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Re: help my plastering skills are (german word), why do my celing look wrinkled when painte haha no new batch all done to the book , its just me at fault, i lay the first coat on , then flatten out with the trowel flat to the celing as possible, i make all the edges nice and sharp, then i...

Re: help my plastering skills are (german word), why do my celing look wrinkled when painte haha im looking

i ve been plastering on and off for a wile but only normally very small ceiling and walls, which have all turned out great, but i took on to skim over every artex ceiling in a house, some were quite large , any way all seem to go well, they looked nice and smooth and felt smooth to run your...

cool cheers , ive ordered a midget trowel and 3 finger trowels ;D

i ve seen these when looking for a midget trowel , http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marshalltown-M14884-Magnesium-Plastering-Darby-48_W0QQitemZ180289531887QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 a plastering darby , ive never heard of them , are they any good cheers Dunc

cheers big segs ye the one coat plastering i did think about lol, it seems the way they do it on new builds its the onlyway i can see them doing it so quick , or someone not telling me somthing :-X there hundreds of holes in the wall, think who ever lived there before must of had loads of...

:-/ what do u pros use in gaps where your trowel dont fit , i had a nightmare at the weekend :-[ ended up useing the brush cheers Duncan

hi i have a small wall to skim which has already been skimmed and painted , normaly i pva a couple of times then skim over when tacky, but i need to get this done quick as it will be an evening job, so was wondering if i just go on fast with multi finish for the first coat, it will suck in...

oh right yea i know what u mean , they sound fun lol

cheers , yea its going to be a patch up job, shes not going for the hole ceiling , thanks for the advise i let u know how i get on

what is a lath ceiling?

ok thanks, the plasterboard looks ok , just looks like the paint and plasters come away, like a crack, so do i need to cut out the plasterboard to. or can i get away with just clean back the flacky paint and old skim coat, then reskimming it , will it blend in ok, as she does ent want the...

hi i have a job patching up a flat smooth ceiling , where waters leaked through from upstairs and the plasters blown in a small line, about 500mm do i just rub the flacky bits back and but a tight skim over it, or just use polly filler or smooth over stuff, and rub it down , any help would be...

hi ive just compleated a 2 and a half week trainnig course at apc plastering , and have had a lot of practise at friends and family houses, which have all gone well i looking for someone to take me on so i can gain more experince and earn some money to, im 27 and live in chelmsford , and...