Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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xsnaggle
You always know a good plasterer when you watch him and he makes it look easy. It aint!!!
A friend of mine is a top plasterer and I recall one day he had just plastered a big long wall in a new Hardrock Cafe in Bristol. The client rep was visiting the site and said, "Oh no, that's no good. It'll have to be done again." We all stopped and looked at him in dis belief, it was perfect. The plasterer was furious and told him so.
The client said, "No, you don't understand. It's supposed to look uneven and cracked and tired, this looks far t0o good."
The plasterer had to admit he didn't know now to deliberately do it 'bad'!!
Farmhouse finish. I did 5 harvester restaurants, all farmhouse finish, lay it on quite thick and leave the lay in pattern or rub it up with a sponge. Was getting the same rate as a finished product!
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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Tuerto
It's difficult to learn in 5 days. Plastering is a trade where you learn from your mistakes, there is so much that can't be taught. You literally have to **** things up before you improve, as mad as that sounds.
Those courses are OK to teach you the basics
But just the basics
And that's it
I did a wall with an adhesive taping compound once
It was a straight flat wall that was thankfully going to be papered over
It was dreadful
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Those courses are OK to teach you the basics
But just the basics
And that's it
I did a wall with an adhesive taping compound once
It was a straight flat wall that was thankfully going to be papered over
It was dreadful
Tape and joint. I don't do much of that.
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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Tuerto
Farmhouse finish. I did 5 harvester restaurants, all farmhouse finish, lay it on quite thick and leave the lay in pattern or rub it up with a sponge. Was getting the same rate as a finished product!
Ive done a few Harvesters many years ago ( as in the mid / late 90's )
Never use a level, always do it by eye, which was very strange
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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Tuerto
Tape and joint. I don't do much of that.
as a unskilled plaster, thats my prefered finish to job, I always called in " chaulk and tape " i must admit, if i lined a garage out with plasterboard i can now get a decent finish with a little sanding
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blue matt
as a unskilled plaster, thats my prefered finish to job, I always called in " chaulk and tape " i must admit, if i lined a garage out with plasterboard i can now get a decent finish with a little sanding
There's some great products out there for that kind of thing. Easifill 20 and 60 make it much easier.
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That building supplies place near the King's head in canton run by an Asian family have got some great powder filler in huge bags which you can use to get a flat finish on stippled ceilings , knock it off with a scraper then apply the mixed filler as you would plaster , goes off in 6 hours , great for doing small areas , patching
Its not a plaster finish but it's pretty good
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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SLUDGE FACTORY
That building supplies place near the King's head in canton run by an Asian family have got some great powder filler in huge bags which you can use to get a flat finish on stippled ceilings , knock it off with a scraper then apply the mixed filler as you would plaster , goes off in 6 hours , great for doing small areas , patching
Its not a plaster finish but it's pretty good
M and R Decorating Supplies. Be careful with stipple textured coating, there's between 2 and 5% Chrysotile Asbestos in them.
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Well they’re definitely going to get wet next week :hehe:
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I once plastered our outside loo to give it a Greek uneven whitewashed look. It was perfect for what I wanted and not too difficult.
Anything inside the house is a no go. It's not even worth me trying. Every time we have some plastering done I'm in awe of the skills they have and the finish they produce.
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It is awkward to get your head around things when a less than perfect finish is required. Working on a pub in Newcastle some years back and the internal finish was ‘distressed brickwork’, lay the brick, tap it to the line but leave the ‘snobs’ on the bed and perp. Very unnatural to leave them and not scrape them off with your trowel, there were many bricks relaid at first due to absentmindedly carrying out the habit of a lifetime.
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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the other bob wilson
I know how much of a waste of space I'd have been even thirty or forty years ago when I was much fitter than I am now doing the sort of work talked about in this thread, so I join in with your salute, but how about a word for people working in takeaways in this sort of weather? Back during that lovely spell we had in 2018, I went to my favourite chippy around here on a sweltering day and had to wait about ten minutes for a new lot of chips to be fried. By the time, they'd been done, I was genuinely feeling decidedly queasy because the air I was breathing in was not just warm, it was hot - it only took me a few minutes to feel so ill, yet the poor so and so's working there had to put up with that for hours on end.
Having just built a new catering van I think this is a good shout.
My partner works in the part of the van with the chipper, the Bain Marie and the Griddle blasting away .
Now that is hot when the weather is 30 degrees plus.
The van is Vegan which I know would be well received in these parts . :hehe:
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splott parker
It is awkward to get your head around things when a less than perfect finish is required. Working on a pub in Newcastle some years back and the internal finish was ‘distressed brickwork’, lay the brick, tap it to the line but leave the ‘snobs’ on the bed and perp. Very unnatural to leave them and not scrape them off with your trowel, there were many bricks relaid at first due to absentmindedly carrying out the habit of a lifetime.
It’s like throwing away your last mouthful of a cup of tea !
Still do it every time, even though I know there are no tea-leaves in it
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Jimmy the Jock
Having just built a new catering van I think this is a good shout.
My partner works in the part of the van with the chipper, the Bain Marie and the Griddle blasting away .
Now that is hot when the weather is 30 degrees plus.
The van is Vegan which I know would be well received in these parts . :hehe:
Volkswagen Vegan:shrug:
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
It is awkward to get your head around things when a less than perfect finish is required. Working on a pub in Newcastle some years back and the internal finish was ‘distressed brickwork’, lay the brick, tap it to the line but leave the ‘snobs’ on the bed and perp. Very unnatural to leave them and not scrape them off with your trowel, there were many bricks relaid at first due to absentmindedly carrying out the habit of a lifetime.
Yup, I've used lime putty on stonework, the stone work is bulging out etc. I was only there to cover the stones and then bring up the fat with a sponge. My mind was telling me to fill in the hollows and try to achieve a smooth finish, which is impossible with a putty. I did get used to it after a few days and it dries back beautifully, so natural and at one with the stone work.
Re: Shout out to the wet trades!
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Originally Posted by
Jimmy the Jock
Having just built a new catering van I think this is a good shout.
My partner works in the part of the van with the chipper, the Bain Marie and the Griddle blasting away .
Now that is hot when the weather is 30 degrees plus.
The van is Vegan which I know would be well received in these parts . :hehe:
More and more people seem to be going that way now.
I've thought of doing it a few times but I just seem to be too lazy to put any real effort into decent easy to make/shop for meals I'd probably end up eating the same 2 or 3 things and get bored.