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It's difficult to patch in high build invisibly as it shrinks back when it dries, the edges need to be feathered using a brush dipped in thinners. There's also a very strong chance the colours won't match so the whole elevation will need repainting. With regards to going over what's already...

I used that stuff for ten years .

I did 12 years just rendering, I wouldn't ask about it either. Lucky enough I've got a mate who does any externals for me and I do his internals.:RpS_crying:

A right mixed bag of answers there chaps, thanks. I'm still none the wiser but think I will get some done, what could go wrong!!!!!

Has anyone tried leaflets for generating work? I was thinking of getting a few thousand printed up then delivered around my area to see what happens. I was just interested to hear if anyone had done it and what were the results.

I did the 5 day course in Essex and it was brilliant, there was someone there when I was doing it who only did 3 days. Even Andy himself said it wasn't long enough.

Nah just your bog standard bucket, I thought that's what we were talking about????

Buckets are only a quid from B & Q, most of the time I sling them rather than clean them out.

I love the Nela s*p*r*lex, I've been using it for the past month and have has no problems whatsoever. I lay on the first coat with my MT, flatten with the s*p*r*lex, then second coat with MT and finish with the s*p*r*lex .

On the other side of the coin i plastered a good mate of mines kitchen, it was the ceiling and just down to below the cupboards. I've known him for years and he's helped me out in the past so I said just give me the price of the materials, it only took me a couple of days as it was a bit of a...

Cheers for that, I'll pay it now. I've had no complaints as of yet about my work but there's still time!!!

Funny enough I just recently joined MyBuilder, I got shortlisted for a job and got it today. It cost me £2 to get shortlisted and I priced the job at £300. Can anyone tell me what happens regarding paying the shortlisting fee? I'm sure I've not given them any payment details, my references...

Their site says they are back in stock, I've left my wallet in the work van though!!!!

The Nela s*p*r*lex, I was going to order it the other day but they were out of stock.

I'm going to be ordering a 14" s*p*r*lex tomorrow, it's a birthday present to myself.