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    Should I let bonding dry out before applying a finish coat ?

    newspaper :wink:
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    Pebbledashing/Roughcasting a new block garden wall.

    top coat should be a weaker mix try 5-1-1 you dont have to put lime in first coat agree with everything else
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    New Plastering Trowel

    all my trowels are marshalltown never let me down. had a tyzack once i thought the metal was to bendie used it as a scraper i think its each to your own. my first trowel was a ragni good trowel but to small in length
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    Rendering/Wet Dash

    this mix is what i use for slurry dash and i do this in a bucket (small). as for useing granite , ive never used this as a slurry . try a 10 granite 2lime 1 cement mix and dash a patch to what concistance you want
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    Rendering/Wet Dash

    tromer do you mean a slurry dash? if so i do 10 pebbles 2 lime 1 cement and 1 sand . do not put any waterproofer in the scratch coat i hope this helps
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    Disaster job

    evening fred i can only think of a few things that might have caused this! 1) it was not painted that well and the artex is coming away from the board i normally do a 1&1 unibond 2) is it a old house it could be distemper if you phone british gypsum about over skimming on artex...
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    rendering

    thats ok if its a small wall but if you have 20 plus square i would put waterproofer in it as it will go off to quickly
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    plaster boards which way out?

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    External Rendering onto thermalite any tips??

    seal it with sbr
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    window reveals

    i would use bonding as it sticks anything
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    Skimming external corner without beads

    fred use a queenie its a external twich if you never used one it will take time to get use to it. hope this helps
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    Is this bad plastering look at my pics

    [/url] oh my god you paid £285 for that im sorry but you got riped off and that was no plasterer belive me.it should not cost over £200 to scim over the whole ceiling regards onion
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    Hardwalling

    sorry waterproofer
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    large area render

    put a good waterproffer in the scrath coat then when topping it dampen it down first
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    Hardwalling

    personally i would do it in plastering sand and cement at 5 sand to one cement and a good intragal waterproffer i hope this helps
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