What tips have saved you time or money?

[Kyle Knowles]

I clean my bucket and tools between every mix with a old dustpan and brush brush just like plasterers and that way u don't have to mess about knocking them out I usually have a bucket till my mixer wears it paper thin then it go's to old bucket dump in the sky

 

[hmtiling]

If when u say plastering bucket u mean a flex tub I can't get on with them I don't think u can beat a 25L paint buck for slow set and 10L for rapid set

same here. needs to be a rigid bucket for me too

 

[hmtiling]

Go to your local caf or chinese, and ask for the tubs that the mayo etc comes in, great for grout mixing.

have a few of those

 

[One Day]

Best thing I have learnt which has saved me time and money is when and how to say "no", and also how to stand my ground when it comes to doing a job MY way.

 

[Flintstone]

oops

 

[Dan s]

Micro fibre cloths ! Think it was Bri recently said he used them to polish up at the end so I bought ten and had a go and are so much quicker to get a nice shine with on tiles also better than a wet sponge at cleaning off dry adhesive. I'm using them for everything except the first wash of grout now, top tip

 

[Aston]

Tools - You don't need to spend as much as you think and you don't need as many as you think.

 

[WetSaw]

Tools - You don't need to spend as much as you think and you don't need as many as you think.

Don't you let my wife hear you say things like that, I've spent the last 34 years telling her the exact opposite!!

 

[Aston]

I didn't write that post, my wife did lol

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Should be password protected and don't use her birthday!

 

[SJPurdy]

regularly reading the forum!
Had I not read of such a thing as anhydrite screed when they started to appear then I might have just thought the first one I came across was just normal screed and not prepared it correctly, etc.
So check on the forum and any other relevant data sheets etc. to keep up to date with techniques, products, tools etc. etc.

 

[LM]

regularly reading the forum!
Had I not read of such a thing as anhydrite screed when they started to appear then I might have just thought the first one I came across was just normal screed and not prepared it correctly, etc.
So check on the forum and any other relevant data sheets etc. to keep up to date with techniques, products, tools etc. etc.

That's what it's all about SJPurdy, the whole point of this forum is to improve the trade accross the board, or am I wrong?
Anyone that says they haven't been bettered by reading this forum is in my book a liar!

 

[hmtiling]

Using a speed skim for slc

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I've got a EZE spat it's like the speedskim but metal

 

[james hailwood]

I do not know what to say......
from October, I learned many things, the first thing I learned was to raise prices. hahaha
misstiler, introduced me to vinegar for Epoxy. other small things, I have stolen, here and there. I do not remember .....
marc administrator (the Samaritan) ....... I thank you .... if there was no marc, I do not think that I'm still here.
So, for a few months, you have to endure. haha

vinegar for epoxy?? what is the use of that mate? i guess some chemical reaction?

 

[Italy]

vinegar for epoxy?? what is the use of that mate? i guess some chemical reaction?

for final cleaning and keep equipment clean.
dissolve epoxy

 

[WetSaw]

Vinegar is used a lot over here for general household cleaning as well. Floors, windows etc.

 

[james hailwood]

for final cleaning and keep equipment clean.
dissolve epoxy

ah right of course

 

[lizzardtong]

Switching to sigma cutter that saved me a lot of time. Marking cuts on tile with pencil without using mesure tape saved me a lot of time as well. Keeping workspace tidy and organised saves a kot of time as well. Using braces saves you time on pulling your trousers up. Few seconds here and there thats in some cases 1 hr a day.

 

[Andy Allen]

Vinegar is used a lot over here for general household cleaning as well. Floors, windows etc.

Dose your house smell like fish 'n' chips..

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Not changing from a Rubi has saved me a lot of time and money!!

 

[LM]

Not changing from a Rubi has saved me a lot of time and money!!

Come on John, have you ever tried a Sigma?

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Some people just don't like change my dads a rubi guy through and through he bought a sigma and hated it he just couldn't get used to the sigma way but I think it's great so It now lives with me lol

 

[WetSaw]

Not having someone who says he can tape up the joints in plasterboard do it for me would have saved me loads of time and money. Why say you can do something when it's bleedin' obvious you can't? I've now got to do it all again..... It's also reminded me why I generally work alone.

 

[Old Mod]

Not changing from a Rubi has saved me a lot of time and money!!

haha