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Hey Im at the end of my R/S the Little Ritmo starts fine mixes well but put a 15m hose on mud gets half way down the hose and its all over. Not much left to spray just wondering if i put a shorter hose on would it get me through. Ive pump tested 3 times today adjusted hauling bracket a bit as...

Just wondering if the swing airless can spray anything else other than plaster? Can you spray acrylic render with it?

Hi just wondering if anyone uses metallic paints? I did a wall at home last week and think it looks pretty mad...Seems to change colours on different angles

Here's a wall i plastered at home with a "Croc Skin" stencil

Hi i recently found a recipe online for homemade venetian plaster and thought id play round with it.Ive found some marble dust and have my own slacked lime in the shed,bit of linseed oil,olive oil soap and lime friendly pigments just wondering if anyone here has made their own brew? if so how...

Hi I was interested to know what size spray tips guys are using to spray acrylic with a swing gun. I've just finished my 2nd house and looks pretty good better than the first one anyway.A bit thin in spots but other than that Im impressed, its easier than I first thought. I'm using the 8mm tip...

Hi I've had the motor off the Ritmo for a few days and just went to put it back together and noticed about a tablespoon of oil on the floor its leaked out of the plug socket at the top of the motor just wondering if its ok to use? got a retaining wall to render tuesday not to keen on troweling...

I got the Ritmo out today havnt used it for a month and it won't switch on.Ive checked the main lead all looks good and all the leads on the machine are plugged in.I pulled the plug that goes into the motor apart and noticed there are 5 wires that aint connected to the plug just wondering if...

Ive noticed the Ritmo XL can be fed via the silomat setup and wondered if the Ritmo L could be used the same way?Ive just finished 4 townhouses and spent so much time moving bags around it would be loads easier to hook it up to a silo.

Hi does anyone know if 25mm putzmeister mortar hoses will fit a ritmo I can't find Pft over here in au but there's a putz dealer cheers

trying to find some airline fittings that dont leak?spent ages today changing the geka seals and fittings round at the gun end of my airline but cant stop the couplings from leaking pain when spraying by myself as the pump starts up after a minute or so spewing render all over the place.what...

ive got most things sorted now with the pump but would like to get it to spray consistently.it makes a mad screaming sound and sprays perfect for about 10 seconds then switches to a flat kind of sound like just air coming out of the gun and the render goes thick and peels off the wall then it...

was just wondering if anyone knows what ive done wrong?we were spraying today with the ritmo everything was going great then we had to stop for a couple of minutes when we started it up again it it backed up and filled the hopper with water.cleaned the hose and hopper out started again sprayed...

Ive just gotten a new clamp rotor and stator and have so far put 3 pallets of plain render through it and have noticed the bottom 2 turns have started to flatten off already and the stator is chewed up.the bolts have been loose but the rotor kept dropping through the stator so we tightened them...

Hi all I've had my ritmo out here in oz for a few months now and after a few distress calls to les for some "what have i done wrong now" troubleshooting I've started to work it all out.i chucked a video on youtube of us spraying weber pral everything went well just have to finish floating the...

HI i need to make a spacer to fit behind the hurling bracket on my ritmo L was wondering if anyone knows how thick it is in mm I've worked out 11mm i need to sort it out by monday i won't get one out from PFT in time so i have to make something cheers

Ive got a 1.8m H section and wanted to know if its possible to turn it into a serrated one people keep telling me they are easier to rule with?i can't find one in australia but can get a regular one cheers

Hi I'm looking for a compressor to use with the texture spray set I've brought with my Ritmo L. PFT's compressor is 14CFM and 400L/m but I'm wondering if this is free to air? cheers cam

Hi i have read a few threads on polished plaster and have noticed a lot of experienced guys saying not to use crap products.I have just brought and tried out some of the above plaster just to have a play round with I've never used marble plaster before but like to try new finishes .ive done a...

hi i was looking at pics of the ritmo and wondered what the 2nd water inlet was for at the bottom of the mixing chamber.does it allow you to use other materials,also what are "knifing fillers" its on the list of things it can pump cheers cam

i was wondering if there was much difference in how hard the 3 different weber OCR renders set.ive been using OCR 3 but it seems chalky whens its dry even a few months later.are the other ones a bit more durable?

Hi i was looking at buying a machine in the new year and as I'm out in oz there is no PFT dealer out here but i can get M-TEC machines from New Zealand.I mostly do privet jobs so don't want to drag a big 3 phase machine and genny around.I use OCR most of the time but want to get more into...

Im pricing a job over in oz and the owner wants trowel finish inside,thats sand and cement troweled up like multi finish.I was going to use OCR but he wants it solid for duribility.Ive only done sand and cement in the uk and out here they lay on one thick coat then cut it back with a "t"...

can monocouche be sealed?i found this sealer just wondered if anyone has used it or knows of any other sealers around ment to be anti graffiti aswell

has anyone worked out in europe and used any gypsum plasters that work as well and trowel up as nice as BG multifinish?apart from knaulf plasters?i worked with a polish bloke that reckond theirs was better

i was wondering if i could add SBR with OCR render.ive used it on a few jobs but get hairline cracks the other bag renders i used to use never cracked but the ocr is loads nicer to use, would SBR wake it a bit stronger/flexible and would it go off quicker?

was wondering if its possible to patch webers mono?ive done a house and didnt go down far enough in a couple places and looks shite against the pavers i called weber and they reckon it will change colour but a mate says i can cut out the crap bits and it will patch up fine?

Was wondering if anyone knows an easy and cheap way of preping paint for render.im using mono and render loads of painted block homes,i grinded the paint off the last one with a 9inch grinder and put rend aid over it but was a mission and took forever. if the paint is in good condition are there...

Hi all im new on here and thought this could be the place to get an answer to my on going question? im out in oz using weber monocouche renders and have found a cheap pft g5c over here that id like to buy(3 phase pumps are twice the price than in the uk) to get me going. ive used a few machines...