The Half Time Bucket Test

[eazymix]

good to see halftime being used to get jobs done quicker plasteres either finishing earlier or doing a bit more and making more money from it.used it myself last week on a small kitchen ceiling job done in under an hour just had enough time to put it on tidy up and i was away and home early.it can be used i satchet to one bag and it still makes the plaster set quicker the instructions are only a guideline

 

[eazymix]

Nearly 100quids worth of pricework skim put on at 3.30 on a Friday afternoon and still home by 5.00.
That to me is an increase cause it's a gauge that wouldn't of happened without 4quids worth of accelerator in it.
Id of been home at 3.35 instead 96 quid worse off.

well worth it then scottie

 

[scottie5]

well worth it then scottie

I think so.
i Just ordered a load of it from p1ss.
I'll probably end up OD'ing on though .

 

[eazymix]

I think so.
i Just ordered a load of it from p1ss.
I'll probably end up OD'ing on though .

glad you like it it,s on at £1.50 a bag on one stop shop so i think it is cheap enough got a lot moaning about the price i say just put it on the job let the customer pay plaster is cheap so a few extra £ on accelerator wo,nt matter?

 

[scottie5]

glad you like it it,s on at £1.50 a bag on one stop shop so i think it is cheap enough got a lot moaning about the price i say just put it on the job let the customer pay plaster is cheap so a few extra £ on accelerator wo,nt matter?

Its all good I think.
Home to the Family 2hrs earlier for the sake of 3quid.
You'd have to either hate your family or be from Yorkshire to think it's overpriced.

 

[A.plasterer]

Watch the firms start screwing the prices down soon as they get wind of it.

 

[Danny]

Nearly 100quids worth of pricework skim put on at 3.30 on a Friday afternoon and still home by 5.00.
That to me is an increase cause it's a gauge that wouldn't of happened without 4quids worth of accelerator in it.
Id of been home at 3.35 instead 96 quid worse off.

That is nice

 

[scottie5]

Watch the firms start screwing the prices down soon as they get wind of it.

suppose they'll all be doubling the prices if I was to fcuk loads of extra-time retarder in my gauges would they?.
The self employed work to the thistle not some pr1cks whistle.

 

[flynnyman]

Its all good I think.
Home to the Family 2hrs earlier for the sake of 3quid.
You'd have to either hate your family or be from Yorkshire to think it's overpriced.

But you will probably throw another gauge on coz your a greedy c**t

 

[A.plasterer]

suppose they'll all be doubling the prices if I was to fcuk loads of extra-time retarder in my gauges would they?.
The self employed work to the thistle not some pr1cks whistle.

Prices seem to drop the faster things get done .

 

[Nicm]

Prices seem to drop the faster things get done .

You're dead right there.I'm sick of people asking me how many days will that take or else trying to tell me how long it should take.I'm too long on the go now for that s*it.Just give them a price and take it or leave it.

 

[A.plasterer]

You're dead right there.I'm sick of people asking me how many days will that take or else trying to tell me how long it should take.I'm too long on the go now for that s*it.Just give them a price and take it or leave it.

Worked with an old painter yrs ago he was on with a firm when rollers first made an appearance , he said everyone scoffed and said they were just a gimmick including the boss who said they'd never be using them.
Well other firms did one by one but they carried on with the "emulsion flats " until they'd lost out on so many jobs it was change or go under .
Suddenly, like all the other firms output increased but that was the new norm and even if the developers were coining the extra in that wasn't passed down the line.

 

[theclemo]

Its all good I think.
Home to the Family 2hrs earlier for the sake of 3quid.
You'd have to either hate your family or be from Yorkshire to think it's overpriced.

It's over priced

 

[theclemo]

I was happy with what I used of it so far

 

[Vincey]

Worked with an old painter yrs ago he was on with a firm when rollers first made an appearance , he said everyone scoffed and said they were just a gimmick including the boss who said they'd never be using them.
Well other firms did one by one but they carried on with the "emulsion flats " until they'd lost out on so many jobs it was change or go under .
Suddenly, like all the other firms output increased but that was the new norm and even if the developers were coining the extra in that wasn't passed down the line.

Is that true? What year did rollers come out ?

 

[A.plasterer]

Is that true? What year did rollers come out ?

70s I believe but he'd of been young man in the 60s

 

[A.plasterer]

Is that true? What year did rollers come out ?

No reason for him to have lied about it that I can see.

 

[A.plasterer]

Is that true? What year did rollers come out ?

Even googling it there's little info Malc would no doubt know when he first started seeing them on sites.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_roller

 

[A.plasterer]

Before rollers what you'd know as yer splash brush was their" emulsion flat"

 

[Vincey]

No reason for him to have lied about it that I can see.

Cool I thought you was joking, @malc when did rollers come out ?

 

[A.plasterer]

Here's film of someone using one in 60s

 

[A.plasterer]

Another from 60s with guy using big brush

 

[A.plasterer]

Since he's not using a pole or broom handle I'd say they were just getting their heads round it

 

[malc]

Cool I thought you was joking, @malc when did rollers come out ?

rollers were being used in the early 60s. they were a bit of a joke as the painter and decorator used a brush.
it was the industrial painter that used a roller, a slosher he was called.,

 

[scottie5]

It's over priced

 

[Barbara]

Would this work with magnetic plaster you think? I might say to tech people then

 

[Danny]

Would this work with magnetic plaster you think? I might say to tech people then

@eazymix will know

 

[Deleted member 29624]

Would it work in a bag of bonding?

 

[flynnyman]

Would this work with magnetic plaster you think? I might say to tech people then

Isn't your stuff ready mixed? I don't think it would contain gypsum coz it's already mixed but only guessing, the half time changes the chemical reaction in the gypsum so it sets quicker but only guessing

 

[flynnyman]

Would it work in a bag of bonding?

Should do

 

[eazymix]

i have not yet tested halftime on magnetic plaster.would have to look at what is in the plaster first to see if it would work but for know i would say do,nt use it.do not want any thing going wrong with the mix.haltime works on gypsum

 

[flynnyman]

To be honest it would be too much of a gamble on the magnetic plaster BG do coz of its expense and it sets ok.

 

[Barbara]

i have not yet tested halftime on magnetic plaster.would have to look at what is in the plaster first to see if it would work but for know i would say do,nt use it.do not want any thing going wrong with the mix.haltime works on gypsum

To be honest it would be too much of a gamble on the magnetic plaster BG do coz of its expense and it sets ok.

Thanks both, I might say to tech people anyway. It takes a bit to dry comparing to wallcoverings for example which take something like 30 min to apply and you are done

 

[flynnyman]

Thanks both, I might say to tech people anyway. It takes a bit to dry comparing to wallcoverings for example which take something like 30 min to apply and you are done

Plaster usually takes upto 3 hours to dry

 

[GypsumSnorter]

Wouldn't be a proper demo video without @Vincey lol

That lad gets about!!