I must be living with my head in the sand!! Whats the score with using a sponge on skimming then? Do you use it like you would on rendering or do you use it like a trowell?
Without wanting to open a can of worms do you use sponges with plastic trowells?? :RpS_scared:
I must be living with my head in the sand!! Whats the score with using a sponge on skimming then? Do you use it like you would on rendering or do you use it like a trowell?
Without wanting to open a can of worms do you use sponges with plastic trowells?? :RpS_scared:
anyway what are u doing using sponge on render, it brings the stones out of the wall for rain to sit on them and go into your wall........ just need plastic float
anyway what are u doing using sponge on render, it brings the stones out of the wall for rain to sit on them and go into your wall........ just need plastic float
wonder how much S+C you have actually done ;-)
so, u always use a plastic float and a sponge when rendering?You use a plastic float to flatten it off then you use a sponge to smooth out any lines!! Pretty similar to skimming in a way!
so, u always use a plastic float and a sponge when rendering?
thank foook for thatI am not he only one
it brings out the grain and it does look a lot better
I rendered a wall that was 20 meters high by 54meters long took 65 tonne of sand.... and 4 of us on it.... every day one of us would drop back and knock uphard graft as it was awkward sh1t scaff and know where to run a barrow.....
So in that sense yeah I use a float and a spongebut not a sponge float