations on a brand to research. Also, if you train on one machine, would you be proficient on another? Cheers

Thinking of purchasing a pair. Any real diference between a pair that cost over £200 and a pair that costs under £100. Any recomendations

How hard is it to get to grips with machine plastering. Would a demo (if they do it) from a dealer surfice, or would I need to get myself on a training course. If the cost of a course is quite pricey, would I be able to learn from trial and error from a weeks hire and hitting my out building at...

Soft cloth like a t-shirt can take up most dust. But I wouldn't worry to much about it

If paints up ok then don't worry. Can be down to diferent thicknes in plaster. This could be down to uneven surface underneath what's been plastered or to thick in certain areas.

What about a videos section, and a search engine

Re: Car sliding off drive!......Concrete problem??? Nellys comment about pebble dash may sound silly, but there's a product called drive dash. You apply a resin, wack a load of pebbles on. Alow to dry, then brush excess off. Don't know if it'll sort the grip isue. Put a couple of blocks down so...

They always seem to finish the plastering quite late in the day, then start painting first thing

Cut off a small piece and put it up to your corner, marking both top and bottom. Repeat on other part of corner. Measure distance to where both corners meet (at top). Get your coving and come in 10mm. Mark measurment on top lip. for internal put ceiling edge to bottom. Line up top and bottom and...

Done my c and g over 2 years, 1 day a week. The idea is that the bits you learn you can practice as you go. Ideally you need to either be working for a plasterer. I worked with a couple of builders who had basic knowledge, so got some experiance. I have at some stage or another used most things...

I know you lot lost the election, but going into plastering!