Bostick plastering stabilising primer ( grit)

[ChrispyUK]

Just skimmed two ceilings yesterday over green grit!
Went back today to do the walls today looking up at the ceiling and praying it doesn’t come down!

Oh dear

 

[MakeItSmooth]

Just skimmed two ceilings yesterday over green grit!
Went back today to do the walls today looking up at the ceiling and praying it doesn’t come down!

Don't worry, the world is full of fearporn at the moment - what's a little more fear between friends?

 

[hollybank]

Used it quite a few times.
Fingers crossed hey!

 

[ChrispyUK]

Used some blue grit on a kitchen ceiling last week ...some dregs I found in the shed. Customer said I thought you were using green grit, so I said this goes green when the plaster reacts with it.

 

[MakeItSmooth]

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Used some blue grit on a kitchen ceiling last week ...some dregs I found in the shed. Customer said I thought you were using green grit, so I said this goes green when the plaster reacts with it.

Should've just pissed in it to turn it green

 

[ChrispyUK]

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Should've just pissed in it to turn it green

Probably go Chardonnay colour

 

[superspread]

Used it quite a few times.
Fingers crossed hey!

Me too, but it’s bitten me on the arse bigtime on this job

 

[ChrispyUK]

Me too, but it’s bitten me on the arse bigtime on this job

What background were you going over Andy?

 

[Rossi46]

Microgobetis is the only way.

 

[hollybank]

Me too, but it’s bitten me on the arse bigtime on this job

I’ve left it on the job,customer can have it nearly a full tub.
f**k it!

 

[superspread]

What background were you going over Andy?

Smooth paint, but not shiny, like an egg shell , bostick have said I applied it over a dusty wall, as if I’d do that ffs

 

[superspread]

Smooth paint, but not shiny, like an egg shell , bostick have said I applied it over a dusty wall, as if I’d do that ffs

The whole room 12 ft high ffs, I’ve ended up putting peel away on the walls to take it back to the bare plaster

 

[MakeItSmooth]

The whole room 12 ft high ffs, I’ve ended up putting peel away on the walls to take it back to the bare plaster

scabbler?

 

[superspread]

Smooth paint, but not shiny, like an egg shell , bostick have said I applied it over a dusty wall, as if I’d do that ffs

The whole room 12 ft high ffs, I’ve ended up putting peel away on the walls to take it back to the bare plaster

scabbler?

na no need, peel away worked well, over £400 tho just for that , bg bond it , multi and beads plus 2 days plastering

 

[Rossi46]

Smooth paint, but not shiny, like an egg shell , bostick have said I applied it over a dusty wall, as if I’d do that ffs

Has anyone ever had any luck with a manufacturer holding their hands up and admitting fault, I doubt it.
Render is the same. Anything goes wrong they’ll find something to blame it on rather than the products.

 

[superspread]

Has anyone ever had any luck with a manufacturer holding their hands up and admitting fault, I doubt it.
Render is the same. Anything goes wrong they’ll find something to blame it on rather than the products.

I sent them a few stinking emails and phone calls, they wouldn’t even come out and test the primer

 

[ChrispyUK]

Smooth paint, but not shiny, like an egg shell , bostick have said I applied it over a dusty wall, as if I’d do that ffs

Ouch and fooking ouch!

Feel your pain!

 

[superspread]

Ouch and fooking ouch!

Feel your pain!

If it was 25 years ago it would of killed me financially

 

[Stewie03]

Feel your pain mate as prep is really important in this game but it’s hard to ever truly know what the f**k has been put on walls and ceilings over the years

 

[superspread]

Feel your pain mate as prep is really important in this game but it’s hard to ever truly know what the f**k has been put on walls and ceilings over the years

I don’t cut corners stew, I do everything by the book, and if it takes me a bit longer than priced for then so be it I’m not bothered, so this is a right fuc ker

 

[MakeItSmooth]

The whole room 12 ft high ffs, I’ve ended up putting peel away on the walls to take it back to the bare plaster

na no need, peel away worked well, over £400 tho just for that , bg bond it , multi and beads plus 2 days plastering

Dammit... every now and then, you just hit a job that hurts, don't you?

Not often, thankfully.

...but I'm of the firm opinion that you should treat people like you'd want to be treated yourself, so if a job needs redoing, then (sigh!) just buckle-up and do it


Glad to see you see the world much the same way.

 

[algeeman]

its not the grit

its that distemper your skimming onto

seen that pattern fail a few times

 

[hollybank]

its not the grit

its that distemper your skimming onto

seen that pattern fail a few times

Same as you say,I don’t know what it is but that fan pattern is the one that give me a problem years ago.
Unibond,bonding and skimmed it and it still failed.

 

[algeeman]

Same as you say,I don’t know what it is but that fan pattern is the one that give me a problem years ago.
Unibond,bonding and skimmed it and it still failed.

the shite chalk paint mate

 

[MakeItSmooth]

its not the grit

its that distemper your skimming onto

seen that pattern fail a few times

I didn't realise that last thumbnail is a video!

Yes, based on what I can see in that vid, I'm inclined to agree with you.

However.... there may be more than one problem, because it looks like the plaster shelled off the grit AND the grit is flaking off the distemper.

I say that because you can clearly see 'clean' green grit on the wall (no skim on it) before the grit is then scraped off the distemper/wall.

 

[essexandy]

Microgobetis is the only way.

Best stuff ever. Unfortunately we don't have a Parex dealer nearby now.

 

[Squarehead]

I agree fella, but on occasion I've had an issue with skim sliding on the paint...

Yes, but better to slide than shell. I whack a bit of render mesh on it if it slides, sorts it out immediately.

 

[brimplas1]

Yes, but better to slide than shell. I whack a bit of render mesh on it if it slides, sorts it out immediately.

Never thought of that buddy..

 

[Rossi46]

Could we have a sticky picture on here showing the failure and stating the dodgy product. That would rattle their cage.

 

[Kasper]

Had a ceiling bubbling down on me in two spots last week, I used 2 coats of pva and it was over shitty fan pattern artex, it was really chalky. I've managed to rescue it but I'm praying it doesn't come down.
Overboarding wasn't a option as they got lining paper on walls into coving. Then next day I did a bathroom ceiling again same pattern but I used that green grit. It also bubbled down in one place, but again managed to rescue it. I won't use it again and I prefer to overboard it but sometimes you just can't do it...

 

[algeeman]

just been for a smoke outside

with a bit of luck hopefully my site has blown down

 

[superspread]

its not the grit

its that distemper your skimming onto

seen that pattern fail a few times

It’s not distemper algee, I tried washing it off , nothing!!

 

[superspread]

I didn't realise that last thumbnail is a video!

Yes, based on what I can see in that vid, I'm inclined to agree with you.

However.... there may be more than one problem, because it looks like the plaster shelled off the grit AND the grit is flaking off the distemper.

I say that because you can clearly see 'clean' green grit on the wall (no skim on it) before the grit is then scraped off the distemper/wall.

Definitely not distemper, I done the bedroom in bg bond it at the same time, (I was using what I had in store) and fingers crossed everything is good

 

[superspread]

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Could we have a sticky picture on here showing the failure and stating the dodgy product. That would rattle their cage.

something needs to be done , I said to the geezer at bostick, your a multi national company and I’m a one man band ,I’ve got no chance !!!! But I ssid I’ll go on social media and tell em what’s happened.
lit might be down to me but at least send someone out and do a test ffs, I swear I don’t cut corners if I could foresee a problem I would of sorted it beforehand or got the builder to Wash /prep the walls first

 

[Lastlaff]

ThistleBond-it, is about twice the price of the other ‘grits’ (as a general rule of thumb), are the ingredients/additives different/better to reflect the price? @The Apprentice - any idea on this?