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Who would put sand and cement on top of bonding ?. Read page 2 onwards, link takes you to page 2 Plastering in my extension - DIYnot.com - DIY and Home Improvement

How the fooking hell does it save a extra trowel ?................if a wall needs a another trowel it needs another trowel, wheather plastic, or steel, or stainless

Agree, not a fooking clue !

Yep, remember, was taught with that stuff, seem to remember about 84, or 85 when they changed it.

^ I can smell something !

Surley if the blade is too flexy, you can't feel what's going on, ie, how thick or thin you are laying it on ?. Some months ago I bought a flexy scraper thing, as i had to skim a thin band around the top of a wall, about 6'' above the top of the tiles, not tiled to the ceiling, hence the gap to...

Hi danny, got here at last, like the lay out.....................Icons are shyte !

Re: PLASTIC SKIMMING TROWEL No, the paint does not stick to the plaster because the surface is too shiny, no key, so it peels off being the worst case.

Agree, never had a problem.

Must of fell down !

If you are hacking the walls off, be carefull and don't damage it. Think also you will find that it is well bonded to the brick work, and hard as foooking rock, the same when taking down plaster lath ceilings, spend a bit of time with a bolster breaking the joint of wall to ceiling.

You got it mate !!! :D :D They are here Link Removed

just find out where the nearest sika dealer is, there has to be a few in the uk, sure you will track it down somewhere mate, or someone on here might know.

I pay about 30 EUROS for it, might be a bit more in the uk, say £45.00, spread it on about 2mm, so it goes along way.

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Tell him to get some ear muffs ! :D

Same as above, just scratch it as normal spunky, as bod said never had any problems.

You lot wanna get real !, do you honestly believe a foooking plastic trowel is the way forwards ?.........They are for the dafty DIY, er.

They do, I got one, had it 5 years now. Got the C 60, best hand mixer i ever bought.

Kinn Ell !

^ w**k*r ALERT !

sounds like finished concrete

If you are going to skim it, just make sure it is sealed, don't be surprised if it works. Make sure everything is dry before you skim. :). What ndo you mean it sparks when the steamer is on it ? :-\

This is sort of how the flexi cement thread went..........ring any bells ?..........free advert for checktrade me thinks.

Good point, that's what i thought, and they want to check your credit rating, i wonder why ?, perhaps to make sure they get their money.................waste of time me thinks.

Hi Lucius, ok thanks mate, still lurking about :)

The water in the plaster soaked through the pva, then the original paint, causing it to blow. could also be that the original paint never really adhered to the original plaster.

pva too thin, make it thicker like carping :D also let it dry before you skim if you suspect there could be a problem with the paint, this tends to work, sometimes it does not.

Agree.

You need to change your job mate.

As above ^

Bollocckks !

Why do they have to be members of the master builders federation ?

For a price, anything in £15, to £20 a metre, is there any steps to do ?, for the curved corners, i use one of those 2 litre plastic water bottles.

Triple agreed !

Use a jackhammer, but be carefull ;D

Which model of the collomix do you have ?

Never used it before, can you put it on plaster board ?

What do you think of it then steve ?

Looks ok, and you can see a shine on it, but most pics of work you can't really tell unless you have a high quality camera. But looks ok as said.

Nelly my sweetheart, don't get your knickers in a twist mate. watching the vid, you have no technique. If you are going to do a video FFS at least show some technique, that way no one will take the pizz.

Just watched the vid, another tw.t who don't how to do it !!

Stay away from it, we did Heathrow terminal 3 back in the 80s, i was a labourer then, we used to drive from Bedford to Heathrow, start laying the stuff, and finish about 1, or 2 in the afternoon, then go home for a few hours, then about 6 or 7 at night go back to trowel it...

Old School !!! cheeky feckers !! so am i !! :D :D

3 mill monkey, bit tight on space ! :), but you are correct, this is another way of doing it, but more work invloved, but gives a better job. Doing it this way i would go for about 5 to 7 mill smaller than the porthole :)

Use a strip of hard board, curved around the inside, but set it 5 mill out on the face. Also pack the hardboard out around the whole strip, so when you skim the face of the wall the skim is pushed into the gap where you have packed it out, this gives you a edge to work to when you come to do the...

Agree, too much ucking about !!

Rich has the right idea...............As for screeding ceilings, ''avin a larf, FFS''

Nice one madmonk, allways good to experiment. :)