I seem to have a natural knack for plastering. Not sure where it comes from, but without wishing to blow my own trumpet, I can achieve a 'perfect finish' freehand with little effort. So when I came to having to rendering a square meter of inside wall, I approached the task with supreme confidence bordering on contempt. What a mistake that was! Unlike plaster, render seems to have an irresistible affinity with the floor - which is where nearly all of it ended up. To add insult to injury, when I was carrying out final smoothing on what modest proportion I had managed to apply, a large patch in the middle simply fell out! Conclusion: use plaster for walls and render for floors and if you need an outside wall rendered, get a proper tradesman in. Anyone else had nightmares rendering?
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9 years ago