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harry writes:
On Jun 5, 12:30*pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 05/06/2011 11:39, Guy Dawson wrote:

On 05/06/2011 00:25, brass monkey wrote:
(crap at plastering).

I believe plastering to be a dark art.

Indeed. *You must have to sign a pact with the Devil.

It's like welding. You need to be doing it constantly to be any good.

Can't speak for welding, but for plastering, for me it was a matter
of being shown, and picking up a few basic techniques on a 2-day course.
Actually, only 1 day of this was plastering/rendering, the second day was
other wet trades (I chose peddledash) and repairwork. At the end of the
first day, all 16 of us were plastering better than the professionals I
had hired before (although not as fast). I couldn't plaster at all before,
and I know this because I tried;-0.

Plastering is excellent for DIY brownie points with your friends, because
almost none of them will be able to do it. Come to think of it, I've done
3 different friends' bathrooms now...

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