What am I doing wrong ?

[pristineplastering]

I'll admit, I'm not the most confident of renderers, but the several render jobs I have been asked to do have all turned out fine so I must be doing something right.

However, I always seem to be waiting an age for the bottom of any wall to stiffen up sufficiently for me to rub it up - All the water obviously sinks to the bottom but whilst the top of any wall might be ready within an hour or so, the bottom takes nearer 6 - Is this common practise or am I missing a trick guys ??

 

[intensive]

answered it yourself m8 water runs down always slower set lower down.

 

[church]

Your prolly not doing a lot wrong mate, i take it your working down to a bellcast drip bead ? just make sure you fill it corectly with your first coat so leave around 8 mm for your top coat the wrong thickness will cause you problems you speak of .Also a good tip for winter rendering is make the last mix a stiff one

 

[steve1976]

Get the newspaper onto it lad help soak the water out yes this happens at times make sure to not wet the bottom of the wall were your finding it hard to finish.

 

[church]

Or put the job off till the summer ;D

 

[spunkybum]

i agree theres always one part that doesnt want to behave .......last time it happened to me i started a little fire ......loved telling the site manager ;D

 

[pftmonojetman]

Use OCR if your gonna do flat render, works a treat never had trouble with it

 

[ant]

in the winter you can somtimes get away with no water proofer in the scratch coat

 

[pristineplastering]

Re: What am I doing wrong ?

Whats OCR Pftmomojetman ?? Sounds interesting

 

[pftmonojetman]

Whats OCR Pftmomojetman ?? Sounds interesting

Pre bagged One coat render, By Weber. Or K-Rend UF Base both rub up flat, Just mix with clean water
simple

 

[pristineplastering]

Cheers will look into it for next job - many thanks