Extra time retarder

[Cuggy83]

Hi all.
Got a big hit on a ceiling tomorrow,
Got a few sachets of "extratime retarder"
Never used it before. Do I need to use it in both mixes? Don't really want to be hanging around for an extra hr or so to start trowelling up.
Cheers

 

[Danny]

use it in first coat

 

[Cuggy83]

use it in first coat

Thought as much. Does it hold the second coat back for longer if just put in 1st coat?

 

[Danny]

second coat normally holds back ok

 

[zombie]

Every time I've tried using it trowels up strange

 

[zombie]

Which is a shame as I'm fat and slow

 

[Cuggy83]

second coat normally holds back ok

Thanks mate

 

[Cuggy83]

Which is a shame as I'm fat and slow

 

[malc]

All depends the size of the ceiling. My son and myself skimmed an 80 metre square kitchen ceiling on plasterboard at 2.6 high. With half time in both coats. We put it on in one hit not as a running gauge.

 

[paulf]

All depends the size of the ceiling. My son and myself skimmed an 80 metre square kitchen ceiling on plasterboard at 2.6 high. With half time in both coats. We put it on in one hit not as a running gauge.

Half time?
Do you mean extra time.

 

[paulf]

Hi all.
Got a big hit on a ceiling tomorrow,
Got a few sachets of "extratime retarder"
Never used it before. Do I need to use it in both mixes? Don't really want to be hanging around for an extra hr or so to start trowelling up.
Cheers

Don't get a mix with it in your eye it's horrible, more so than getting just multi in it.
Used extra time a couple of time's, it's allowed me to maintain the same process over a larger area.
As others have said first coat only, one thing I've noticed is that it looks a little bleached when fully dry. As if it was skimmed on a really hot day.

 

[Spitandpolish]

Hi all.
Got a big hit on a ceiling tomorrow,
Got a few sachets of "extratime retarder"
Never used it before. Do I need to use it in both mixes? Don't really want to be hanging around for an extra hr or so to start trowelling up.
Cheers

Is it on board ? how big are we talking, in bags, per coat ?

 

[malc]

Half time?
Do you mean extra time.

Yes. extra time

 

[dustydave]

Use Trisodium citrate for retarder. Much cheaper. Can be used in both coats.

 

[ChrispyUK]

Lots of things you can put in skim

 

[Spitandpolish]

Lots of things you can put in skim

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Hmm, stale crisps, nails, spunk, spit ................. the possibilities are endless,