Knauf Airless

theclemo said:
View attachment 11421 First of all I'd like to thank kanuf for putting up with me today lol I know am a bit forward and say what I think lol. What did I think of the airless. It's a piece of piss to use. U could take on a young lad that never plastererd before and have him doing the hole system in less than 2 weeks tbh. The taping involved is easy just put your joint compound on put your tape on and trowel it that's it. U can use scrim. But something with fire regulations on some jobs. So we sprayed the first coat on u put less on then I thought u would. But I could see why when I troweld it. It was easyr the close it in and less trowelling. We then did the 2nd coat on a other panel that was ready the day before I think. We sprayed it give it a spat or trowel and that was it. We then did a bit of sanding on a other wall. It is really easy to sand tbh. If I was doing a job with it I wouldn't try and finish it fully with the trowel even though u can. I'd use a electric telescopic sander with a dust hover connected to it. As am a lazy b*****d lol but it can be finished by trowel no problem. Am going to use it on my next job am going to hire out a machine and see how I get on in the real world but I can't see there being a problem tbh. I'd say it's a 3 day finish or maybe 2. The finish is top end and can be achieved by a novice which is worrying. The airless plaster is a lot lot easier on the body for sure. Skim still has its place for small jobs. But anything that would take 3 days or more i would use the airless finish. Downside for me would be the taping. I would say go and have a go of it for sure.
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Thanks for your review Clemo

Glad you liked it and had a good day!

Look forward to your further updates

Cheers

Rich
 
Runswithscissors said:
Kitchy

Drop me a PM with your contact details and location and I will get one of the Airless sales guys to contact to discuss.

Try it with an open mind!

.......anyone else - drop me or @quinns a PM

Cheers

Richard Lord
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Defo interested Il speak to lad I work with Monday and Il pm you..we cudnt do it in nxt few weeks mind as we havnt got time to take a day off work at min but defo want to try it out
 
Kitchy said:
Defo interested Il speak to lad I work with Monday and Il pm you..we cudnt do it in nxt few weeks mind as we havnt got time to take a day off work at min but defo want to try it out
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Just get a date the diary in the future... I suspect that our guys will be booking more that 2 weeks in advance, I know the technical instructors are booking way in the future!

In your own time mate

Have a good weekend

Rich
 
Runswithscissors said:
Just get a date the diary in the future... I suspect that our guys will be booking more that 2 weeks in advance, I know the technical instructors are booking way in the future!

In your own time mate

Have a good weekend

Rich
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Will do I want to do it 100% just finding rite time havnt got time to have a s**t at min..Il pm you Monday to fit a day into diary
 
Runswithscissors said:
I know that our tech instructors are secret lurkers on here.... they are great guys!

And I suspect the new BDM s will start reading as well
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I'll tell you they know there stuff. No bullshit they didn't try to over sell the airless finish. When you see that you know it's a good product.
 
What's it like on reskims? Can it go over a floated wall in sand and cement or other backings? Like if there was a mixture of reskim and chases. Would you still need to prime the wall? What's the thickness once finished? Does it set hard? @Curry
 
flynnyman said:
What's it like on reskims? Can it go over a floated wall in sand and cement or other backings? Like if there was a mixture of reskim and chases. Would you still need to prime the wall? What's the thickness once finished? Does it set hard? @Curry
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Thanks f**k you put curry at the end of that.
 
This was my last reskim using airless
Knauf Airless

Knauf airless backing. 1st coat

Knauf Airless

Knauf airless finish. 2nd coat


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How would this stuff work with the absolute shite boarding that spreads are expected to go over?
This is applied at at what thickness?
I'm just thinking in an ideal world the boards are cut neat and no gaps etc but in reality chunks are missing, gaps are bigger than wages between north and south things run out of level etc and I'm talking new build!
God knows what would be needed for reskim.
You can only sand it so much before you'll hit the original backing?


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Jgreenplastering said:
How would this stuff work with the absolute shite boarding that spreads are expected to go over?
This is applied at at what thickness?
I'm just thinking in an ideal world the boards are cut neat and no gaps etc but in reality chunks are missing, gaps are bigger than wages between north and south things run out of level etc and I'm talking new build!
God knows what would be needed for reskim.
You can only sand it so much before you'll hit the original backing?

U would have to bond the walls out like you would with skim. I'd tape the joints up that would help a bit. Then use airless backing to get it right. Then finish with airless finish. I spent a few hours with kanuf and I think am a problem lol

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U would have to bond the walls out like you would with skim. I'd tape the joints up that would help a bit. Then use airless backing to get it right. Then finish with airless finish. I spent a few hours with kanuf and I think am a pro lol
 
It can go straight on to plasterboard I think he said at 3mm each time . Don't know how long to dry. I think he said u can build the backing up to 8mm.
 
theclemo said:
U would have to bond the walls out like you would with skim. I'd tape the joints up that would help a bit. Then use airless backing to get it right. Then finish with airless finish. I spent a few hours with kanuf and I think am a pro lol
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Won't that add even more time to the job eating profit? Or can you go straight over the backing coat?
 
A lad said this system has been around for years and it ain't took off in uk.
Makes no difference to me if it's a success.
Only do taping on a need to basis.
 
Jgreenplastering said:
Won't that add even more time to the job eating profit? Or can you go straight over the backing coat?
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I don't know on till I try it tbh. I suppose u could spend a half day to a day prepping on a job. As i said before its a 2 to 3 day system. But I think u would get time back if you where doing 3 or 4 rooms re skimming. No mixing less bags to take in no mess no stilts no thrown in on far less troweling a better finish. U could have your labourer finishing full rooms and be paying him f**k all lol and the work is piss easy. U think I was doing it all my life lol at the end of the day it's not skim. As i said skim still has its place if you are doing 2 or 3 rooms. O i was told u can get a fan in and be able to do the hole system in one day.
 
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