Is Skimming Dying out?

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TonyM said:
I haven't decided yet. I'll charge what I see fit. All the stuff I do if 'high end' so it won't be £3 a metre, put it that way.


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Dont blame you..need to pay for that machine aswell..it is high end spec and always will be
 
zolco said:
You gonna look like a right plonker walking around with them crates. [emoji1] like a milkman lol

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Lol u got 1? Sick of my trowels getting nicks in them got 1 in my mark 11..keep them all in a fatmax box but there bashing round on each other causing nicks
 
Kitchy said:
Lol u got 1? Sick of my trowels getting nicks in them got 1 in my mark 11..keep them all in a fatmax box but there bashing round on each other causing nicks
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I keep my gear in a fatmax rolling box, sf sits on top of a shelf I haven't used them in a few months to be honest, ones bent to f**k and delaminated, next one is delaminating again, only the midget one healthy only used it once tho


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If skimming is Dying out its Dry lining that's the man cause.
Here's a video of an "Easifill" partition erected, Jointed and Painted 8 hours.
Not a very big partition but even so painting the same day is a big thing.
 
These machines are excellent
Is Skimming Dying out?
 
Domesticly skimming isn't going anywhere soon. All this tape and joining just gives me more work because 5 years down the line it often looks rough. Skim is alot tougher in my opinion. Though I do like how easy the airless is.
 
Natwasere said:
Domesticly skimming isn't going anywhere soon. All this tape and joining just gives me more work because 5 years down the line it often looks rough. Skim is alot tougher in my opinion. Though I do like how easy the airless is.
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yeah I agree with that and also it will take a long time to change the general public mind about skim :D Christ my father in law wanted me to use Hessian scrim FFS told him to s**t in his hat and punch it
 
Danny said:
yeah I agree with that and also it will take a long time to change the general public mind about skim :D Christ my father in law wanted me to use Hessian scrim FFS told him to s**t in his hat and punch it
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Luckily I've never had the pleasure of hessian scrim
 
duke163 said:
Ah the sight and sound of hessian scrim starting to come away and pull all others around it down too. Fond memories
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To be fair I had that once on a very long up and over rounded edges. About 15m length of fibre scrim pulling s trench through the bonding, the noise it made was strange and stressful. It didn't get rescrimed.
 
Natwasere said:
To be fair I had that once on a very long up and over rounded edges. About 15m length of fibre scrim pulling s trench through the bonding, the noise it made was strange and stressful. It didn't get rescrimed.
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Lol , I had a little one fall out of a curve and slap me in the face in a loft toilet a couple of weeks back.
 
duke163 said:
Lol , I had a little one fall out of a curve and slap me in the face in a loft toilet a couple of weeks back.
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I try to use 100mm scrim for them. Failing that just make sure it's pushed through the scrim rather team just spreading over it. Makes a flipping mess when it happens, luckily I heard that one coming and got out the way
 
Natwasere said:
I try to use 100mm scrim for them. Failing that just make sure it's pushed through the scrim rather team just spreading over it. Makes a flipping mess when it happens, luckily I heard that one coming and got out the way
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Just doing some coves now, I'm using the 100mm scrim, and just to be sure, a few staples for extra security.....hate it when it comes off...
 
Dropsalot said:
Just doing some coves now, I'm using the 100mm scrim, and just to be sure, a few staples for extra security.....hate it when it comes off...
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Yeah to be fair in my stupidity through the years I never stapled it.... but then I had never stapled beads up either. And now I do lol
 
The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand most of Europe have been using drywall for decades?
Never heard anyone saying that drywall needs redone after 5 years?
Then again some plastering(Skim) can look tired after a few years too if not prepped right.
 
James Mulvenna said:
The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand most of Europe have been using drywall for decades?
Never heard anyone saying that drywall needs redone after 5 years?
Then again some plastering(Skim) can look tired after a few years too if not prepped right.
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james ....your as thick as shiit !!
 
James Mulvenna said:
The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand most of Europe have been using drywall for decades?
Never heard anyone saying that drywall needs redone after 5 years?
Then again some plastering(Skim) can look tired after a few years too if not prepped right.
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They also skim in all these countries.Look up diamond veneer finish which is used in the States and Canada and @George Kidd can tell you about skim in Australia.
 
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