Anyone found that these are getting harder to spot since the 'no pva needed stuff' failure a few years back? I usually do a mix get the walls on and add water to my mix to 2nd coat, get it perfectly flattened but on my 2nd 3rd pass start to get the odd hollow appear but doesn't show with a wet trowel that would usually fill it with fat.
Misses,slacks,hollows.
- Thread starter Simonmc80
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I know mate but usually that's how I'd spot them then use stuff from my first flatten to fill them
Or meet in the middle
What you can do is leave a bit from the last in the water and mix fresh.
The more you leave in the water - the quicker she'll go.
This is the best medium.
Spitandpolish
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KingCharlesTheTurd
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bollox
FreeD
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If you know you know
KingCharlesTheTurd
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tell you what i do know, the trades turned to shitt with ego tossing 5 min facebook fannies and 2 min tiktok twatting one coat sponge floating chancers.....used to be a time when this trade was looked on with respect and integrity its a fkin joke now.
FreeD
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One coat oh don't know about that I still do 2 coats...
Ritch
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I was the same as u but had a little go on the sponge float a while back and I won’t do it any other way now, a very tidy spread showed me his method and it’s a total game changer walls are the flattest they’ve ever been
FreeD
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If you get it right flat as f**k, no trowel lines, even finish, and best of all doesn't even feel like you have been plastering. We use sponge and 3 different trowels...have perfected it. Haven't seen our technique on TikTok yet...not that I have ever been on then snowflake platform.
KingCharlesTheTurd
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sponge and 3 different trowels lol fkin trades gone bonkers
The Hobo
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You ain't seen my Mrs
FreeD
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Get out while you can mate you ain't seen nothing yet.
Flotsam&Gypsum
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Fair point Like anythng, sponge smtimes useful, bt smtimes used to much, and cd weakn gypsum.
I respect old school 1 trowel all the way, if it works well 4 u.
If on your OWN house, wich wd offend you more?
1) walls dot n dabbed then tape and jointed
2) walls float and set then 2 layer trad. multifinish, but sponge used during final layer.
The Hobo
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Sponges! Leave em in bathroom where they belong
Flotsam&Gypsum
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Maybe, but tape n joint offends me much more than a sponge
ChrispyUK
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paulf
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Missing slacks, that reminds me did you find yours after the Accrington shenanigans.
ChrispyUK
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KingCharlesTheTurd
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1 trowel should work for everybody pal, how I was taught and method served me well for over 40 years.
If someone's got to use a sponge and 3 different trowels in an attempt to achieve the same outcome there's something wrong.
Whatever happened to keeping it simple and not over-complicating it?
I guess that fundamental principal doesn't apply anymore in this trade nowadays.
of course 1) would offend me more, 2) everytime but without the sponge...not needed pal and if I caught you doing it in my gaff you'd get a shovel across the back of your head.
Come on then don't leave us on a cliff hanger
Flotsam&Gypsum
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Live n let live to me
I do hate printers tho. stupid needing a computer to write a letter. we shud ALL still be usng hammer n chisel and stone tablets.