Scrim

[megamix]

All scrim is s**t . Still get cracks . About time they developed something like a self adhesive paper tape .

 

[hollybank]

All scrim is s**t . Still get cracks . About time they developed something like a self adhesive paper tape .

When self adhesive scrim Fibatape came out it was the best thing since sliced bread

Now everyone is making it and it’s all Wank

 

[Deleted member 32554]

All scrim is s**t . Still get cracks . About time they developed something like a self adhesive paper tape .

Mid joists blah blah lol

 

[hollybank]

Just had to skim a ceiling yesterday it was the old cotton scrim used before and most of it had failed.
Hope the fibatape holds up

 

[puddove]

View attachment 45567 Bought a load of this from a man in a pub. Its s**t and wont stick to anything .........What am i doing wrong?..................just asking

R the good old days

 

[megamix]

Mid joists blah blah lol

Not even talking ceilings . Any Board joints . Go in any new build and there are cracks on dabbed walls stud walls and ceiling lines . It’s not fit for purpose in my opinion . I think we’ve just become used to the convenience of using it but in the back of our minds we know it’s s**t . You wouldn’t tell a customer you can guarantee your joints won’t crack would you ? But why not , why can’t they just invent something that doesn’t bloody crack

 

[themucky1]

Anyone use hi tac scrim

I soak mine in unibond the night before using it try it mate you cant go wrong

 

[zombie]

When self adhesive scrim Fibatape came out it was the best thing since sliced bread

Now everyone is making it and it’s all Wank

Ahmen...f**k me they really dont know there born!!!

 

[Deleted member 32554]

Not even talking ceilings . Any Board joints . Go in any new build and there are cracks on dabbed walls stud walls and ceiling lines . It’s not fit for purpose in my opinion . I think we’ve just become used to the convenience of using it but in the back of our minds we know it’s s**t . You wouldn’t tell a customer you can guarantee your joints won’t crack would you ? But why not , why can’t they just invent something that doesn’t bloody crack

I would expect it on new builds
have you come across a cracked joint where the fibre has actually snapped ?

 

[megamix]

I would expect it on new builds
have you come across a cracked joint where the fibre has actually snapped ?

Don’t think so have you ?

 

[Deleted member 32554]

Don’t think so have you ?

No but 90% of my work has been on seasoned timber or dabbed on old walls
So as I've not come across snapped scrim I'm questioning the relevance of
" cheap thin stuff " being an issue to those new builds spreads

 

[tapit]

Not even talking ceilings . Any Board joints . Go in any new build and there are cracks on dabbed walls stud walls and ceiling lines . It’s not fit for purpose in my opinion . I think we’ve just become used to the convenience of using it but in the back of our minds we know it’s s**t . You wouldn’t tell a customer you can guarantee your joints won’t crack would you ? But why not , why can’t they just invent something that doesn’t bloody crack

Its on the way mate, hold on a while longer

 

[tapit]

Problem with scrim is they took an old design and rehashed it.
It is not fit for purpose, wait till you see the new scrim with the holes, a completely new tape for the 21st century.

 

[Colin 879]

I don’t use scrim personally , haven’t got time to do it, just plasterer the boards as quick as possible take the money and block the numbers is what I find best

 

[MakeItSmooth]

I don’t use scrim plaster personally , haven’t got time to do it, just plasterer scrim the boards as quick as possible take the money and block the numbers is what I find best

 

[jamesthefirst]

I don’t use scrim personally , haven’t got time to do it, just plasterer the boards as quick as possible take the money and block the numbers is what I find best

One of the regulars used this line not long ago.....
Can’t remember which one though!
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[jamesthefirst]

All scrim is s**t . Still get cracks . About time they developed something like a self adhesive paper tape .

There already is one mate, it’s called ‘Wet n stick’

Quick Stick Wet and Stick Tape

 

[megamix]

There already is one mate, it’s called ‘Wet n stick’

Quick Stick Wet and Stick Tape

Used it years ago when on ceiling lines when they use to artex ceilings . I thinks they need to develop scrim tape which has a narrow strip of paper stuck in the middle .

 

[Ritch]

Get so fed up of saying this 1 staple in each end if needed!

Thread closed!!!!

Staples are for hand board pusssys

 

[The Hobo]

Problem with scrim is they took an old design and rehashed it.
It is not fit for purpose, wait till you see the new scrim with the holes, a completely new tape for the 21st century.

FFS no more Chinese shite

 

[superspread]

Not even talking ceilings . Any Board joints . Go in any new build and there are cracks on dabbed walls stud walls and ceiling lines . It’s not fit for purpose in my opinion . I think we’ve just become used to the convenience of using it but in the back of our minds we know it’s s**t . You wouldn’t tell a customer you can guarantee your joints won’t crack would you ? But why not , why can’t they just invent something that doesn’t bloody crack

Your me ever stop cracking!! Scrim is only used to stop the plaster falling out when it does crack !!
Reinforced concrete cracks, if something is gonna move it will move and crack in the process, that’s why concrete has rebar in it , otherwise it would just snap off

 

[The Hobo]

I was always lead to believe scrim wont stop cracking its purpose is to stop the plaster falling out of the joint leaving a bigger gap I might be wrong

 

[megamix]

Your me ever stop cracking!! Scrim is only used to stop the plaster falling out when it does crack !!
Reinforced concrete cracks, if something is gonna move it will move and crack in the process, that’s why concrete has rebar in it , otherwise it would just snap off

You never see a lot of cracked joints on tape and joint . I had some scrim other week and the squares in it were massive , how is that gonna so anything .its not an issue if your doing site work you never get a call back but im domestic and sometimes get customers calling back 6 months down the line saying they have a crack in ceiling

 

[superspread]

You never see a lot of cracked joints on tape and joint . I had some scrim other week and the squares in it were massive , how is that gonna so anything .its not an issue if your doing site work you never get a call back but im domestic and sometimes get customers calling back 6 months down the line saying they have a crack in ceiling

I always explain to the customer that it might crack , I have little things I do to minsmslise the cracking tho

 

[megamix]

I always explain to the customer that it might crack , I have little things I do to minsmslise the cracking tho

What the little things you do ? I’m intrigued.

 

[tapit]

FFS no more Chinese shite

 

[beader]

That flag was more than likely made in China................

 

[tapit]

That flag was more than likely made in China................