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Yeah hear you buddy and I know what’s best but there’s no budget Cheers for advice

I don’t want to paper it. It will cost me me just as much to get someone in to paper it as it will plaster it. I’m asking if there is some kind of paint on solution I can do myself

Yes I know this may be the case, but I’m not looking to have it plastered if I can avoid it. Is there not a roll on base coat that will bond and hide the cracks?

Hi all So I’ve stripped some lining paper and the plaster underneath is actually quite flat but has lots of tiny cracks everywhere. It’s an old rental that I’m selling so would rather not get it plastered. Is there any other way round this? Too many too open up and fill

Wondering if it’s ok to grout the mitred corners OR is it a must to use resin?

Yeah I just can’t be dealing with the grief again lol I’m a tradesman only ever had issues with bleeding though at my own house …. Typical

Hi, are must coats still the way foward or is there a reliable sealer out there I painted a ceiling in my new extension last year and mist coated as usual …. I can see every joist (flat roof) and have never been able to rectify. I wonder if this was because of suction and sealer would have...

Does anyone know how many glow plugs should be in my van and if they’re difficult to replace I’m a boiler engineer so am hands on Thanks

I had to sand it down in the end before having another go. It came out worse than I thought What are these patches when I’m sanding? What did I do wrong

Ok, it’s probably not as bad as I thought then as there are just as many discrepancies in the other walls which is just the state of our timber over here I guess. Nothing can be done about that

It was on to plasterboard so def think it could have just been a better job done by myself. Surely if you put on thick enough though, you can small discrepancies flat

Evening, no all is appreciated still. I’ve not gone back over it yet. I don’t think I did too bad but if I put a straight edge across it (all different ways) Then is a bit wavy, as in not dead flat and rocking in the level struggled to get consistent flatness I can and was applying it at...

The ceiling is low, I can reach it. I didn’t get my timings right and is room for improvements but honestly I’ve had worse “professional” plasterers I’m not totally new to it, I’m pretty much a multi trader. I knew I could get it on the wall. Few months practicing and hopefully I will improve...

I attached a photo to one of my messages. It’s quite smooth, possibly a light sand but when I put a level vertically and horizontally it’s not dead flat (ie. Small gaps in the level, slight bumps) it’s the same on a wall I had a professional plasterer do so I guess there will be some...

20 minutes I reckon. Retarder, that’s what I needed. I was spraying water on in between trowels, after the second coat. I reckon maybe it was just cos it was my first big wall

I got some done today but where I came unstuck was it setting so quick. I will use that stuff that slows the set time down for a while. My trowels are old, I just brought a new plastic trowel and some speed skims to assist. I tile so I’m no stranger to cleaning buckets and trowels sadly. I wish...

I will do the entire room and I knew typically you would do a ceiling first but I’m going to do one wall so I know I can do a larger area

So I only started with the reveals on a walk way to get a feel for drying times etc. so it’s between to corner beads and the discrepancies might actually come where the beads are slightly flex here and there. Probably better off leaving it I reckon and just easifilling after a mist coat. If I...

Hello spreads had my first proper go at plastering today (have done repairs and bits and pieces before) it’s come out smooth and good enough but there are some low spots where the trowel has depressed in and out when troweling My question is, can I just plaster straight on to it in the...