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Thanks Nigel, will definitely take that advice and do a test area before i start rendering the stonework outside that im doing at the moment! Mind i wont leave a bag open when i start doing that job (y)

Hi Nige F, Does that mean i have to use a complete bag each time (it's 12 euros a bag) and not leave an opened bag until i want to use it next time? If i put the half bag in a large air tight paint container can i use it later?

oh right. Not sure how that could have happened, but know what to look out for next time. Thanks Stevethespreader

ok Bosik replied at last. Make of it what you will :sick: maybe use all the bag of ciment and not leave it open to use later?? From Btk_SERVICE-CONSO-ASSEMBLE-REPARE%ADH Btk_SERVICE-CONSO-ASSEMBLE-REPARE%[email protected] Hello, First the ratio between all the ingredients are on right rate...

Yes WannabeDIY will post feedback from Bostik when i get it (y) ================================================= Gentlemen - and ladies in this thread Please: Thicker skins, and necks wound in, would be nice. Stop calling people silly names. Stop reacting when they're silly enough to do...

You know stevethespreader, you may have a point there!! I have been thinking about the amount of Feb mix and it could be a possibility i put too much in the first time (y) i will have to watch it for next time! oh and thank you, my husband is a lucky man ;) i cook, bake, clean, render, build...

Hey boys, please dont squabble :) THIS MORNING MY RENDER IS HARD (y) So it must have been a bad bag of cement!!! I would like to thank EVERYONE, stevethespreader, WannabeDIY, Vinn, Chris_o, Roy c and Nige F for all your help and input (y) (hope i havent forgotten anyone)

Evening Vinn, fwiw?? That has totally gone over my head im sorry. :eek: good job im not doing it to earn money eh!! Hope what ive done stays on then!

I apologise Roy c, i got the mixes the wrong way round. the grey scratch coat was 4:1 and the white top coat was 5:1. well done for seeing that typing error (y) I use a bucket as my gauge, full and levelled off. Dont know any different method so definitely open to pointers :)

Hi Chris_o, its a possibility but no sure about that.(y) Hi Vinn, No i didnt add any PVA or SBR, just a dash of a feb mix. No, i applied a scratch coat 10mm 5:1 mix of sand and ordinary grey cement over the blockwork wall. 3 days drying time. Then took the suction out of the first coat, and...

oh sorry stevethespreader, the render was still wet as when you pushed your finger on it today it fell away from the wall and was wet in colour and when scaping the wall, the wall was damp still. The dry crumbly bits were the bits that fell on the floor that had dried overnight were crumbly...

Evening stevethespreader, WannabeDIY and Vinn, Sorry i am a woman and maybe not explained myself or what i have done very well, i am sorry. The block work was built 1 1/2 years ago, i have grey rendered ie scratch coat 4:1 - 5 days ago and 2 days ago white rendered 5:1. It is white portland...

Hi WannabeDIY and stevethespreader, No its definately not lime or hyrated lime. I have just scraped it all off and it is still wet. Usually its hard the morning after. Could it be that i grey rendered 5 days ago over old block work and that it hasnt dried out enough yet?

ok thanks. off to scrap the none dried render off :(

thanks stevethespeader. drying too quick could be a possibility, maybe i didnt wet the wall enough?! could the cement have gone off? it had been opened a week since i last used it?