where to buy a plasterers spatula?

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Currier I'd make you look like a 2 week courser and put my house on it ..... There's no way you can finish plaster with a flexible blunt spatula I haven't used the finish plaster but it can't be any different to multi or mp75
 
I've seen the walls finished using a spat down at BG and to be honest I wouldn't accept them on my jobs. When we did our day working with the Spray Finish down there I found that there were a few areas of pimples that needed a hard trowel to get them down and there's no way you can put as much pressure on a spat as you can with a trowel, not even close.
 
essexandy said:
I've seen the walls finished using a spat down at BG and to be honest I wouldn't accept them on my jobs. When we did our day working with the Spray Finish down there I found that there were a few areas of pimples that needed a hard trowel to get them down and there's no way you can put as much pressure on a spat as you can with a trowel, not even close.
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totally agree
 
I have to disagree, we got a good finish with the spats and plastic trowels.

You really think we would have spent 10k on a machine and over 500 squid on hand tools if it wasnt good enough???

I promise im picky as **** with making sure our work is 100%


I really dont understand the negitivity towards all this I know it works but i just guess others are hoping it will all fail as its something new they are worrying about.
 
spunky said:
You're not getting the finish with the spat are you you're getting it with the plastic trowel
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You've used the plastic haven't you Dave, when it's not going well do they deal with the problems as well as a good carbon steel trowel? I not bought/used one but just can't imagine them doing so.
 
There brilliant andy you could trowel up with a shovel and cross trowel with them and it comes out mint there are downsides they nick easy and the handles horrible I use the 14" the blade bends completely the wrong way after a few days but it doesnt really matter because there so flexible but I'd be weary of getting the bigger sizes because I reckon you'll get misses, I lay on flatten with a steel give it a wet one with a steel then if it starts furring up a bit with a plastic I'll use the steel again but always polish with the plastic
 
essexandy said:
I've seen the walls finished using a spat down at BG and to be honest I wouldn't accept them on my jobs. When we did our day working with the Spray Finish down there I found that there were a few areas of pimples that needed a hard trowel to get them down and there's no way you can put as much pressure on a spat as you can with a trowel, not even close.
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yeah but he wasnt really a plasterer down there was he :-)
 
CurrierPlastering said:
yer ive havent been told i have the gift yet :flapper:
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Haha when I wrote that I knew it was like tossing a ball into the air for you lot to have a whack at:RpS_biggrin:

It was just a comment from a site agent on I think my second day on site (16 years young) when he watched me scratching up and cutting out a S&C wall, I'm sure there's plenty of others on here here that have the same or similar said about them.
 
essexandy said:
Haha when I wrote that I knew it was like tossing a ball into the air for you lot to have a whack at:RpS_biggrin:

It was just a comment from a site agent on I think my second day on site (16 years young) when he watched me scratching up and cutting out a S&C wall, I'm sure there's plenty of others on here here that have the same or similar said about them.
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On my first day the gaffer of the big building company we were subbing to said he wouldn't pay me with washers:-0
Years later, I reminded him of that when he asked me to come and work for them. He just said that washers were worth a lot back then .............
 
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