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Danny
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Thistle spray finish
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Tennis Elbow FAQ's
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The Hobo
Danny
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How To Ignore a Member On The Plasterers Forum
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Scot22
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Help! Weird Wet Spots/Dots on new plaster
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Waterproofer in scratch or float coat(external)
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flynnyman
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What's the correct ratio for sealing old Plaster with PVA?
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leebo02
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just bought a speed skim , tips
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skimming onto dry PVA - will the plaster blow ?
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spray man
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dot and dab come away ?
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Danny
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hygroscopic salts in chimney breast
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advice about plastering over stickle artex possibly with asbestos
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Fatarm
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bad plastering job
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Stevieo
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Skimming over SC render - how long to leave render to dry?
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Weber, K-Rend or Granicem?
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plasterjfe
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How Many Sq Meters Per Day?
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Danny
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Help! Blue spots coming through white paint?!
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MakeItSmooth
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Whats the right PVA mix??
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MIXERMAN
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Tyrolean - Mix your own
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smckinley
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Lime burns on hands
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1 coat skimm WHY
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spunky
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Home owner - please critique this job?
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Still the best paddle mixer
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irish_spread
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Sand a cement on internal walls with mutifinish?
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Brimstone
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Plasterboard dot and dab to gable end internal wall showing damp patches
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Danny
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Ugly, bumpy ceiling after being plastered
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irish_spread
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Take down or overboard ceiling ???
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Stevieo
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cracked thermalites
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Putzmiester
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Quality of finish advice
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The Hobo
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advice needed on plasterboard
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The Apprentice
The Apprentice
Acousticceiling
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meterage prices
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35 and looking at my option's and some advice
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refina s*p*r*lex trowel
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Newly plastered wall is bumpy.
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Mouldyoldspudgun
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Bad Plaster Job Advice Please
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hardwall/bonding
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whats the best mobile phones for us plasterers
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TonyM
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Advice please
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Vince warwham
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How many layers on a ceiling?
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andrwclem
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Sand and cement render bathroom walls
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mix for white wet dash
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Render Systems
Render Systems
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Advice needed
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Building basics
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Multi or Board
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raven3d
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Bigger trowels and Hawk
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Heritage Plasters
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Is my plaster dry?
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JessThePlasterer
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unifinish
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brimplas1
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Thistle dri coat
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carlos
carlos
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Marshalltown Composite Hawk
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Jace
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Hairline crack on stop bead.
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JessThePlasterer
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Please can you help with meterage rate?
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shauny24
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Skimming a ceiling with holes for downlights already cut .
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Nicm
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Can you water down thistle bond it ?
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Fatarm
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Plastering to the floorboards
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beader
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Advice on hand applied plasters in Germany.
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Danny
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ChrispyUK
Ceiling Tips
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boardmate
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Danny
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Chimney breast not drying
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kristeva
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Multi Finish over Artex .
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Danny
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how much sdould i charge?
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theclemo
theclemo
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The colour of thistle multi finish
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carlos
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Wrinkled finish?
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ChrispyUK
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Advice on new render for old house: K Rend, Granicem, Parex, Baumit?!
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malc
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tiger stripes
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how to solve problem of damp walls(which plaster)
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mark ross
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Advice on plastering keystones?
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K rend problem
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Danny
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trowel trouble.
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windy
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ADVISE AND HELP REQUIRED FROM A PLASTERER PLEASE
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choppa
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using stop beads below bay window wall
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spunky
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Best plasterers ladders?
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flynnyman
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not happy with my plastering finish
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spunky
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how many spreads?
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spunky
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Help with dark spots on newly plastered wall
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Lastlaff
Lastlaff
LarryTheDecorator
Mixing multi (fast or slow that's the way uh huh I like it uh huh)
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Groove37
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Which plastering job is better and why?
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Mir11
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Dot and dab over render
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Flatbrush
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Quoting help
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Danny
Danny
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"au revoir "
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Gavine The First
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no more pva multi finish
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bubbles65
bubbles65
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Flexi trowel
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Neilevs18
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Should I remove the old plaster that is cracked
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klasstaffan
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Zinsser Gardz pre skimming?
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gps
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Bonding coat
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SmoothCriminal
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plaster cracking behind log burning stove
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Jgreenplastering
Jgreenplastering
LarryTheDecorator
Filling your big (wet) holes
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Danny
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Weber Pral M over S and C scratch coat
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keithuk
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Stair scaffold
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Gibbo
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Damp proof
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jamesthefirst
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What to do?
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Essex
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Soundproofing Fireplace
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angle or bell cast first?
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FreeD
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Nick1972
Craters
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Cockney
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Looking to become a plasterer best way around it ?
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Danny
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hairline cracks
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robbiboy1970
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Shadow gap adviceeeeeee
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Kylewesley
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Barrel ceiling
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Tinytom
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K rend Base Coat
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S a plastering
S a plastering
LarryTheDecorator
Returns, thickness and flatness
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rob23
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LIME PLASTER NOT ADHERING?
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Mouldyoldspudgun
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Blue Grit
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John j
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advise on retraining as a plasterer please
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stuart23
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1900's solid brick wall. lime or plasterboard?
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taylor
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Dose Any One got a lot of work on??
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nickelarse
nickelarse
Leonpetersen48
Accelerators
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Pompey123
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