Ready Mix Render

[RobFurn]

Can you get bags ready mix render in the UK? I have just watched a You Tube vid with an Aussie bloke using something called "Render it". I just have small diy project to do and Im being lazy.

P.S if I have to go down the sand, cement lime route can I use a bucket and plastering drill to mix it up? i have an extreamly powerfull core bit drill with loads of torque. or should I just use a shovel.

Thanks

 

[roughcaster]

I've seen that video on You Tube Rob, but can offer no help on the product at all. I would go down the sand, cement and lime route, and depending on the size of the job, i would mix it with a shovel or a cement mixer, rather than the plastering drill,,,, which i have never used for mixing mortar.

Roughcaster.

 

[RobFurn]

Thanks Roughcaster, as for theyou tube vid is on the following link worth a look, the mix looks really smooth and easy to put on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VO...BF71A4F0D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7

 

[roughcaster]

Yep, that's the one, i've seen it before. Call me old fashioned, but i, probably along with most others,, prefer the traditional way of cement rendering onto brick/blockwork,,, scratch coat/top coat,,,, with a sponge finish.

Roughcaster.

 

[RobFurn]

Thanks for the tip with the sponge finish, what a difference that makes irons out all the nastys and gives it a slightly textured finish which I like as well. It looks pretty much dried out now, decent bit of sun in the North for a change this weekend think I will give it a week of so before I splash the paint on. Is it worth giving is a coat of PVA before the paint goes on or just wet it down?

 

[roughcaster]

Well done Rob!! Don't use PVA or wet the render surface before you paint onto it. Read the instructions on the tin though as regards to painting onto a newly rendered surface. It might be a case of painting straight onto it, or it might say to thin it down for the first coat,, i don't know. But as i said,, PVA is taboo as a sealer for paint,,, and once again,, you would always paint onto dry surface.

Roughcaster.