feb bond blue grit vrs thistle bond it

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sorry if this has been covered before, last time i used blue grit it was a disaster, labourers painted the walls and it was thick as out..........has there been any improvements in the last year? or stick with thistle??

cheers lads
 
barmyuk said:
chaps

sorry if this has been covered before, last time i used blue grit it was a disaster, labourers painted the walls and it was thick as out..........has there been any improvements in the last year? or stick with thistle??

cheers lads
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Never had any problems with either,just stir it well and make sure it's in date.
 
these are the walls i have to skim over, 140m2 of them ceiling is gonna be a mission...........
 

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thats nowt...........its a flat city centre of newcastle, ill put some more up.......still no wiser with the gypbond though!!
 

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cant wait to get back left my good stanley tape measure when i measured job up......didnt know how quick to get out haha
 
I now use bostiks make, I found it better than both mentioned.
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canny mate where is this from and how much? ive managed to source thistle bond it for £23.06 which seams a good price!!
 
How far does a tub of bondit go... been a long time since I used it.... I use to use wba all the time and that did about 8m2 and was £10

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Sika latex sand n cement for colour or bit of red dye or like prob get 20m2 -25m2 out of that. Done the same with pva in the past to get good grip worked too but use just Sika now is €23 here and a bit of mixing.
 
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they ballsed up the price as i wanted 3 tubs they qouted me for 3 bags of bonding coat!!! managed to get it for £30.00 danny Bond it does 45m2 pal (so it says on the tin)
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Where do they sell it at that price.
 
barmyuk said:
chaps

sorry if this has been covered before, last time i used blue grit it was a disaster, labourers painted the walls and it was thick as out..........has there been any improvements in the last year? or stick with thistle??

cheers lads
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Sand and pva night before does the job and it cheap
 
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