Wide Scrim Tape

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dustydave

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Ive used 1 metre wide scrim and cant remember where i bought it, rolls were 50m long and self adhesive.Tried google and got nowhere.
Has anyone used this size scrim lately and if so where do you get it from? Cheers Dave.
 
Try Dry Lining Supplies in Windlesham. They used to do large rolls of it, dunno if it was 50m though. You will have to Google them though as not got the number.
 
Gibbo said:
fibatape wall repair fabric is what its called dave
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Thats the one gibbo,cheers, now to find a supplier, I wll try the usual buildfix/r+j/uk hardware firms tommorow unless anyone on the forum knows of a supplier that stocks it.
 
This stuff looks quality i did a ceiling a few months back and we used the mesh that is intended for render and it was a nightmare to apply.
 
Building Supplies Direct sell it. I've seen it on eBay as well in the last few weeks.

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So if on a resKim it's got adhesive on it does the walls still need Pva if so how cos the scrim will be all over the walls first or do you Pva over the mesh
 
I prefer bedding in the krend mesh done this on a few jobs an been back to a couple of em an nothing not a hairline crack in sight
 
madmonk said:
So if on a resKim it's got adhesive on it does the walls still need Pva if so how cos the scrim will be all over the walls first or do you Pva over the mesh
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not sure what you mean ...:RpS_confused:

the walls are going need pva to control the suction. the scrim goes on first, then pva over. it's tougher than normal scrim, more like the everbuild silver scrim, probably tougher still. it's a bit tricky to peel off the roll. your best just smoothing it onto the wall with a large spatula.
 
Jurek said:
not sure what you mean ...:RpS_confused:

the walls are going need pva to control the suction. the scrim goes on first, then pva over. it's tougher than normal scrim, more like the everbuild silver scrim, probably tougher still. it's a bit tricky to peel off the roll. your best just smoothing it onto the wall with a large spatula.
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What I mean is it's not like the krend scrim the stuff in question has adhesive on so if you Pva the walls first it ain't goin to stick so can't see really where it's going to be used you might as well bed in the krend or weber mesh in your first pass
 
ah, right. i dont normally pva the walls or ceiling first. i roll this on then pva .....just like for the 48mm, otherwise it wouldn't stick. if i've got an old ceiling, or wall, that's full of cracks and looks like a fkin roadmap but is otherwise sound and flat this will cover the whole thing quickly rather than dicking about with the smaller stuff. trying to bed this or the krend mesh in your first coat would be a nightmare.

did a job a week or so ago where a steel had been put in. the walls had been dabbed and there was a right mess around the padstones. bonded around them and then cut and bedded this into the bonding and onto the board ...
 
Jurek said:
ah, right. i dont normally pva the walls or ceiling first. i roll this on then pva .....just like for the 48mm, otherwise it wouldn't stick. if i've got an old ceiling, or wall, that's full of cracks and looks like a fkin roadmap but is otherwise sound and flat this will cover the whole thing quickly rather than dicking about with the smaller stuff. trying to bed this or the krend mesh in your first coat would be a nightmare.

did a job a week or so ago where a steel had been put in. the walls had been dabbed and there was a right mess around the padstones. bonded around them and then cut and bedded this into the bonding and onto the board ...
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so you stick it all on first then Pva over the mesh then it's ready to go
 
it's just self adhesive scrim on a grand scale. it works out about £1 per square metre. treat it like normal scrim and what you'd do with that.

you can seal with pva and apply it when dry if the backgrounds dusty or whatever, then pva again etc. or if the backgrounds fine just put it on and then pva. it can take a bit longer to go tacky, though.

it's good for joining different backgrounds, say board to existing plaster with a half meter wide sweep of bonding between. or say you've knocked a few holes in an old lathe ceiling and then dub it out, you can just cut a big patch of this to bridge the new and old before skimming.


you know all this anyway, monk. it's big scrim :RpS_thumbup:
 
Jurek said:
it's just self adhesive scrim on a grand scale. it works out about £1 per square metre. treat it like normal scrim and what you'd do with that.

you can seal with pva and apply it when dry if the backgrounds dusty or whatever, then pva again etc. or if the backgrounds fine just put it on and then pva. it can take a bit longer to go tacky, though.

it's good for joining different backgrounds, say board to existing plaster with a half meter wide sweep of bonding between. or say you've knocked a few holes in an old lathe ceiling and then dub it out, you can just cut a big patch of this to bridge the new and old before skimming.


you know all this anyway, monk. it's big scrim :RpS_thumbup:
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yup have you used a lot of this on reskims jurek
 
only where needs be.

i was doing a job last year. the bloke had ripped out a staircase and where the stringer had been on the wall he wanted me to dub out and then bed this in it and over the surrounding area. he'd done loads of research blah blah. i'd never seen it before. i only used a couple of metres and he let me have the rest. then i saw the potential. it's great for old lath ceilings or walls etc. the ones where that you use half a roll of normal scrim on. you used to be able to get it on ebay but i haven't seen it for a couple of months.
 
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