Hello fello plasterers!
I wondered if anyone can help me. I haven't as yet done much rendering and one thing that frustrates me is applying and finishing bellcast beads. How would you normally fix bellcast beads to the wall? sometimes i've tacked them with nails to hold in place and then dub over them with a bit of sand and cement. Would you normally build the drip shape out in the scratch coat? And how do you get the nice curve, all my float seems to want to do is dig in to the curve and mess it all up. Do i need to use a well rounded float over the drip area? And one more thing, how do I form the nice angled edge details that you see either side of a drip bead over window and door areas? I've always hated rendering but I would like to get into it a bit more now.
Any help out there would be appreciated, cheers lads :-/
I wondered if anyone can help me. I haven't as yet done much rendering and one thing that frustrates me is applying and finishing bellcast beads. How would you normally fix bellcast beads to the wall? sometimes i've tacked them with nails to hold in place and then dub over them with a bit of sand and cement. Would you normally build the drip shape out in the scratch coat? And how do you get the nice curve, all my float seems to want to do is dig in to the curve and mess it all up. Do i need to use a well rounded float over the drip area? And one more thing, how do I form the nice angled edge details that you see either side of a drip bead over window and door areas? I've always hated rendering but I would like to get into it a bit more now.
Any help out there would be appreciated, cheers lads :-/