Rendering old fireplaces

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dignfence
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Post: # 71737Post dignfence

Hi people,
I need help please :( Have just opened up old fireplace in my front room and am trying to render it up because the old brick/stone looks awfull but the blooming render keeps falling off? Any ideas? DNF :)
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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 71741Post lutonlagerlout

probably the soot
you have wirebrushed the soot off havent you?
if not
1 wirebrush
2 prime with pva
3 throw KDS at the wet pva
4 let cure
5 render
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