Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

I have been ringing around to locate some board finish and all you get is a sharp intake of breath before you get a no with one merchant not having seen any since March. Jewsons have some but the nearest branch with stock is in Ripon N. Yorkshire. I got a bag of multi finish the other day, £12 and nearly had to pay for it with gold bars. How simple life was pre Covid - 19.

Richard

Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

I wonder what is so special about plaster? Are there a lot of diy
plasterers? I tried it once and managed to plaster the floor and myself more
than the wall I was trying to level off.
Brian

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I have been ringing around to locate some board finish and all you get is a
sharp intake of breath before you get a no with one merchant not having seen
any since March. Jewson's have some but the nearest branch with stock is in
Ripon N. Yorkshire. I got a bag of multi finish the other day, £12 and
nearly had to pay for it with gold bars. How simple life was pre Covid - 19.

Richard

Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:08:11 +0100, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

I wonder what is so special about plaster?

Production stopped in March and it has a fairly short shelf life.
AFAIK production has restarted but perhaps they can't keep up with
demand now that everyone is playing catch up. All our local builders
are working flat out...

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Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

On Wednesday, 26 August 2020 11:50:31 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote:
I have been ringing around to locate some board finish and all you get is a sharp intake of breath before you get a no with one merchant not having seen any since March. Jewsons have some but the nearest branch with stock is in Ripon N. Yorkshire. I got a bag of multi finish the other day, £12 and nearly had to pay for it with gold bars. How simple life was pre Covid - 19.

Richard

Plenty on gumtree.


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Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

Plenty on gumtree.

At what price and how old?

Richard

Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

wrote:

Tricky Dicky wrote:

I have been ringing around to locate some board finish

Plenty on gumtree.

just needs a lump-hammer to get it out of the bag.

Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

Tricky Dicky Wrote in message:
Plenty on gumtree.

At what price and how old?

Richard


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Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

On 26/08/2020 18:06, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:59:15 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:08:11 +0100, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

I wonder what is so special about plaster?

Production stopped in March and it has a fairly short shelf life. AFAIK
production has restarted but perhaps they can't keep up with demand now
that everyone is playing catch up. All our local builders are working
flat out...

For some reason that reminded me of the joke about British Leyland
workers working to rule and doubling production .....


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Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

On Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:59:33 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
tabbypurr wrote:
Tricky Dicky wrote:

I have been ringing around to locate some board finish

Plenty on gumtree.

just needs a lump-hammer to get it out of the bag.

Lol. Maybe lime plaster will make a comeback.

Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

On 26/08/2020 17:59, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:08:11 +0100, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

I wonder what is so special about plaster?

Production stopped in March and it has a fairly short shelf life.
AFAIK production has restarted but perhaps they can't keep up with
demand now that everyone is playing catch up. All our local builders
are working flat out...


What about the Turkish stuff that is apparently available ?.

There was an item on the Jeremy Vine show about 10 days on this
topic. Stories of fights in the carparks outside Wickes and
other places as people tried to buy up as much as they could
just before lockdown.

Plaster, plaster no where to be seen
 

On 27/08/2020 16:55, wrote:
On Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:59:33 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
tabbypurr wrote:
Tricky Dicky wrote:

I have been ringing around to locate some board finish

Plenty on gumtree.

just needs a lump-hammer to get it out of the bag.

Lol. Maybe lime plaster will make a comeback.


I though the 'modern' way was just to use tapered-edge board
and tape/seal then sand the joints. No skimming at all.