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  1. bigyin

    Bonding on gloss surface

    Wire brush or grinder. Scuff surface pva n bond
  2. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Dont forget velux windows to
  3. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Cool. Fife scotland here
  4. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Where you from bigk
  5. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Just a bit av told him a will sweetn them to take the eye of it
  6. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    He wants perfection for cheapest price.
  7. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Cooooombed haha
  8. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Ive told him i will take the worst out to try n take the eye off it. Its a 10 metre long room. Will send pics the day
  9. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Braw response lads. Didnt price for bonding them out first. I done them. One side gd other side fuked from half way. Ice steuck lines now and going to straighten up to it. Feckin nightmare. A should of spoke up n dobbed the joiner in instead of trying to help him out. Next time im going to...
  10. bigyin

    K Rend

    Try stonepack bud
  11. bigyin

    Is this rendering acceptable?

    A flat basecoat is the key. That render is heavy s**t wi nae scratch
  12. bigyin

    Fairy Liquid in Sand and Cement Mix

    Fairys full o salt. And has no water re***d properties. Definetly creams up the mix. Stick to bostic waterproofer masel
  13. bigyin

    Is it possible to float over

    Look neighbour just fix boards with an adesive . Like pink grip or stronger. Marine ply cwment board watever n mess ply or coat cement board. Why complicate things
  14. bigyin

    Pricing a job

    Price it at what you are happy with. Or try 18 a metre
  15. bigyin

    Combed ceilings

    Hi guys Doing a combed ceiling and guy is wanting them straight with clean corners. Done a few ceiling like this, but never with clean corners. The room is 8.5 metres long and plasterboard is like the north sea. ie up n down. Any solutions would be appretiated. Bigyin
  16. bigyin

    Advice needed.

    Ken what u do mate. Id get a grinder cut scores in surface in all directions. Apply sbr sp12 mesh n pin then krend
  17. bigyin

    Non scraped krend

    Best way to find out is buy a bag n try it out
  18. bigyin

    STO!!!!!

    The blue looks like bs 14c39 cadet blue
  19. bigyin

    Roughcast render/ splatter dash

    White cement would help it to. Without lime
  20. bigyin

    Spall

    Cool mate. That would work But guy wants it to match existing. And they have a budget. A will mix a slurry n brush it on. A bet a shoots gun would do the trick to.
  21. bigyin

    Spall

    Cool thought It was a slurry wash. Yh it looks s**t. They had the whole house done at some point. A would of done a slurry,just making sure. Needn to buy few gd brushes then. Cheers
  22. bigyin

    Spall

    Never heard of or done spall. Went look at job in edinburgh today. It looks like its sprayed on cement n brush finished. Can kick masel for no takin a pic noo. Its only about 2mm thick coated over the top of original roughcast. Has anyone ever seen or done it
  23. bigyin

    Rendering Over Painted SOLID Render.

    Could you no just run over it with a grinder score groves as a scratch coat
  24. bigyin

    Stonepack colour variation

    Cheers bobby
  25. bigyin

    Stonepack colour variation

    Will hang of and hope it dries out braw. First time using it. Rattled me a bit. Weather condition havent been the best for it. Cheers
  26. bigyin

    Stonepack colour variation

    Allright Ive been coating a job with stonepack scrape render . First time ive used it. The gable end is split with ej. Coated each panel on diffrent days and ended up 2 diffrent f@#king colours. Why should that happen. Bags marked white comes out mixer white goes on white n ends up beige. Dane...
  27. bigyin

    Faces to names

    What a bunch o fannies
  28. bigyin

    Faces to names

    We take some daft pics
  29. bigyin

    Faces to names

    Eewww to far
  30. bigyin

    Faces to names

    To much curry
  31. bigyin

    Tiger stripes lines

    To much fat on trowel. .ma spatula done it today. Cleaned it and all gd
  32. bigyin

    Rendering with lime?

    Does lime hold it better than freeflo
  33. bigyin

    Rendering with lime?

    I am the same never used lime. Do you still use freeflo with that
  34. bigyin

    Plastering over a hot spot.

    Why no try insulted flue pipe.
  35. bigyin

    Setting a business up

    Ashley If you feel you need to do it go for it. Its no all about the cash. Your heart needs to be in it to make it work. Ive been in business a year n a bit now. Left a good job with the council. I had been doing private work for 12 years before i left my job. Created a gd customer base n...
  36. bigyin

    Can you PVA and Skim over a Painted Wall ?

    Only had distemper a few times in wee areas. Just let them set a bit then coat them again
  37. bigyin

    Dealing with Asbestos containing Textured Coating

    Biard over top of ceiling.
  38. bigyin

    Dealing with Asbestos containing Textured Coating

    Sheet over top of it then skim it
  39. bigyin

    Refina skimming spatulas

    Ive used refina 600mm blade for years. They leave a gd flat finish no probs. Just tweek the corners bk.
  40. bigyin

    Can you PVA and Skim over a Painted Wall ?

    Doesnt come in cans. Try a tub
  41. bigyin

    Can you PVA and Skim over a Painted Wall ?

    Neat pva day before. Then pva and skim as usual
  42. bigyin

    Gp mortar/ ice on cement board

    Hpx mesh the lot then smoothcoat straight on. If its a warm day u should be able to coat n rub up same day
  43. bigyin

    multi finish price

    b n q is best, multi 4.99 corner beads 10pound for 10
  44. bigyin

    mechanically fixing boards over existing plaster

    pinkgrip foam will stick it, joiners use it for wet wall
  45. bigyin

    dry edges in roughcast

    sand n cement malc
  46. bigyin

    dry edges in roughcast

    im in fife stuart,
  47. bigyin

    dry edges in roughcast

    Hi spreads n scottish roughcasters. I've been plastering since time served, recently attempted roughcasting, got dry lines all over, ($%^*)swear word, Problem was no access to hose tap was out back in mid terraced house, what is the alternative, i painted on slurry sbr mix, freeflo in mix, think...
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