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Don’t use metal pins on an old stone house. makes a bridge for the cold and you see the pins showing through the skim after a year

How does it not make it waterproof if it stops the rain from penetrating the plaster

Wondered about the comments from Kirk. See the copied youtube comments below. Would they use different sand/cement in Down Under. FIXIT we put waterproofer in the first coat but not the 2nd coat Kirk Giordano plastering Inc Good evening fix it, I'd stop...

So still finish with a sponge and float

Good cheers

How do yo how do you leave a nap finish

But u already had everything u greedy feker.

What else is there. K-rend and...

Would you quit a £500 8-5 job for pastering

Starting up soon. Do you think a 1 Plasterer and 1 labourer will be to slow. Its going to be private houses anything between 2000 and 3000 sq ft houses.

Why would you bother trying. Just go and buy unibond

13 reply’s to a good question and not one helpful answer. Lol

Why. Even if the wall is going to be painted

Prob been discussed before but can’t find the info. Was thinking of going back to the old way I used to render. 6:1:1 Sand:cement:lime. Anyone else still use lime and for what reason

Any of you guys use a plastering darby for anything. The legend kirk Giordano uses it all the time for his stucco. Would love to use one for a traditional sand & cement render but there's no way you could straighten properly with the we thing.

What you use them for

I was setting fence posts and run out of sand, i mixed cement through a bucket of muck. It didnt go off one bit. Had to come back another day lol. Not plastering related but mixing mortor.

does the heat do something to the render. couldnt get a mix right today. it was like it had too much mortar mix in it

Termon. what about you

whats your scud mix ratio

second that. Scud is tried and tested. But then again here in ireland we havent got into that bondit stuff

we put a condom in spreads ham sandwich. He thought it was a tough bit of ham and it flew back and hit him on the face.

would anyone have scudded that instead

I always look back and laugh at the time i skimmed over wall paper cause i couldn't get it off. It was the old chip wall paper.

whats the best way to give the render the course look. Does a wet sponge bring out the sand. After rubbing it up its very smooth. Just would like the top coat to be more gritty looking after rubbing it.

Yes it might be the only thing to cure my curiosity. Nela or mtown or plazi there is loads of them

thinkinh of getting a speedskim. Not sure wether it is good or not. Speedskim or nela trowel. what to get. Not sure

is the concrete flat and level

wont be much to worry about. Had thought of that already. Bands round windows pretty much has the same edge.

yea same here. But not with the flat top included

I will take a pic of it later. Its a 6ft feather edge with wooden edge fixed to it.

yep. Too much cement. Mix it using buckets to get your mix ratio right. Course sand also

i cut the 45 as normal then cut the top flat. Made a we device to cut the top flat without having to mark it. yes it is a heavy base. I scratched the house, then put on a 1 coat angle bead on the corners then put roofing lath on top of that as my depth.

After rubbing up the render you have a 10mm flat top left over. Nice touch

Anyone seen a raised base done like this before.

Boards aren’t that expensive

Where did he put them

Yes I think using the board mate will give the correct gap I need.

Does anyone here think there should be a 1-2 mm gap between the 8x4 sheets we use. The square ended sheets that go tight can move. I reckon there should be a gap.

The worlds best plastererer. Well maybe Britain’s best. Ok Ireland’s best.

Take it that is the end of the scud conversation lol. Good size thread though, proud of it

Clemo. What finish is that. Looks nice

Great idea. Go for it yourself. Keep us updated and don’t forget to be nice to the lads. They will prob be at your house getting paid in the near future. Just out of curiosity. Are you a plasterer

You could probably get loads of stories but the lads probably scared of the wives reading their posts lol

Yes I will scratch it out in 3 coats. How far is to far sometimes. Prob need a depth of near 40mm

Are you talking about the dot and screed method

Have to put a raised base on also. Needs to be thicker than normal. Normally go the thickness of a roofing lath. How thick is too thick before running into problems. Prob need done in 3 coats.

I seen lads using sbr over the joints like pva to seal them. Said it stops them showing through

Do you brush it on or or slap dash it