Got skim set up...yeeesss
- Thread starter CeeVee
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CeeVee
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Yep newbuild plasterboard.
If I like it I'm gonna use it on alsorts because this stuff can be used on refurbs now!
CeeVee
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Will do
CeeVee
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Yeah me neither...bit worrying.
I've got my fingers crossed I've got a nice wee extension I can try it out on.
Hopefully the end of the week...
Danny
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Spanishplasterer32
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Good luck mate from your Spanish mate
CeeVee
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Ola! Cheers pal
Spanishplasterer32
Active Member
De nada amigo .como has pasado el fin de semana?
Rossi46
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Grassyass
Vincey
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Good luck mate I’d go for 2 bags maybe 3 I would still cross hatch stuff the others lol have a floor scraper handy and a spat when it’s on spat excess off ceiling and scrape floor speedskim or spat once on then leave for 40 minutes ish spat again and don’t worry how it looks 90 minutes in get your trowel on and pass plus tidy edges then right at end water and cross it
We did a couple of skim spray jobs last year what we found was keep the air as low as possible get over it as quick as you can twitch the angles and then just skim as usual
stuart23
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Give us a blow by blow account of how it went mate
CeeVee
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Will do bud. I just need a long bath, a whisky and to calm down a bit first....
CeeVee
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Ok....where do I start?
Set up the machine and there was no washer in a coupling joint from P1SS so had to go to DIY shop to waste time.
Told the lad to mix a bag up and see how we go. Started spraying...up a shite tower scaffold and it went all over the place. Covered the floor windows etc.
Too fast.
So climbed down and changed the settings...climbed back up....too slow.
While this was happening I didn't realise that this EZE gun doesnt shut the material off only the air, so gear was pissing out all over the scaffold boards.
Nozzle clogged up then. f**k!!
Got half of it on and for some reason the mix just flash set in the mixer.
Cleaned out the machine, sweating and cursing with shite all over me.
New mix.
Sprayed like mono. Nozzle spray pattern horrible. f**k!
Went back to flatten and the flash set stuff was like rock. The new stuff held for ages.
Very nearly walked and left the machine to rot.
The EZE is a simple machine so should get instructions like ' set machine speed to 5' or the like. But no...
Then I realised there was no cleaning ball provided in the skim kit.
AAAARRGGHH
Back to try and sort out the dog turd ceiling.
Even had to use the sponge.
Anyway here it is.
I'll probably try again, but tomorrow its getting handballed on.
Set up the machine and there was no washer in a coupling joint from P1SS so had to go to DIY shop to waste time.
Told the lad to mix a bag up and see how we go. Started spraying...up a shite tower scaffold and it went all over the place. Covered the floor windows etc.
Too fast.
So climbed down and changed the settings...climbed back up....too slow.
While this was happening I didn't realise that this EZE gun doesnt shut the material off only the air, so gear was pissing out all over the scaffold boards.
Nozzle clogged up then. f**k!!
Got half of it on and for some reason the mix just flash set in the mixer.
Cleaned out the machine, sweating and cursing with shite all over me.
New mix.
Sprayed like mono. Nozzle spray pattern horrible. f**k!
Went back to flatten and the flash set stuff was like rock. The new stuff held for ages.
Very nearly walked and left the machine to rot.
The EZE is a simple machine so should get instructions like ' set machine speed to 5' or the like. But no...
Then I realised there was no cleaning ball provided in the skim kit.
AAAARRGGHH
Back to try and sort out the dog turd ceiling.
Even had to use the sponge.
Anyway here it is.
I'll probably try again, but tomorrow its getting handballed on.
Plasterers1StopShop
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Sorry about the washer mate, I’m unsure why it didn’t have one in as all the others in stock do, obviously getting the right part to you and the balls ASAP
With regards to it going everywhere, what Air compressor are you using?
Drop me a message with your number and I’ll eat Dave to give you a Bell tomorrow as I’m in meetings
It shouldn’t be spraying like Mono, speed 5 is the normal speed on the EZE for skim. You’ll also have an off load valve on the gun to regulate the spray.
The air will switch the machine off, but a bit of material will come out cause of pressure in the pipe, we don’t fit material shut offs on Plastering guns as it will be a nightmare!
Mix fresh batches to put into the machine, don’t let them sit as they’ll be goon off as well mate
Send me the number and I’ll get someone to call mate and apologies about the seal and ball
With regards to it going everywhere, what Air compressor are you using?
Drop me a message with your number and I’ll eat Dave to give you a Bell tomorrow as I’m in meetings
It shouldn’t be spraying like Mono, speed 5 is the normal speed on the EZE for skim. You’ll also have an off load valve on the gun to regulate the spray.
The air will switch the machine off, but a bit of material will come out cause of pressure in the pipe, we don’t fit material shut offs on Plastering guns as it will be a nightmare!
Mix fresh batches to put into the machine, don’t let them sit as they’ll be goon off as well mate
Send me the number and I’ll get someone to call mate and apologies about the seal and ball
zolco
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Sorry to hear you had a nightmare
CeeVee
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Honestly mate I could have cried.
algeeman
It’s A Boy
stop being soft. .its a minor thing.
youl get the swing of it.
its your little robot.
soon youl be flying mate.
never say die xx
CeeVee
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You're right mate.
I'm a bit of a drama queen. Just having a wee tantrum before I pick up where I left off.
Good learning curve
Danny
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It happens.... learn from it and move on.... (easy said than done)
CeeVee
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I might be able to get my head around the spraying, if I can tweak the machine settings and practice...but I cant finish with this stuff properly.
I'm getting striping with a clean trowel with a wet blade...
Very strange stuff eerily like knauf MP finish was.
Anyhoo heres the gun...