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Hi lads, Anyone in the know regarding Venetian polished plastering give me a few pointers to get me started, I'm going to do a feature wall in my bathroom but want to do some practice boards in my shed first as its a new side of plastering to me, Just want to know what I need in regards...

sound pal, cheers

ya know them speed skim clips, do they come with a pole for £15 im guessing not! so where are the poles or can i use a broom handle or paint roller extension??

No your employer can set the Nvq up for you,

Streaky bacon, it's cos second coats Applied too early and it's thicker than first coat! You really shouldn't be getting Any if your a professional

The specs for a lot of hospitals etc I've worked on was usually 70mm stud, then 15mm ply then 15mm boards, so yea ply is used a lot but it's more for strengh than sound

Trouble is it's only gonna get worse! A lot of private jobs, customers can't really tell good from bad half the time anyways

Messaged you Barry, cheers.

Could you and me details too please

Tight ****

At last a reason to use the search function!

fecking ell lads lighten up lol.

it dont have to be dead on your not making a cake! ( but you probably should be):RpS_biggrin:

lol you told him he would have to dab and screw studs to the wall when he asked can i dab silver back boards! ( it would be cheaper to just buy more normal board than buy studs and screws etc lol) you gave bad advice! yea you can do it your way but why would you? ( and i dont even think you...

Danny i use quite a bit of pressure when applying so it goes on flat with a perma, but like ya say it could be cos its well worn in.

Oh that 1 yea why dint ya say lol. It's still **** and no one uses it tho.

Lol well obviously I'm a lot more clued up than you coming out with that crap. It is a seriously bad idea to dab metal studs! Show me in the white book where it mentions doing that. Please explain to me why dabbing mf studs to a wall is better than putting a mf wall up using c channel top and...

lol why the hell would you dab mf studs onto a wall? you might as-well just get channel and build false wall.

needs another trowel?? lol it looks like youve just laid it on without any troweing

nope yr wrong, its easy to get the wall virtually perfectly flat on second coat with a perma, i put on with a 5yr old perma and trowel up with an 11yr old.

Have you done it yet? I want to see a pic of how bad this wall is, and 1 finished if you done it.

Lol if you can't get a flat finish with a perma your doing it wrong! Mines like a snooker table, it's how you put it on and flatten what counts

Like I said earlier cut lengths of board ( pref off cuts) about 6 inch wide, dab em on every 600 and abit more on bottom for skirt, use a chalk line or laser on floor and ceiling and Pack to line obv tight back as you can go. Then use nice big dabs for yr boards.

Dab strips of board on to pack out and if you can knock high points off do that aswell.

yea sound mike, everyones got their own ways. id find it easier to dab myself but can see yr point from a novices point of view with the clenliness etc (not you the op)

dot n dab like everyone else, why would you batten it????

Not sure what yr saying jcrp? i did the whole lot in 1 mix, thistle bond it mixed with pva it soaked straight in so no waiting then skimmed took 3.5 hrs Why is it a silly price? cost me £20 in fuel and materials so £80 profit. go on what would you have charged? bearing in mind i just...

A ton

No mate not fishing, I don't really care what others charge, it was more about the Facebook post and all the silly 1 a bee spreads and their comments on pricing it. Yea there's more than 2 walls, I guess he classed the chimney breast as part of the whole wall, but that's my point none of them...

lol i pointed out to the lad it would cost him that in materials and fuel

lol no worries mate, and i take calling you a prat back :RpS_biggrin:

Sorry haggis i was pulling yr leg mate, i used the old dodgy builders quote Yea ive never had a problem, been doing it this way for years :RpS_lol: sorry to say that theirs no trick you will have to carry on pva ing the walls first :RpS_wink:

YEA IT WAS ME YOU PRAT, It was obviously a joke thats why when you asked "seriously"? i put "yea ive done it for yrs and never had a problem:RpS_lol: I thought if you didn't get the first post as a joke you would definatly get my second reply!!! grrrr lol xx

I always thistle bond tiles first but don't know if its strictly necessary but i wouldn't do it without.

Yea ive never had a problem, been doing it this way for years :RpS_lol:

yea i mix it 50/50 with pva then a drop of water to make it spread easier, give it a good stir first mind, but i know you already know that.

lol well funny you should say that, the lad whos house it wa is a spark!!!! and he unscrewed em lol, but normally id do the same no biggy :RpS_thumbsup: ive heard about this notorious socket thread im gonna go read it now. Also i wanted to make this thread to point out how scary its getting...

Dunno if anyone else does this but i dont need that uni finish crap i just pour a pint of pva per bag into the tub while mixing, this avoids the need to pva walls first or use that over priced uni finish crap.

Oh yea before anyone says awt it aint been troweled up at this stage or cleaned down :flapper:

407007_449107021832809_7394766_n | Flickr - Photo Sharing! 562541_449107135166131_1290122901_n | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Bit of fun, someone asked for 2 walls skimming on facebook on a free adds page, baring in mind no one knew how many m2 it was or even asked for that matter, the comments...

Ok thanks raggles, I have tried a mates plaziflex a couple of times before actually so im not brand new to it all.

Rite I've ordered a 1200 speed skim jobby and a plastic 18" plaziflex so if they are shite someone on here owes me £60

Haha, i only do it if I don't like the decorator, funny as **** seeing their puzzled face next day, you can tell their thinking " I'm sure I papered that wall yesterday!"

Lol crazy spreads taking rads off to skim. I'm also a qualified plumber and I don't even touch them when plastering. Why would ya when it's easy to blend in behind and the customers usually left a load of paper on behind anyways. In an ideal world yea but where do you stop?

Agree YouTube is where I learnt, I had a head start tho as I'm good at ironing so I transferred my technique straight over to plastering.

Done warrior :RpS_thumbup: Heres mine. https://www.facebook.com/Prospecinteriors1

Lol well you could just as easy get a **** spread from paper as anywhere else, at least on Facebook people can go on yr page see pics of yr previous work read comments and recommendations, then if they use you and are happy next time someone puts in their feed, " Ny one know a plasterer?" Then...

Yea course it's worth it. If you have a page with a lot of likes say 1000+ people are going to think yea he must be good it's basically free networking. All big names do it now with the offers, like and share the page to win blah blah and that way they are advertising to millions

Because Facebook is fast becoming the no1 advertising platform on the net, And likening and sharing spreads the word on yr page. Is that comment above aimed at me lol? I admit I don't comment on here much, but I read it quite often and there's only so much to talk about with plastering and...

Just scrolled down couple of pages and couldn't see 1 of these posts, Over in a tiling forum I use there's a thread where everyone links their business page from facebook and we all like each others to help boost recognition and awareness to each others page. Just wondered if you guys fancied...