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Hello lads, after some advice if poss... I’ve hacked the old render off the back of a house and scratched coated it using sand cement to flush it out prior to topping with Webber pral m, on the same property a side area of around 10-12m2 was solid so got a scabbler on it to remove the paint...

Cheers for replies lads, church I'm interested what's you're view mate, any knowledge on these materials is much appriciated, I've only used it once on a small job and had a mare trying to use it as a slurry it was like the cement was sinking thru it an had a to keep whisking it thru whilst...

Hello irish_spread shamefully only sussed what was going on yesterday as I had scrapped the wall over an pva'd originally no problem skimmed no problem it blew 2 weeks after once the customer had started painting, never had that happen before I shall certainly be very aware in the future...

Only used it the once an found it a pain in the arse to roller on.. It was only a small job an Just thought I'd pick some people on here's brains about it in preparation for the next time.. Can it be used in the scratch coat mix lads?

After scraping all the skim of an applying febond blue grit yesterday then re skimming it today during the 2nd coat it bubbled in a few areas I cut it out an the painted areas where coming away it was like it had never had a mist coat an the paint in areas jus hadn't keyed.. That blue grit is a...

When using sbr prior to s&c scratch coat, do you have to scratch coat over the sbr whilst it's still wet/tacky or is it ok to scratch over once dry also which is a better option sbr or rendaid...?

Years using just pva on 99% of my work never had a problem (that I no of) but this happening has done my head in lol, I've always questiond it in my head pva'ing artex ceilings then skimming an how good it actually keys.. But blue grit is a pain in the arse to use to thick not sure if any...

Background was the old grey finish with a few painted areas all walls where the same its baffled me as to why just these 2 walls ave blown.. As say never had it happen before, luckily the customer understands jus left me a little red faced

I've used the blue grit b4 on silk paint no problem, but this background wasn't silk 99% of the time I use pva without any problems till this job as say only 2 walls out whole 2 bed bungalow, bit embarrassing not aving the answer as to why it failed for the customer all I could is correct it...

Jus re skimmed a bungalow pva'd all walls a skimmed thru like a million times before, 2 weeks have passed an customer has started painting an I get a call about blown plaster I pop in an on 2 walls its like the paint has soaked in an the skim has blown in patches... I've never had this before...

Thanks for the replies lads, would building regs not be happy with the way he wants it done then?... Unfortunately church Im a bit behind with the times myself and still not used k rend and the like just sand cement.. Thanks again..

Got a small job on for a builder he has stapled breathable felt to the ply on 2 gable ends an 3 dormas as it was all set up for cladding but has since changed his mind and has asked me to fix ss mesh over this and then scratch an top, its been 5 or 6 years since done similar to this an when...

Lesson learnt... Won't be using SBR again in a hurry, rendaid if I ever find myself in same situation..:RpS_bored:

Does the sbr have to be stippled and left to pick up before the sc scratch coat or can it be rolled on followed by the scratch straight away.. With regards to the rendaid can it be treated as a scratch an just topped or do you scratch over the rendaid then top as usual I've never used either as...

Hello all bit stuck as for best way forward... I've taken some old rough cast off the side of a house it's like it's all come away from the butter coat as all that's left is a smooth finish not been previously scratched and it's solid, so I've chipped it all over and had the grinder on it to...