Tiger stripes!

[trowelmonkey1]

Hi Marshman,

i do like my top coat wetter than my first yes, i can see how this would let anything beneath show through.

i tried my set on friday by flattening straight away and then topping it straight after that, an improvement...i think but still getting patches of odd lumpy areas that don't resemble trowel lines at all.

 

[Micilin]

I would always have top coat wetter, as the first coat should have picked up a little anyway.

Silly question tm - not offending you to ask when you pull the trowel on the wall, are the marks in the same place in relation to the trowel ie does the trowel need a little rub of an oilstone if so?

 

[trowelmonkey1]

hey, this is me you're talking to Micilin! there are no silly questions!

I believe my trowels are fine mate, both are more worn in now that when i never used to get this problem, it appears that i'm having it affect my finish in 2 ways, firstly the trowel lines cause me some grief in that they pull in leaving ridge that i can't quite flatten then...which i seem to be really confused about i have patches of...well i don't know how to describe it really, kinds like the cheeks of a person who has had really bad acne as a kid and now just has really bumpy cheeks, a mottled lumpyness which is in the plaster from the time i first flatten it and never leaves.

oh how i wish i was around to have come to see you that day down in Haddenham.

 

[marshman]

as the first coat should have picked up a little anyway.

That's really what I meant, I keep laying on until my first wall has pulled in then go back and start top coating but I don't really have my top coat mixed
any wetter I just go back to the start with what's on the spot board if its enough to get the top section on or mix it in with a bit of the next bucket.

Could you get some pictures TM so we can see what you mean, before we all go bald from head scratching.

 

[trowelmonkey1]

pictures would be ideal of course, i'll sling my camera in the van a do my best to capture it in all it's glory, you know how difficult it is to capture anything but the colour of plaster in photos!

 

[marshman]

try a side view, yes, I know what you mean.

 

[Micilin]

hey, this is me you're talking to Micilin! there are no silly questions!

I believe my trowels are fine mate, both are more worn in now that when i never used to get this problem, it appears that i'm having it affect my finish in 2 ways, firstly the trowel lines cause me some grief in that they pull in leaving ridge that i can't quite flatten then...which i seem to be really confused about i have patches of...well i don't know how to describe it really, kinds like the cheeks of a person who has had really bad acne as a kid and now just has really bumpy cheeks, a mottled lumpyness which is in the plaster from the time i first flatten it and never leaves.

oh how i wish i was around to have come to see you that day down in Haddenham.

We'll hook up when I'm back in action. If you are anywhere around MK, Aylesbury etc in the meantime, give me a shout

 

[trowelmonkey1]

Nice Mic! would love to come do a bit with you.

by the way, had a 3 set day yesterday without any problems, had another spread working with me to get through it all, he says that it's not what he calls tiger stripes that i've been suffering with...anyway, only 2 things changed, the mixer used and the muck was from B&Q not my local merchant, so i'm thinking the muck was bad? cant be the brand of mixer surely?

 

[roughcaster]

Nice Mic! would love to come do a bit with you.

by the way, had a 3 set day yesterday without any problems, had another spread working with me to get through it all, he says that it's not what he calls tiger stripes that i've been suffering with...anyway, only 2 things changed, the mixer used and the muck was from B&Q not my local merchant, so i'm thinking the muck was bad?

cant be the brand of mixer surely?

Ahhh,,, be careful TM, if you use the wrong kind of mixer,,,, the anti clockwise one,, it "un-mixes", and turns it all back to powder, very difficult to spread they say.

 

[Richard C]

and the muck was from B&Q not my local merchant, so i'm thinking the muck was bad?

I always get to buy my own muck & only ever use a local B&Q trade outlet unless I get caught short or am stuck. Price is as good as you’ll get almost anywhere (certainly the large chain BM’s), they sell pallet loads of it so turnover is good but, more importantly, it’s stored in a nice dry & heated warehouse rather than a damp BM’s tin shed; can be very important this time of year.

 

[Micilin]

Ahhh,,, be careful TM, if you use the wrong kind of mixer,,,, the anti clockwise one,, it "un-mixes", and turns it all back to powder, very difficult to spread they say.

It depends on which kind of trowel you use, a left or right handed one

 

[stevethespreader]

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Ahhh,,, be careful TM, if you use the wrong kind of mixer,,,, the anti clockwise one,, it "un-mixes", and turns it all back to powder, very difficult to spread they say.

funny you should say that rc refina do a paddle that mixes in the reverse direction the mr3r, it mixes from top to bottom instead of bottom to top i dont think it turns it back to powder though m8

 

[trowelmonkey1]

nice one chaps! knew i could rely on you lot help me out!

so Rich C, you think a dry warmer home for the muck is better then? it seems that everything is pointing towards the muck now, so far this week all B&Q muck has been good, but muck from 2 different merchants, both just kept behind roller shutters have gone cheesy on me.

 

[NickB_99]

so Rich C, you think a dry warmer home for the muck is better then? it seems that everything is pointing towards the muck now, so far this week all B&Q muck has been good,

I've always got mine from local Wickes without problems.
Again, a heated warehouse again perhaps?

 

[trowelmonkey1]

yeah could be newb, though you'd think that they would get lots of complaints and maybe store it better, or maybe people just fill up at B&Q and say nothing.