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    TRAVIS SAND WARNING

    :twisted: don't BUY IT,they are pushing some bad tack round the country,its red,its full of stone and if you use it it will crack,i now for a fact they got 3000 tons of said s--t to move ,its not clean and its not sharp and it makes grown men weep!
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    working with youngroughcaster

    id change the name kid young rough dont sound so good ,but keep up the good work :D
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    What depth is a scratch/browning coat usually?

    as above as tight as you can to level and line ,a few mill over the highest spot to even out suction.
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    Suggestions for a beginner if poss'

    please treat me as an idiot and tell me why this gap is!
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    what type of plastering recommended?

    as above but in the reverse order! :wink:
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    newbeee

    sup m8 you ain't goto spell to be able to spread! :D
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    Rendering over external L steel

    as micilin says,ive seen welsh slate to match that.
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    Rule off?

    :)
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    Rule off?

    he was just knackerd!
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    Rule off?

    fine down as to render down ,as was explained to me by my old lab many years ago,we were doing a big artex job on some post office ceilings on the second day the place stunk an me mate says you no why artex stinks so bad?no says i ,cause its made out of dead horses! ses he, me dad told me when a...
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    Rule off?

    fining down is a smooth render top coat round our way rc,and yes the top coat is ruled as should the scratch,without an edge it will be siht!,if you see a spread free hand smooth render its cause he cant use an edge,gives em away every time,that and no float but loads of sponge :roll:
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    K- rend wet dash

    wet dash is a mix of stone and whatever your using,as you know,a lot of spreads get mixed up and have to much compo in the stone then throw like its a separate coat,its not its just a finish to the buttercoat,the stone should be covered but not thick with gear.
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    cost of plasteering a room. PLEASE HELPME NOT TO GET FLEECED

    lol @ joe!
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    K- rend wet dash

    methinks you may be using to much morter with the stone!
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    K- rend wet dash

    wet dash into a dry butter coat is a no no ,it may let go!
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    Large crack

    get yourself a bricky m8,looks like theres no lintel and the brick skins cracked,maybe a lintel or a stitch and bar repair if your lucky!
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    how would i make flexable render

    as micilin says all so you can put fibres in the mix to give some flex.
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    Easiest way to render a wall

    maybe i can help,roughcast to be honest is one of the hardest tops to do right,you need to be fast and straight,not really for the inexperianced,but if the works painted you should be able to wet dash ,all thats involved is a scratch coat then a tight top coat,then throw a mix of stone and...
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    grade 2 can of worms

    do it an take the cash ,aint your fault he dont now his arse from his earhole,your just paid labour its his gaff and its up to him how its done! now go an make a few quid.
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    Matching pebbledash patches

    i've soot stained myself,under instruction of my old guv,he was a good old spread,dead now god bless him,the soot went in the mix to bring down the colour in tyrolean when we were patching an matching,it does actually work! nowt you can do with dry work though
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