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    Loosing jobs

    The Hiron mate
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    Loosing jobs

    Am I to dear or what? went to look at a job the other day two downstairs rooms 11'x10' float chimney breast Face and cheeks, float both walls either side, over skim both rooms including ceilings went in at £750 including Matt's, I get a text next day saying I'm between £100 and £200 to...
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    hello

    Hi Mate
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    very un even wall and a 5 day course is it worth it

    Hi the walls would need to have a couple of coats of PVA, then a tight coat of bonding, which is ruled off flat with a straight edge. Then skimmed in the usual way.
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    new to forum

    Hello mate
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    Birthday

    Happy Birthday Bitch!!!!!!
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    Cash work

    I've lost a lot of work because I can't get near the guys who will do it for cash,
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    plastering over wood chip wall papper

    Fair shout spunky, I think thats the only way to go and bed the mesh into the first coat of scim or into a tight coat of bonding
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    plastering over wood chip wall papper

    Think I would strip it off, couple of coats pva then a tight coat of bonding, and scim as usual when thats pulled in.
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    Can't wait to go back to work tomorrow!

    I know what you mean mate, was going to start a hall stairs and landing tomorrow, we went round to see the bloke and he says he's doing nights so don't want us for a couple of weeks, I've got nothing certain booked in at the moment,
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    Paper mashy top tip

    Amhed will this work? If I float out a wall then stick sheets of newspaper to it will this make it like plasterboard? Then can scim with board finish?
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    Introduction

    Gutanga my friend!!!!!!
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    Job Tomorrow. 25/12/11

    Came round to look and saw a bowl full of penny toffees in a bowl, so got back in the van, LOL
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    Any suggestions???

    Get some sandbags!
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    plastering on stillts TIPS

    What you getting the misses a set off saucepans???? :RpS_thumbsup:
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    Skimming nightmare

    Try a tight coat of bonding
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    Hi, I'm new

    We could have a 69 (sweet and sour chicken) Wink Wink LOL
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    Just found the forum

    Yo! You Old Fart!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Hi, I'm new

    I will learn you how to use my small tool!!!!
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    Anyone for tennis?

    Got it in both arms, Trowel arms the worst, I use arm braces when i'm working and the best ones i've found are the EPI sport ones off ebay for about £18 each, I try to avoid taking gear straight out of the bucket with a bucket trowel,
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    Christmas

    Bought my misses a wooden leg for christmas! It's not her main present, it's just a stocking filler!!!!!!!!!!!!:RpS_lol:
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    same old xmas slowdown

    It dont move off your drive!!! LOL
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    Internal trowels

    I've cut the wings down on mine, seen some mini internal trowels on ebay which look like mine does now,
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    condensation?

    get a good extractor in the bathroom, I get the same problem this time of year, spray the black spots with mould spray from homebase,
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    jammed solid

    Hammer and nails when I was at college, Still got a lath hammer somwhere, LOL
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    jammed solid

    Mine does it all the time I have to carry a pair of long nose pliers with me to clear it, sometimes the screw screws into the metal on the front of the gun, poor design.
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    Good Quality Tools

    Ebay, stick to Marshalltown for your trowels, Stanley Fatmax for your levels and snips, Knife etc. Don't buy cheap tools as they wont last long,
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    ex-soldier wanting to become a plasterer

    I'm clean and punctual, hard grafter, Polite, I was hoping to muck in with a bit of open heart surgery tomorrow at the local hospital, Whats the chances ?????
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    Bad habits

    Twit with an A!!!!
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    Bad habits

    This should be called Spunkys Abuse Forum, First Class ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Bad habits

    Beddy, Allesley GN
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    Bad habits

    when working with another spread, winds me up when they put their hawk and trowel on the spot when I'm trying to gear off it, I know one spread who f**ks it on the floor.
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    Can this be plastered

    Scutch hammer it then dot and dab
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    tiger stripes

    Go on Gypsums website, It says that over mixing leads to deterioration in workability and creates difficulty in achieving a flat finish.
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    Lights

    I just put an illuminous durex on my cock and I light up the room like Darth Vader!!!!! LOL
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    First Post

    Pole Cat!!!!
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    tiger stripes

    We all get them mate, as long as there flat and you can't feel them don't worry about it, it looks worse while its drying out, Don't know if it could be over whisking, over skimmed a lounge last week with board finish, didn't get any nice finish, over skimmed a couple of walls Saturday with...
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    Faces to names

    Plastering tones you up,
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    how much?

    Everybody wants skilled tradesmen to work for f**k all, quoted a lot of jobs lately and went in at reasonable rate as not to rob anybody and still not got them, Might as well go and stack shelves do at Aldi, for the same kind of money people want to pay. If a gas fitter turns up to look at a...
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    tricks of the trade

    Spoke proper England!!!
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    Tennis Elbow

    Thanks for all the advice, seeing a physio in a couple of weeks, hope he has some answers, Thanks again everyone
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    Tennis Elbow

    Hi, anyone suffering from tennis elbow, I've got it in both arms had the injections which don't work, I can live with the left arm (hawk hand) but right arm killing me on the trowel, I've got the copper bracelets with magnets, I would be grateful of some serous advice, Cheers
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    masking tape

    Yep WD40 works great
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    Dutch Pinns

    Get some sky hooks and a long wait!!!!!!!!!!
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    Price of a new bucket.

    Yeah follow the ling above to Direct building products If you want to wait forever for it to arrive
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    Advice on laying on and trowel up

    Doesn't matter which way you get it on (up down or accross) just get it on and drop staight back to tidy it up,
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