Can a believer (s*p*r*lex) advise me,please....

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Hi lads,my s*p*r*lex came today. do i apply gear with it or just use it for the final passes? when you've just applied your 2cd coat do you introduce your s*p*r*lex straight away without any water? cheers lads
 
ballsdeep said:
Hi lads,my s*p*r*lex came today. do i apply gear with it or just use it for the final passes? when you've just applied your 2cd coat do you introduce your s*p*r*lex straight away without any water? cheers lads
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I don't normally say this but, "Do a frucking search." This has been done to death and your not a newbie. :RpS_cursing:
 
i used mine right off. laying on it was fine, considering it just came out the bubble wrap. left a few lines compared to my old tyzack, but then it would. found i kept digging in because its wider. found also that it hung for ages and looked a bit greasy, like when you use cream of tartar. but when it came to trowelling up it was like magic. a revelation. little or no water required. it's flat as a pancake so you want to be near enough flat to the surface as your trowelling. others have just used for trowelling up.

i've since rounded the corners on mine and is much better. also it's changed shape slightly in line with my wrist action. it's no longer flat as a pancake. and it no longer looks greasy or hangs on first coat like it did, strange as that might sound. i think they're superb. they're all i use now. might give the tyzack and MT a run out on hardwall or drywall but that's about it. give it a few days. be patient. i knew straight away, but you may be differnet
 
I introduced my s*p*r*lex to my missus and they ended up having an affair and now I'm all by myself think I'm going to develop a drink problem to cope!! :-0
 
Marshy said:
I introduced my s*p*r*lex to my missus and they ended up having an affair and now I'm all by myself think I'm going to develop a drink problem to cope!! :-0
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:RpS_lol: That introduction was a big mistake mate. Sorry to hear that.
 
Marshy said:
I introduced my s*p*r*lex to my missus and they ended up having an affair and now I'm all by myself think I'm going to develop a drink problem to cope!! :-0
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I know what I'm getting our lass for her birthday now :thumbup::D:thumbup:
 
@beddy have you used one yet?

I have not used one as such but its very similiar to my jap trowel.... and that is the mutts nuts :D

I know with plastic you didnt like it cos of the flex but I think you will like it :-)
 
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Still persevering with it to see if it maybe needs broken in. Seems to work better on higher suction backgrounds, flattening with it while the plaster is still wet just seems to cause more problems and leaves it harder to get a proper finish.
 
I had one 12-18 months ago Danny. tried it didn't like it sold it. When everyone was saying how they liked it so much I thought I hadn't given it enough of a go. so bought another. still don't like it. just seems to make the surface really sandy/grainy and greasy. I want to like it. If I could work with someone who gets consistent results and show me where I was going wrong I'd use it day in day out
 
Marshy said:
I introduced my s*p*r*lex to my missus and they ended up having an affair and now I'm all by myself think I'm going to develop a drink problem to cope!! :-0
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did you ever receive the leather handle one they was going to send you to try or did that that not turn up cos they ended their sponsor of the forum
 
The trick with supaflex is timing and having patience once mastered there great had mine 3 weeks sometimes great finish sometimes not so! When I flatten to soon I tend over flatten still ends up good but not as I would like it
 
beddy said:
I had one 12-18 months ago Danny. tried it didn't like it sold it. When everyone was saying how they liked it so much I thought I hadn't given it enough of a go. so bought another. still don't like it. just seems to make the surface really sandy/grainy and greasy. I want to like it. If I could work with someone who gets consistent results and show me where I was going wrong I'd use it day in day out
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After I finished redoing our place I will come and show you how I do it :D

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!
 
leebo02 said:
did you ever receive the leather handle one they was going to send you to try or did that that not turn up cos they ended their sponsor of the forum
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Actually Lee they sent me all this and still not used any of it yet
Can a believer (s*p*r*lex) advise me,please....
 
i will swap you all that marshy for a half full empty bag of unifinish? it's a collectors item, now ..:RpS_thumbup:
 
beddy said:
I had one 12-18 months ago Danny. tried it didn't like it sold it. When everyone was saying how they liked it so much I thought I hadn't given it enough of a go. so bought another. still don't like it. just seems to make the surface really sandy/grainy and greasy. I want to like it. If I could work with someone who gets consistent results and show me where I was going wrong I'd use it day in day out
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Have to sort out a day with me then. :-)
 
Can a believer post a pic straight after using trowel to flatten while plaster is still wet please? Myself and @beddy have posted ours, if I'm to become a believer I need to have a little faith.
 
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stuart23 said:
Can a believer post a pic straight after using trowel to flatten while plaster is still wet please? Myself and @beddy have posted ours, if I'm to become a believer I need to have a little faith.
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Stuart that was laid in with a m/t flattened with a speed skim. And that picture was taken after the first dry pass with the s*p*r*lex.
 
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scottie5 said:
They need hardly any breaking in stuart but maybe try 5mins with a bit of wet and dry.
Apart from that keep it flat as you can, with hardly any pressure on the blade.
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Cheers Scottie, will give it another bash on Sunday, got a few runs of fresh plasterboard.
 
Nice @Marshy .... cant beat it for free .... Christ I emailed em last week bout a plaziflex blade that cracked on an angle where the blue trowel holder meets and they said send it in .... so I asked whats classed as a fault with plastic as you could say its just been dropped and its pointless paying postage to be told that .... then it was can you take photos ... bit hard when its in a skip 20 miles away ... annoyed me really as im not after free stuff just a replacement . (spoke to a shop on ebay about non sponge back and they said theyd had returns with the above mentioned crack so obviously they knew about it .

might give the one stop plastic trowel ago...
 
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Iv been using refina trowels since they came out they are mustard my Marshall town only gets used for sand n cement n hardball keep up with the times boys
 
shauny24 said:
Buy the double handed s*p*r*lex Darby they do its.mustard for big areas lads
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Personally cant see how it achieves a flat finish due to the size and flex in it .... rather stick to a 14'' plazi ....sanding nicks out of plastic that big... no thanks and its game over if you drop that rascal ...
 
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