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sent my faulty eibenstock mixer off to get it fixed as I thought the cable was dodgy they rang me up to say it was the switch that was faulty £72 to fix fine crack on do it , got it back exactly the same it only starts when I jam the cable together so I rang them they send it back we will take...

basically I priced a job for a guy I said there's about 2 days work for me and lad plus material money which is gonna be x pounds he said fine crack on ,so I went today got it all bonded cleaned up and I was finished for bout 1.30 it went sweet , all ready to skim tomorrow, he has just rang me...

just tried getting a refina 16 inch blade as my old one is knackered I couldn't get one anywhere everybody is out of stock have they stopped making them ? I ended up buying a new nela trowel I used it Friday on first gauge the foam came away from the blade , one stop shop said they would send me...

Hi fellas did a top coat today the front looked great then went on to gable lad was behind me rubbing up the sun didn't help as he was chasing it but I was never too far ahead but to be honest it looks s h I t e My question is can I go over top of it with more topcoat tommrow I've been...

Alrate lads not sure if this one has been done I had a quick look but couldn't see anything about it my paddle mixer packed up at the weekend ( right in the middle of a mix) the labourer was not happy with a bit of roofing lath to finish it off but anyway while on eBay looking for a new mixer I...

Run out of scrim today prior to skimming a ceiling nearest merchants was b&q so shot down there whilst I was there I started reading there plasterers guideline chart for Jo public to follow. It said each bag of multi finish would cover 2.75 meters squared what? One bag for 2.75 meters thought...

Alreet fellas , does anyone know where I can purchase one of those circular sponge floats I used one years ago not seen one anywhere for sale . I picked up a few rendering jobs recently and sick of pissing about with jumbo car sponges cheers!

Hi fellas , talking amongst fellow spreads I keep hearing plastic float plastic plastic float. So I bit the bullet and bought one gonna take it to site tommorow , I hear its good to avoid ripping on last dry trowel up some use it for flattening first coat getting conflicting opinion I'm probably...

Finishing off at work the other day I said to my mate (fellow spread)where's Kim? he said I've tucked her up for night with Cameron some joiner overheard this conversation and asked what we were talking about I went on to explain that my trowels name is Kim (named after Kim Walsh girls aloud)and...

been plastering 20 years every now and again a rendering job rears its uglyhead i live in yorkshire not that much call for it here.anyway tried it a few differnt ways eg thin scratch two really thin top coats ,then scratch one thick and derby it off then sponge it im either chasing me arse to...