Anyone found that these are getting harder to spot since the 'no pva needed stuff' failure a few years back? I usually do a mix get the walls on and add water to my mix to 2nd coat, get it perfectly flattened but on my 2nd 3rd pass start to get the odd hollow appear but doesn't show with a wet trowel that would usually fill it with fat.
Misses,slacks,hollows.
- Thread starter Simonmc80
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I know mate but usually that's how I'd spot them then use stuff from my first flatten to fill them
Or meet in the middle
What you can do is leave a bit from the last in the water and mix fresh.
The more you leave in the water - the quicker she'll go.
This is the best medium.
Spitandpolish
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KingCharlesTheTurd
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bollox
FreeD
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If you know you know
KingCharlesTheTurd
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tell you what i do know, the trades turned to shitt with ego tossing 5 min facebook fannies and 2 min tiktok twatting one coat sponge floating chancers.....used to be a time when this trade was looked on with respect and integrity its a fkin joke now.
FreeD
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One coat oh don't know about that I still do 2 coats...
Ritch
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I was the same as u but had a little go on the sponge float a while back and I won’t do it any other way now, a very tidy spread showed me his method and it’s a total game changer walls are the flattest they’ve ever been
FreeD
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If you get it right flat as f**k, no trowel lines, even finish, and best of all doesn't even feel like you have been plastering. We use sponge and 3 different trowels...have perfected it. Haven't seen our technique on TikTok yet...not that I have ever been on then snowflake platform.
KingCharlesTheTurd
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sponge and 3 different trowels lol fkin trades gone bonkers
The Hobo
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You ain't seen my Mrs
FreeD
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Get out while you can mate you ain't seen nothing yet.
Flotsam&Gypsum
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Fair point Like anythng, sponge smtimes useful, bt smtimes used to much, and cd weakn gypsum.
I respect old school 1 trowel all the way, if it works well 4 u.
If on your OWN house, wich wd offend you more?
1) walls dot n dabbed then tape and jointed
2) walls float and set then 2 layer trad. multifinish, but sponge used during final layer.
The Hobo
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Sponges! Leave em in bathroom where they belong
Flotsam&Gypsum
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Maybe, but tape n joint offends me much more than a sponge
ChrispyUK
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paulf
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Missing slacks, that reminds me did you find yours after the Accrington shenanigans.
ChrispyUK
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KingCharlesTheTurd
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1 trowel should work for everybody pal, how I was taught and method served me well for over 40 years.
If someone's got to use a sponge and 3 different trowels in an attempt to achieve the same outcome there's something wrong.
Whatever happened to keeping it simple and not over-complicating it?
I guess that fundamental principal doesn't apply anymore in this trade nowadays.
of course 1) would offend me more, 2) everytime but without the sponge...not needed pal and if I caught you doing it in my gaff you'd get a shovel across the back of your head.
Come on then don't leave us on a cliff hanger
Flotsam&Gypsum
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Live n let live to me
I do hate printers tho. stupid needing a computer to write a letter. we shud ALL still be usng hammer n chisel and stone tablets.
paulf
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Well well well
www.lancashireledger.co.uk/news/2024/11/09/chris-pyuk-accrington-van-theft-slacks-scandal
BUSINESSMAN CHRIS PYUK’S BOOZY NIGHT IN ACCRINGTON ENDS IN VAN THEFT AND SLACKS SCANDAL
Accrington, Lancashire – Tuesday
Visiting businessman Chris Pyuk is facing an embarrassing ordeal after a night out in Accrington led to his van being stolen—and his cream-coloured slacks mysteriously lost.
Mr. Pyuk, a prominent figure in the property renovation industry from outside the area, attended a private gathering on Saturday evening in Accrington. Sources confirmed the event was a swingers party held in a rented terraced house just off Blackburn Road, where he reportedly became heavily intoxicated.
During the evening, Mr. Pyuk lost his cream-coloured designer slacks, which contained his wallet, phone, and crucially, his van keys. Early Sunday morning, his grey Ford Transit—loaded with tools and important paperwork—was stolen.
His personal assistant, Doris Middleton, 58, expressed disgust at the news. “I’ve managed his schedule for years,” she said. “Finding out he left his trousers behind at some drunken key party in Accrington? Absolutely disgraceful. I’m seriously thinking about my next steps.”
Lancashire Police are appealing for information regarding the stolen van and missing slacks. Mr. Pyuk is said to be “mortified” and “deeply regretful,” but has not made a public statement.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Accrington Police on 101, quoting “Operation Cream Slacks.”
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essexandy
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I really think there needs to a recount on the slacks, so easy to miss a pair given the quantity. That and the fact that everyone else has moved on from the 70's.
paulf
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They were his lucky slacks, his other slacks don't carry the same significance.
The thought that some random stranger is walking around Accrington in his lucky slacks enjoying unearned good fortune sends into a fit of tearful despair.
Needless to say we rarely mention it, but I know that sometimes he drives up there in the forlorn hope that he'll spot the b*****d wearing them and retrieve his one and only beloved lucky slacks.
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Just stop Paul, no one 'gets lucky' wearing slacks.
Story was totally plausible up to the 'lucky slacks' point mind.
The Hobo
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Think the guy needs to look for Alice SLACK Alice .I'm not on here much to many adverts for me just wondering if it's still a plasteres forum
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Very little talk about plastering for most of us nowadays Norm. Thankfully!
paulf
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This is Chrispy world mate, applying your own logic to it won't work.
You should know this because God knows you've tried over the years.
The Hobo
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It's time you sent me something to cheer me up M8 like in the old days lol
