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Run your nail (Carefully) down the edge that is making the marks and you will probably find a "dink" or two so either get some emery paper or a fine file and rub gentle over the length of the trowel a few times till the "dinks" go. Had to do that with mine today as I started skimming and I...

What I missed out on my earlier post was, the walls in Guernsey on the old house's and cottages are all Granite and usually about 20 inches thick so we always scratch coated it with sand and cement as a base and for the "One coat".

If it's being skimmed over artex then it will be a thicker finish than normal so I would leave a window ajar after it has been done and you will see the dry patches occurring so once it starts drying then I would think you could sleep there..

I used Thistle one coat plaster in the 80's and you could bring it out coat after coat till you got the depth you wanted, it used to turn pinkish when it was firming up and then you could put the next coat on and so on till you got your depth you wanted. On the last coat we sponge floated it up...

Or you could put reflecting foil behind to give a bit more heat out. You could probably get it from a plumbers merchant it is quite sturdy and you stick it on the wall with double backed sticky tape..

I too thought the same as you Steve (missed the "re skim" bit)..!!

Well today we started another job skimming a living room and a front porch. They guy had plaster boarded some of the walls and "Blue gritted some of the others. He also blue gritted the ceiling which is about 4 metres by 7 metres which we are doing tomorrow first, then finishing the rest of the...

Well today we were skimming a bathroom out and tomorrow are skimming a kitchen ceiling, then waiting for the coving to be made then back on the bathroom job. I have always said that if you are not working before Christmas then the jobs will slowly come in when people get their first wage packets...

Well finished the job off today , will try and get some photos up of it finished. Believe it or not I haven't got any aches and pains. Looking at another job tomorrow. Enjoyed every minute of it..

Did my first day today and didn't stop from 8 o'clock till 4 o'clock scratch coated a bungalow/ extension (including putting beads on) thought I would be aching now but feel ok and ready for a lie in the bath.. Surprised myself. Couldn't keep up with the lad I part trained many years ago before...

Sorry to hear that Steve wishing you all the best, you are more than appreciated on this site. Lots of healing vibes coming from me and my wife.Xx.

Hi alastair haven't heard from you for a while. Hope you and your family are well...

Cheers Notch, we were only putting the beads around this extension this morning and covering the patio glass doors with sticky plastic to protect the windows. Start coating on Monday,,,So muscles will be aching Monday night!!! P.S. Only use Marshal stainless trowels so no need sanding trowels...

I got made redundant last April from a guy that I worked many years for. He turned round one day after we had finished a job and said ,"That's it no more work". I am now in my sixties and found it hard to take retirement, as I was and still able to work. I found it hard to be told "that was...

Thistle PureFinish To provide a plaster skim finish with ACTIVair technology Used to finish most common backgrounds including undercoat plasters and plasterboard. A finish plaster with ACTIVair technology. Can be used to finish most common backgrounds including undercoat plasters and...

I disagree that tapered edged boards are weaker, used and handled right there's no problem with them. I also think you get a firmer joint on the edges by taping them and skimming flush with the boards before you skim .Just my opinion as I have used quite a lot of tapered edged boards, and always...

I used tapered edge boards when I re-built my bedroom (In my albums "New bedroom") and l plastered the joints so it was flush with the boards. I did the ceiling and walls and when I was ready to skim it all I painted the joints with "unibond) and skimmed over the lot.

Scrape all old dusty material off the area and brush it over with some water. Let it dry off and then get some tile adhesive and spread it all over the area and you should be able to level out to existing area. then leave it to harden, Then you are good to tile over it all..

If your not happy don't pay him, He came into your house to do a job of work that you are not happy with, tell him that you have a problem with it and want it finished properly. At the end of the day if you wanted you could put a nice coving up...

Bite the bullet and take it all off and get it redone with modern materials...