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    Hairline cracking

    Afternoon I’ve just stripped a million layers of paper off some walls, thinking I’d skim em before painting. Turns out the paper was hiding a load of hairline cracks, which can hopefully be seen in photos. There’s way too many to be scraping out and filling, and also too many to be using 50mm...
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    Which plaster?

    Evening What’s the best way of plastering inside of exterior wall of house, standard brick with cavity? There’s not enough room to batten and board and I’ve been told dot dab is no, no in this scenario. Is browning or hardwall ok for this application, skimming with multi finish? Ta
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    How to deal with this?

    Morning I posted on this the other day but can’t find it…technically incompetent. Anyhoo, what the best way to fill in gaps in photos, where I removed rotten wood? I thought I’d be clever n fix no more ply in to fill it a bit. It turns out render doesn’t like sticking to it so I’m at a loss...
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    Sbr ?

    Morning all I’m filling in some channels between old (sound) render, where rotten decorative wood has been removed. I’m gonna use Weber ocr. I’ve fixed cement board into the channels for good base. Do they need priming? Can I prime with sbr, as I’ve got loads left from another job, or should I...
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    Hairline cracks

    Morning has anyone used the ‘crack tapes’ from USA...tesa etc?Aside from the worry of accidentally ordering crack and getting raided, I wonder if it’s any good? Got hairline cracks in fire boarded Ceilings n really don’t want to skim them as there’s loads in big building. In the past tried...
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