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Looks like base coat all the way then! I knew you would catch me on here!, should have just listened to uncle steve and saved myself the trouble, what a hoot xxx

One coat....

I have bucket loads of sbr, the bulk of it is in 35m2 sections (roughly) which me and my labourer can smash no worries, (1 a day), so if I prime with undiluted sbr, have the mesh cut to size and ready and use the cf zero do you think it is possible to get it done in one?

Going to cover the whole scaffold in waterproof sheeting and have hessian cloaked over after every part, u r a total legend mate thanks so much, will have a look at threads now mate

Essex andy you are right, just times are tough at home and need the money didn't mean to make a nob of myself, just got caught up on the idea, 6 old time spreads told me this before I came on here but I wouldn't listen, was hoping to find a magic formula, thanks so much for the advice mate.

I think the question has been answered no. Lol thanks for all your help guys especially rigsby, this world needs people like you in it, the never say die optimistic attitude is what made British plastering the best in the world so thank you squire

The idea and question was to see wether you could use s and c with the right priming and additives to essentially make it like ocr

Chances are they will opt for an acrylic anyhow in which case I'll probs bang a tight coat of maite monocomposant over the top before the acrylic if it looks wank:RpS_lol:

Im not talking about monocouche/weber pral, and I've done a couple of jobs using weber OCR with fibreglass mesh at 10 mm and its fine, I was just wanting to know wether I could do it with s and c, quite happy sticking a tight scratch on etc and am aware of all the pitfalls especially this time...

Is that what makes s and c OCR like?

How does sbr and lime work together as an admix?, can I bang in a retarder to make sure the gears lively to get the mesh in?

Would you prefer to use lime than a plasticiser? Im up north so I figure the least amount of water to possibly freeze the better?........... h

I need to make s and c and lime as close to OCR as possible, I was thinking 6-1-1 plastering sand- cement and- lime, what additives would you use?

Sbr straight or watered down? Totally know I shouldn't be mucking about with it this time of year but need the dough for my sons Christmas mate

Solid through, engineers I think, but some of the faces are blown, had my labourer get rid of any loose bits, right on the sea front as well so the north sea fret is howling

Just as well I got my tickets before it went huuuugggee!!!!!!!!!

To cut a long story short, I'm subbing for a builder that needs me to do 200 m2 of render, I told him ocr with mesh will be best bet as brickwork is in a bad state, then he dropped the bombshell that he didn't have money for OCR so I said I would see if I could prime the substrate and do it with...