one coat skim??????????????????????

[king nottingham]

just finished second year at college, and thinking of doing third year......thing is im teaching and helpin other lads at college im that good (not being big headed but my boss (joiner and my uncle)has been forcing me to take on big jobs and give it a go,,,,so ive got so much experiance by doing jobs and learning at same time) today i did a staircase! victorian, massive and it was 28 squre feet!!!! i said i can do 2 coat, but he said just get it on in one!!!!! done this many times before when i just wanna get job done! looks good but obviously not as neat as two coat........no dought he will get me too do it again even though he knows its not proper procedure......just wondered if some of the older, time served geezers can give me any pointers and tips???????????............

[chancer]

just one dont do it,might get away with it bashin boards on site,but on domestic methinks its a cheap trick to make up for being slow.

[specialrider]

chancers spot on.the qualitys never as good,and saves very little time esp if end up with call back.stick with your method m8 then no probs, he,ll deffo blame you if he gets pulled.

[mshawplastering]

chancers spot on.the qualitys never as good,and saves very little time esp if end up with call back.stick with your method m8 then no probs, he,ll deffo blame you if he gets pulled.

Hi mate

Do two coats cutting corners on jobs is never good and you will not save mutch time by doing only one coat, in your training you are shown two coats stick to it and you will not go wrong and the finish will be better good luck with your third year mate

[Whitebeam]

Don't cut corners at your stage of the game, worked with old boys and they used to use skimming floats on 3 coat work.

[spread]

Don't cut corners at your stage of the game, worked with old boys and they used to use skimming floats on 3 coat work.

True!! First coat rowel, second coat yellow pine float, third coat trowel. A crossgrain float was used on all internal corners, and you formed all the reveals/soffits/external corners with timber battens. No beading around then. Plasterers then, were taught to plaster/float and set, render, tyrolean, roughcast, screed floors, including grano, plus grano skirtings. tiling, etc. A lot involved in plastering then,,, still very useful today.

[specialrider]

to true .spread, happy days sadly not the modern approach.still use my pine floats.actually still got old pine darby knockin around in garage.

[spread]

I've got a yellow pine darby too S/R. It was an old piece of skirting from a bank. Straight as a dye.

[chancer]

pine darby?sweet jesus its 2010,get an ally or a mag and please do try and keep up!;D

[xl292005]

What do u use the darby for? i didnt use one at college just a feather edge