Cream of tar tar

Cream of tar tar
I sprinkle it on me porridge on a morning! £150 for cash?
 
Mike Harrison said:
Its normally about 5 black buckets to about 4 and half bags.so do I just put a little bit in each black bucket mate
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yes just pinch a bit out between your thumb and forfinger but im talking about casting plaster you would have to experiment with what your using but do not over dose or u will stop the set for to long
 
Stewie03 said:
Cream of tar tar did use to work but the manufacturer changed a couple of additives to make the chemical reaction of the powder more powerful once water was added that's why theres only a medium window of opportunity of working with the multifinish or board finish before setting starts to occur cream of tar tar doesn't have that affect of slowing it down anymore your best using plain flour as it reacts to the hemihydrate in the skim slowing the process down a couple of handfuls of plain flour in the mix will give you an extra 35mins per 25kg bag
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Stewie03 said:
Cream of tar tar did use to work but the manufacturer changed a couple of additives to make the chemical reaction of the powder more powerful once water was added that's why theres only a medium window of opportunity of working with the multifinish or board finish before setting starts to occur cream of tar tar doesn't have that affect of slowing it down anymore your best using plain flour as it reacts to the hemihydrate in the skim slowing the process down a couple of handfuls of plain flour in the mix will give you an extra 35mins per 25kg bag
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Added two handfuls of flour in the mix for the first coat, worked a treat mate, advice really appreciated.
 
Chris W said:
its called tri sodium citrate... f**k knows where you buy it from but it works a treat, we had some well out of date bags of some one coat shizzle from the bricomarche in france and it hung right back... teaspoon in a mix
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Tri-sodium Citrate

Tri-sodium Citrate plaster retarder. No need for lime or smelly horse size, just mix 1kg to 5ltr warm water and add to your mix. The more you add the
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Chris W said:
its called tri sodium citrate... f**k knows where you buy it from but it works a treat, we had some well out of date bags of some one coat shizzle from the bricomarche in france and it hung right back... teaspoon in a mix
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my wife buys it on line for making a lime drink. maybe 250g bag. I've got some year old multi at the back of the shed- I'll give it a test for a laugh.
 
LarryTheLag said:
I use cream of tar tar, it works great, specially when I accidentally put a little too much in, and the stuff didn't set for three hours
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never used it but have used extra time a few years back on my first 2 bagger ceiling. Worked really well. Don’t worry so much now. I reckon plaster can smell fear and the less I worry about it pulling in too quick, the better I get on.
 
Very true! I'd like to give extratime a go, see how it is. I'm constantly finding the plaster flash setting - the water here is very hard (wants a fight when it comes out the tap), when I added the tar tar, the plaster started to settle down better.

Up north, the water is very soft - never have an issue with plastering at all up there

ChrispyUK said:
never used it but have used extra time a few years back on my first 2 bagger ceiling. Worked really well. Don’t worry so much now. I reckon plaster can smell fear and the less I worry about it pulling in too quick, the better I get on.
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LarryTheLag said:
Very true! I'd like to give extratime a go, see how it is. I'm constantly finding the plaster flash setting - the water here is very hard (wants a fight when it comes out the tap), when I added the tar tar, the plaster started to settle down better.

Up north, the water is very soft - never have an issue with plastering at all up there
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Evian darling
 
Draw your water as soon as you can before you need it and let it relax in the bucket before you mix it up.
 
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