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Does anyone know, if when using magic mix over a smallish artex ceiling, is it worth using a plastering halftime accelerator to speed up the process, or would it go off like the clappers on that sort of background?

Hi. Does anyone know of a decent screw gun? Where, what make and for a reasonable price?

Is it ok to overboard a ceiling when it looks like this?

Hi. I have posted a picture of the wall in question. As you can see from the photograph, there is a browney yellow stain on the wall. This has never appeared before when it has been painted in the past. I've tried painting the wall again but it will not disappear. I have also used a stain...

Can you paint directly over a carlite Bonding plaster?

What's the best way around this? Should I pull the bead off and start again? Or just go over it with some more finish?

I had a job doing a kitchen ceiling that was artexed but not really thick artex. I Pva'd it 3 times and before I put a backing coat over I made sure that the PVA felt tacky. I mixed half carlite bonding and half multi finish and applied it to ceiling. The next day I went back to skim it. I Pva'd...

What's the average price for render mesh? And is it better to use than putting fibres in your first mix of multi finish?

I want to scrim out a whole wall with plastering scrim tape. But I don't want to use the normal type cus I'll be there all day. Where can I get a wider scrim tape for a good price? Is there anywhere in Stoke on Trent that sells this?

Can you dryline directly over old lath on walls?

I have recently skimmed a full room at a house during hot temperatures. However a week later, I have had a text from the guy who's house it is saying that there are lots of hair line cracks on the walls. I can't understand why this has happened. I prepped everything. Pva'd the areas 3 times...

Does anyone know how to prevent Carlite bonding from going off so quickly in mixing bucket. One min it's fine. Then the next it's solid in the bucket.

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