SPEEDSKIM PLASTIC FLEX FINISHING RULE - PF Reviews

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I'm Paul from Core Ceramics, a bathroom fitter. Today we're about to use the OX Speedskim 900 mil. I'm not a plasterer. I'm just a bathroom fitter so I need this wall flat for tiling. So using the Speedskim gets me that opportunity to make that wall flat in a traditional trowel.
So yeah, as you can see we've removed the tiles. It's been bonded. Been PVA'd but it's left bonding. I can't tile onto to this. It needs to be skimmed. So the next clip will be... About to skim it and then we'll do another video of actually using the Speedskim.
I've troweled it on, skimmed it. Now I'm going to use Speedskim to get any lumps and bumps and make it flat for tiling. Obviously, tiles don't bend so I need it as flat as possible which this will do.
Here we go. I'm just pressing on it. Try to get to the other side as well. As I said, it's not a paintable finish to me. It's more of getting the layer on top of the old bonding to give it its strength. I could go over it again, skim it but, as I say, it's not for painting. The room's getting fully tiled. So I just keep going over it bit by bit.
Yeah, I'll get on it again. But just get the level on it and then just double check that is flat. Because normally when I get rooms plastered, if I don't tell the plasterers, they'll just skim and go with what's on there already. And our wall already might be bumpy. So, great. Cheers.

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This is a review of the OX Speedskim, from Newlook Plastering.
So, it's pretty good, because you can get right in and up there like that. Just come along, drag it out. Just flattens it right down, this is the problem with a harder wall.
Look at that, straight down, nice and smooth. Ready to be scratched up. Ready for the top coat. So there it goes, takes it right out, you can fill it in again, bend it.
So, I recommend the OX Speedskim. Thank you.

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This is a quick review on the OX Speedskim. A plastic blade, rigid. We use this on a job on a decent wall, good size, and a chimney breast. I would say anyone who wants to buy one of these, good quality. The blade's nice and rigid. Even though it's plastic, you can still get a lot of pressure on it. Great for rolling off backing coats. We used it on multi-finish. For me, we normally use Refina Speedskim with the stainless steel blades. I think the OX one, worth its weight gold, to be honest, for backing coats and renders maybe. On the multi-finish, what we found was it didn't leave a decent enough finish like a stainless steel blade. But as far as that goes, it's nicely weighted, nicely built, good sturdy tool for any plasterers out there who are going to go and buy a Speedskim. I'd probably try this one, as it is a decent quality. But I would say I would like to try the OX Speedskim stainless steel one, and see how that puts down a finish on the multi-finish for us. But apart from that, great tool.