2 coats from 1 bucket

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I've always found it trowels up lovely, once again you English not as good as us Scott's! Kitchy your gutted your no Scottish, admit it
 
I was doing 1 coat on Friday. Did a full bag am still f**k*d after it.
2 coats from 1 bucket
 
stuart23 said:
I've always found it trowels up lovely, once again you English not as good as us Scott's! Kitchy your gutted your no Scottish, admit it
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Lol..id rather a bird stand on my bolloxs with high heels on and pushing down really hard than be scottish
 
I see there is a fair bit of abuse flying around on this post... In a word and answer to it... NO..! You will compromise the mix and by adding water you will weaken the mix and make less fire retardant.

Also you will find yourself losing setting time, which may not be a problem in 10c Nov, but in 24c August it will f**k you over good and proper.

It really is amongst the very first details passed on in apprenticeship... Never add water to any mix. Water first.! Plasterer second.! ALWAYS.
 
Adding and using dirty water weakens the mix, this causes rapid absorption of moisture on the surface of the plasterer which in turn causes the plaster ( if it adheres ) to be dryer than it should be which then creates a quicker burn time in the event of fire.
 
Just not sure how fire resistant 3mm of gypsum is regardless of whether it's been knocked up a bit?
 
It causes loss of moisture, your wall may look the b*ll***s, but knocking gear back up ain't the way. But hey if it suits you, good on you. ;-)
 
In fairness to the original question I would say that nearly every spreader has knocked gear back up at some stage in their life. But it really shouldn't be done, tried taking the easy option as an apprentice once and got a wack in the mouth from the Labourer ( no kidding ).

f**k**g beast he was, the days before the whisk. He had a lollipop stick and a welded bike cog for mixing and could easy keep to Spreaders going at full pace. Plastering Labouring is an un-respected job and I would argue there isn't any harder job. A decent Plastering Labourer is a rare breed.
 
Never has been rated as a fire barrier. It's about its natural qualities, if you use dirty water or knock up again it weakens the plaster. It wont look any different on the wall but if a fire occurred it will burn quicker that it should.

An example could be an old-dear that ain't very mobile, time of fire spreading could make all the difference. I wouldn't sleep easy at night knowing that. f**k that right off.
 
If the fire was hot enough to get through a normal plaster board your f**k*d either way
 
That's true, really its all to do with correct working practice, most of us spreading will have knocked gear back up at some stage. The mix will go off quickly and trowelling up can become a right b*****d.

Quality Spreaders would handle this no problem, but DIYs and less experienced ppl will find it hard going. Just not worth it.
 
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