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Post by cylinderfella on Dec 28, 2018 23:16:04 GMT
Ian the Dollop & all these messy bastards are history, I use Speedskim. It was always an unskilled job & never a trade, but any cunt can do it now👍👍👍 I jumbled up the letters of "Plastering" and ended up with "Lent a Grips"............can't find my grips now... |
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Post by ian on Dec 28, 2018 23:23:46 GMT
nice to see your back,Ian.👍, What's your views on using a sponge float (Refina)2 coats or one? 👍 Thanks endfeed. I don't use a sponge other than for finishing sand and cement render. Some people love them for skimming but I just stick to steel trowels as I cant be arsed with washing out a sponge all the time. I would always recommend 2 coats but 1 coat is possible with the correct timing if you have put a good coat on and flattened it off nice. |
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Post by ian on Dec 28, 2018 23:28:42 GMT
Ian the Dollop & all these messy bastards are history, I use Speedskim. It was always an unskilled job & never a trade, but any cunt can do it now👍👍👍 ye cannae even use a saw ye daft twat! |
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Post by endfeed on Dec 28, 2018 23:40:06 GMT
I got in a bit of trouble putting a small ceiling on, managed to pull it back on track with the sponge float,I've got to say the finish was best I've done.they do get clogged up those sponge floats👍👍👍👍
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Post by ian on Dec 28, 2018 23:54:54 GMT
I got in a bit of trouble putting a small ceiling on, managed to pull it back on track with the sponge float,I've got to say the finish was best I've done.they do get clogged up those sponge floats👍👍👍👍 Yeah, and if the stuff sets in them it leaves scratches in the skim. The sponge used to delaminate from the trowel a lot aswell but it`s years since I bought one and the refina ones seem well made. Are you using the soft sponge ones or the orange rubbery one? |
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Post by endfeed on Dec 29, 2018 0:07:27 GMT
Orange Refina(medium coarse)...got ox ultra flex trowel,plus me Marshall town of coarse😁
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Post by ian on Dec 29, 2018 0:49:56 GMT
The orange ones are a bitch to clean. Have you had the pleasure of little balls of plaster stuck in the bubbles in the foam yet? I don't have any of the flex trowels/speedskims as they don't get the plaster as flat as a proper trowel. Plus they are another tool that require babying or they are fucked in no time. They aren't a bad tool but I can do the same with my marshaltowns. I use a 16" stainless for pretty much everything.
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Post by endfeed on Dec 29, 2018 11:58:35 GMT
Attachment Deletedoh fook! Are these the plaster balls your talking about! Only used it once feeling-blue-smiley-emoticonrain
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Post by ian on Dec 29, 2018 13:14:46 GMT
Yes mate. Those orange sponges really hold on to the skim so you have to have plenty of clean (ish) water and give it a right good scrubbing/kneading with your hand. They are much tougher than the soft sponge floats though so better for rubbing up if your skim has set too much.
At least you have found the clinkers now and not when you are in a panic trying to save a wall. That would be a double kick in the balls.
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Post by crowsfoot on Dec 30, 2018 8:36:09 GMT
I'd give it to my new made in china blow lamp for under £20.00.
I think it was endfeed who informed us about the 1/2" 3/4" open ended ring spanner, that's a very close second place, I'm finding it very handy on those inaccessible filling loops.
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Post by dickpuller on Dec 30, 2018 10:54:48 GMT
I do love my Chinky MAPP Gas Torch too👍👍
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Post by tomplum on Dec 30, 2018 13:03:01 GMT
that seems to be the winning tool 3 people have mentioned it
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 16:13:03 GMT
that seems to be the winning tool 3 people have mentioned it Your bike must be on the top list Tom greensmilies-010 |
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Post by tomplum on Dec 30, 2018 16:16:34 GMT
Its defo the best purchase I have made this year but I would't say it was a tool, more of a toy, greensmilies-010
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 16:40:10 GMT
Its defo the best purchase I have made this year but I would't say it was a tool, more of a toy, greensmilies-010 I would class it as both Tom. It gets you from A to B, (A) being home and (B) being pub/offey,that's the tool element. You enjoy it's functions, that's the toy element. |
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