ruling off

[daz1968]

as i was saying in my last post the wall is lumpy and bumpy and as far as i can see just needs a tight coat of bonding then alight stroke with the feather edge butttttttttttttt what i need to know is do ilet it pick up before i start ruling off or straight away cheers daz

 

[skimmin2day]

Straight away

 

[kebab king]

straight away, then end of.

 

[beddy]

i meant end of discussion.

 

[Chris W]

wait till youve got some on the wall though...

 

[kebab king]

Good point Chris .

 

[church]

Shouldn't you mix it up first

 

[beddy]

shouldnt you buy it first?...whens this gonna stop?!

 

[church]

Great info Steve

 

[church]

Waiting to here back from draper mate , think they have stopped making them

 

[church]

They have a diamond patten on the face excellent for hardwall never tried it on s&c , maybe i will give it a go if i cant get the draper one.

 

[beddy]

not sure mate, but i think they do one for hardwall and one for s&c. lemme check.

 

[beddy]

http://www.refina-uk.com/acatalog/Sponge_Floats.html

it says diamond is for hardwall, cross grain is for sand and cement.

just read into it more and your right mate.

excuse my ignorance but how does that plastic refina float work on hardwall? does it give it a key?

 

[church]

It does if you screw a couple of dry walls into it it just seems to glide over hardwall better doesn't dig in and get stuck .

 

[nickelarse]

i use the same float for hardwall s+c and screeds. works fine on all.........

 

[beddy]

is it just a normal poly one though?

 

[nickelarse]

yeah, kinda beige colour

 

[beddy]

yeah the one church wants it plastic. and theres 2 types. the draper one for s&c and the refina one for hardwall etc.

 

[nickelarse]

what does plastic do different to poly?

 

[beddy]

go to the talk about anything section and read broken float by church. he explains it all in there.

 

[essexandy]

They have a diamond patten on the face excellent for hardwall never tried it on s&c , maybe i will give it a go if i cant get the draper one.

A bloke that used to work for me had one of those floats on S&C Church and it seemed to work fine.

 

[nickelarse]

okey dokey

 

[nickelarse]

yeah just had a read.

just thinkign tho, iv had my float for a few yrs now, and its worn flat on the bottom anyway. cant see how it would make much difference once its worn in?

 

[beddy]

i think with the refina one for hardwall, you can rub it up when its slightly wetter.

 

[nickelarse]

what doesnt grip as much i spose?