JohnDoe
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Darnt mention 1 coat, already get ripped for 2 trowels. Imagine if it was 1 coat and 2 trowels.
Fourm meltdown ... haha
algeeman
It’s A Boy
Sometimes i like to 4 or 5 coat.
And flatten n speedskim sponge plazzy spat mt supaflex.....but only if ive been naughty and dont wanna go home to face the music.
Well...I'm not ashamed to say on any decent boardwork I would just bed down the joinrts and beads first and then just knock the gear up thick and just sling it on!
1 trowel
1 trowel after tickling edges
1 wet
Later in the day maybe or maybe not give a trowel when its turned if its for someone that dilluded that wall needs to feel smooth!
JohnDoe
Active Member
Agreed. 2 trowels is plenty enough for flat and matt. More trowels just make it smoother each time. Which I agree just have to when your working for some tools.
algeeman
It’s A Boy
Whats your process for 1 coating mate......mines is to usually drift off into another world because plastering is getting so fuucking boring......i need a holiday i think !!
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JohnDoe
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Lol think we all need a holiday...
Knock half up fill beads n scrims. Knock couple of bags up get it on. Flatten sponge flatten flatten.
Am back on 2 coat as I seem to be finished gauge quicker.
What's your process?
Marshy
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That's the sad part of skimming 99% of people think a walls only gud if its shiny even tho wen painters put matt on you wudnt know any difference..biggest thing in skimming on leaving a nice job is the little things I.e angles sharp,under window sills cut back and brushed in skirting line flat and not look like bob Marley's lips..walls look after themselves there's nowt easier than skimming a wall any nugget can do it after a few months its the intricate stuff that seperate a gud spread and a ok spread
Sponge!! You been raiding window cleaners tool bag or sumat
algeeman
It’s A Boy
In all honesty i get shiitfaced the night before.
If im not working the next day i wont drink at all.
Il switch off phone and spoil the kids.
As you can probably tell .....im working tomorrow xx
Mix 3 bags (approx 40/45m) 3 times a day.
And drift off into another planet.
JohnDoe
Active Member
Your right Kitchy ; -)
Waisted first 10 yrs of my plastering life 2 coating board work until I was shown the light @Marshy....
Not any more pal when you know how to!!!!
stiltwalker
Active Member
I had a guy work with me for a couple of days, work was good but had to tell him to stop going over it , he would get one coat on then trowel it 3 times then second coat and trowel it another 3 times before a final trowel
Couldn't fault his work but I covered 3 times more area and to the same standard
algeeman
It’s A Boy
Id like to trowel it once
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JohnDoe
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Exactly my point! Sharp angles flat and matt. When painters been at it with roller or even worse the customer then them shines walls were a waste of effort.
Wat u mean get 1 coat on then trowel it 3 times? Lol..
JohnDoe
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Wasn't you was it mate ? ;-)
JohnDoe
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I'd plasterboard all day instead of skimming.
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I F*****g love skimming
. But I like boarding more, overboarding is a dream come true...especially with the lifter....im so lazy was using the lifter with 6x3's the other dayI trowel it 4 times after 1st lay not 3!! Then get sponge out hahaha
Come bk in 17years then tell me u love skimmingI F*****g love skimming
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Come bk in 17years then tell me u love skimming
Ill be retired in 17 years coining it off of all my rentals but get what you mean....i got a job coming up, overboard and skim 7 ceilings still feels like a dream come true for me
but get what you mean....i got a job coming up, overboard and skim 7 ceilings still feels like a dream come true for me
Pagey
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Well according to a lot of place side worked everyone is a plasterer or knows a plasterer or has done a bit of plastering or can do everything but plastering so we all need a niche don't we be it one trowel or two or super shiny either which way I ain't gonna be a meter eater
JohnDoe
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What the f**k is going on here !!?? Its called "The Plasterers Forum" not to be confused with some chancers free for all
What are these chancers doing to our trade man. Bloody one and sponge and this and that etc ..... lol
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I think pete is the only plasterer ive spoken to who after 20 years still loves the job
That's cos he's away with the fairy's most of the time