wba.. wickes bonding agent?

Status
Not open for further replies.
L

liverpool_plasterer

Member
just off reading through the forums ive seen allot of you guys mentioning wba wickes bonding agent? ive never came across it. i use wickes allot so may pick one up to try out on my next visit what you think? any tips or advice would be highly appreciated
 
All the tips are out there , just read through the forum (old posts )and go from there ;D
 
oasis said:
Roofer2plasterer said:
Cheaper version off thistle Bond it and imo just as good!
Click to expand...

cheaper? i pay £37+vat for a 10 L tub of bond it
Click to expand...


£55 in My travis Perkins! Where u get yours? .......To be honest it dosn't cost me nowt, book it out for a small job and take the rest home for my own jobs....Best thing about working for the council ( apart from the council house hunnies)!!! ;)
 
whatever.....................its good stuff mate use it on overskims, artex ceilings, painted areas etc ......just use it everywhere basically but you need to look out for glossy surfaces its best to leave it overnight or the plaster'll set before its bonded to the wall
 
steve you can go on it after 2 hrs mate with the wba obviously longer the better but on the tub the shortest time is 2 hrs but allways make sure its stirred well to get the polygrains flowing
 
when its dry steve ive hard trowled a wall and the lot came off in a perfect trowels width when i wentover gypbond to early
cant really go by time its more site conditions ???
 
spunky said:
when its dry steve ive hard trowled a wall and the lot came off in a perfect trowels width when i wentover gypbond to early
cant really go by time its more site conditions ???
Click to expand...

so most of the time its a few hours. when ive used bond it, i couldnt skim it til the next day. waste of time if its a small job.
 
Same as you steve I've used Bond it in the past & wasn't keen seen as it's 24hrs waiting time :o
WBA 2 hrs. ;)
I've always used pva so just stuck to what I know.
But never thought I'd say it...... I'm converted to WBA now, well on some jobs anyway. ::)
I paid £13 & i got about 15m2 out of it over artex.
So if you say roughly £1 a m2 just price it into the job.
I tried to scrape a bit of the WBA off that was on silk artex the other week after 2 hrs & it was well stuck on & solid.
Obviously longer in winter etc.
Good stuff.



Did I mention it was good stuff ;D
 
Agree with misus. Only thing is it's a pain in the arse hanging around for 2 hours if you only have a ceiling to do. :-\
 
Casper said:
Agree with misus. Only thing is it's a pain in the arse hanging around for 2 hours if you only have a ceiling to do. :-\
Click to expand...


That's true but there's always the knicker draws to look through
& food in the cupboards to eat & beer in the fridge to drink. ;D





Well that's what flat boy said he does ;)
 
Nisus said:
Casper said:
Agree with misus. Only thing is it's a pain in the arse hanging around for 2 hours if you only have a ceiling to do. :-\
Click to expand...


That's true but there's always the knicker draws to look through
& food in the cupboards to eat & beer in the fridge to drink. ;D





Well that's what flat boy said he does ;)
Click to expand...
lol i do as well
 
Hello Mate
It is quality stuff but in my opinion it's just totally impractical, as said it's 2 hours min but ideally longer, who wants to hang around for that amount of time, I never use it now just a good quality PVA
 
Johnathon said:
Hello Mate
It is quality stuff but in my opinion it's just totally impractical, as said it's 2 hours min but ideally longer, who wants to hang around for that amount of time, I never use it now just a good quality PVA
Click to expand...

Fair enough if you've only got a ceiling to do but if you've got a complete house or a few rooms there's no waiting around.
And once it's all rolled once it's done then its just skim, skim, skim ;)




Ha listen to me ::) i was the one defending pva on here last year :D
 
Oh really!! it's all just skim, skim, skim! You're not related to those Scottish queers...Colin & Justin? :-*
 
Casper said:
I'm sooooo jealous :'( i love those guys :-*
Click to expand...

If you want I can arrange for you to meet them.
Flat boy & kebab....errr....I mean colon & just in are up your way next week ;)
 
Nisus said:
Casper said:
I'm sooooo jealous :'( i love those guys :-*
Click to expand...

If you want I can arrange for you to meet them.
Flat boy & kebab....errr....I mean colon & just in are up your way next week ;)
Click to expand...

FBS & KK. Englands answer to Colin & Justin are coming to Scotland?? It's too good to be true :o
 
WBA is good stuff on artex ceilings it works wonders...

If I am re skimming artex I like to get in the afternoon before scrape back and glue with WBA then in teh morning its ready and you get an early day or your ready for teh next job.... failing that stick a muck monkey to do the scraping and glueing then go to the pub....

Danny
 
I've actually got a artex ceiling on tomorrow, 25m and its got the silk emulsion over it. I'm not looking forward to it as there's a wee extra bit at the bay window with a lintel separating it. So it's 2 beads as well! :'(
 
Casper said:
Nisus said:
Casper said:
I'm sooooo jealous :'( i love those guys :-*
Click to expand...

If you want I can arrange for you to meet them.
Flat boy & kebab....errr....I mean colon & just in are up your way next week ;)
Click to expand...

FBS & KK. Englands answer to Colin & Justin are coming to Scotland?? It's too good to be true :o
Click to expand...

;D ;D
 
i also get my'n from Travis Perkings so av a word! i used it as an around sealer, i add water and PVA to it to thin it out, then one nice coat on any re skim will seal all walls for the next 3-4 days! 1 day of prep follwed by 3 days of hard plastering job done!
 
topmark said:
spunky said:
buy a big tub of betocontakt its the same stuff
Click to expand...
Same as! 20kg tub betakontakt from TP £53 or 3kg tub of WBA £14 F%$k Wiccies
Click to expand...

I'm going to give this beta stuff a try 8) Does anybody else water down their WBA?
 
liverpool_plasterer said:
Casper said:
topmark said:
spunky said:
buy a big tub of betocontakt its the same stuff
Click to expand...
Same as! 20kg tub betakontakt from TP £53 or 3kg tub of WBA £14 F%$k Wiccies
Click to expand...

I'm going to give this beta stuff a try 8) Does anybody else water down their WBA?
Click to expand...

mix it 50/50 with watered down pva youll end up spending more on the wba than the finish
Click to expand...

how do you meen?

i do about 40% strong PVA to WBA/Bond it and as i said i use it as an everyday primer one coat does all!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Share this page

Back
Top