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Hi all I’ve got a job to cover the artex in a car port, it’s a dry ceiling undercover but is open at either end( basically a tunnel.would you go with normal bond and set or flatten with a thin coat if ocr or similar?

My inner chimp wants to do that and more believe me, I’m sure he’ll piss the wrong person off in the future.

Yes was his house, the work was fine and to a decent standard , I’ve searched for him on the internet and discovered he went bankrupt earlier this year, so I think it’s a losing battle as I’ll probably be behind a few others in the queue.I’m not the type to go banging his door down either,I’ve...

Might start a you tube channel, it’s short of plastering videos

Thanks for all you advice guys I will give him a call,I think I could understand it more if a big company knocked me but as it’s a bloke who is also a manual worker it’s harder to take. I feel pissed off with myself for taking the job on but generally disappointed with him as that behaviour is a...

hi all ive been plastering for a long time now and have always got my money but ive just done a job and the customer picked up faults here and there on my work and to be fair there were a few which i did put right(a bit of sanding here and there but nothing major) he said he would let me know...

Will do thanks for that

hi all,ive got to render and set the inside walls of a small outbuilding and ive got some hp12 left over from a job,can anyone tell me if i can treat it as sand and cement and set on top of it?

I think I will

I plastered a ceiling today (3x4m) over artex( house is around 15 years old)I gave the ceiling 3good coats of pva and put a couple of handfuls of bonding in the first mix as I always do.I got about halfway across and realised it was going off so I got the rest on and with plenty of water on my...

I’m in Essex/herts area

my bg multi finish smelt exactly like make good multi today,haven't used the make good shite for months so it couldn't have been a lingering odour.has anyone else smelt it?

It’s on now so just decorate it and time will tell

I love the stuff,especially when you're expected to fill a black hole that brian cox would be excited to see.

is that the new make good multi training video?

i find the speed skims are doing more damage than good lately so stopped using them but the plaziflex seems to flatten lovely.

i wouldn't worry,plaster was always grey in the 80s either carlite or syraphite and the scrim was a roll of hessian so all normal things to see on a house of that age.just fill it back in with sand and cement or bonding.

i did a job for a woman years ago and as she was a single mum she pleaded with me to drop from £120 down to £100 a day.i took pity and agreed and then i heard her ordering a new bed for £900.never again

in my experience just stay well away,as soon as you even start the work they have you and your money,learnt that lesson a long time ago.gut instinct is always the best gauge for these things so if it feels like aggro it probably will be.

I've had it for years probably due to walkmans and i pods,i always have something on in the background and most nights i go to sleep with a podcast on so i don't home in on the ringing.nothing will stop it as its a sound that comes from the brain and not the ear.i heard a terrible story of a...

you could put another couple of coats of pva on the hardwall,its always worked for me.

pva for sure,5 mins extra work to save you running about like benny hill to get control again

Finally made it look good

their job wasn't to re route external wiring so not their fault at all unless you had previously ask for it to be hidden.

write with a candle over the finished plaster,that should separate the emulsion and reveal a secret message

I'm onto podcasts now,can't keep listening to the same old songs.don't mind a bit of ken bruce though.

must have bought a bag of out of date stuff cheap from the Facebook gang

I've no reason to to doubt him,him and his mate both came back with ten bags each.i saw that with my own eyes.

that was in the herts/north london area

must be getting better,the builder I'm working for at the moment picked up 10 bags on monday and was told he could have a pallet delivered if he needed it,that was wickes as well

thank you will do.

ps i did buy them from p1 shop

so I'm stuck with 14 bags of plaster that aren't fit for purpose.about £112 of goods.would you charge more than that to swap them?

i rang the make good suppliers(got the number from p1 stop shop)and explained i have 14 bags of the first batch and would like to swap for the new batch so i can give it a proper try.they were aware the first batch is shite and said they'd be happy to swap them,all i have to do is go to their...

great thanks ill call then

I've been able to get some bg in the meantime thank god

i would but i had it delivered from plasterers one stop shop,i might ring them and see if they will do something,had 20 bags delivered and still got about 14 left

did they use a trowel or catapult to put it on? :sorprendido3:

you could work for a maintenance company,as i remember they never expect too much from you in a day,you can take on privates gradually, use the firms materials and build your speed and confidence that way

I still have the october batch and it does this,dries solid with a sticky wet patch (ooh matron) so you're left with small areas to fill.that photo is on a sheet of flat board so no rhyme nor reason for it to do that.

maybe not if it was a friday afternoon:LOL:

i would've let it set first,not gone over a wet mix of it,I'm bad but not that bad:endesacuerdo:

i put pva on the boards as they'd been up a while and as it was a hot loft they would've sucked the life out of BG so was just being precautious with the make good to give me half a chance before it set.as for the first coat on an artex ceiling i'm not even going to use it for that, its so...

baked potato show me the way

no its tom

great thanks for the tip

yes yes its tom,you know him too

from 3ft away