What is PVA? You should explain this to idiots like me who struggle to do this kind of thing. you make it look so easy!!! I did a whole flat some years ago but the mixture seemed thicker than yours and it made my arms ache pretty badly.
heres a tip use mixer to clean bucket ,22 birds one stone ,and the thicker you lay it on the more time you get, and the stronger and less likely to crack
Great job mate, I run my own property services business and over the years have taught myself to plaster and still learning, so find it good to watch videos like this and see different ways and techniques. It is a skilled job and does take lots of prctice but is very satisfiying to see an end result, of a nice skimmed smooth wall, wherever or however you choose to start a wall!
Good for diyers but if being picky,key walls with knive if to smooth,skrimm any cracks,pva and spread while still tacky. You should start left to right at top if right handed, flatten between coat making sure first coat has gone off enough before second coat to get thickness, wait till plaster pulls in and go over three times while wetting with brush.this should be sufficient if you are a proper plasterer.About 2.30 to 3 hours depending on suction.
Hello, I'm italian and I would like to know, if this plaster is something of particular one, or normal plaster. Because watching this vid, it looks like so easy plastering a wall, whilst plastering a wall is absolutely an hard job with nomral plaster, or at least, the plaster that wu use in Italy. Can I have further information?
@cozzer1404 Actually i watched about ten videos then went and tried it. I done a couple of walls and asked a "professional" guy to quote me for the ceilings. When he seen the plastering i done on the walls he wouldn't give me a quote and told me to take some time and do it myself as it was good enough.
People like you are just getting hacked off cause you're probably loosing money to people who want to try their hand at things rather than fleecing from £'s and £'s!!
@sanjeevsanghera Good enough, wipe your mouth. He probably realised you would not cough up when the jobs done, that's if your not talking out your arse. You been fobbed off. And here's some advice for ya, do your ceilings first. And for your information im all for people fucking their walls up. Mug.
PVA should not be dry when applying the plaster and you should flatten between coats and up and down the corners not side to side or you will end up with swinging out corners
plastering is such a wierd trade because all plasterers think they are better than the next one and always slag eachother off, its exactly like this where i live, some spreads commenting on here sound so fucking rough its funny tho
Well through my 33yrs experience, and that would include City & Guilds Advanced Craft, HNC Building Studies, and a Constuction Skills assessor for all levels plastering qualification I would imagine that I have some from of expertise ;-).
During which time I have never had a job fail when using PVA (have you?) but like I said 'follow the instructions'
Thistle Bond-it,and Knauf Betokontakt are both great products, I would recomend them to anyone.But its your opinion of PVA not 'fact'.
hi you used a P.V.A glue on the wall as a bonding agent? a big no! no! this is not! good enough.to adhere the plaster to the wall! you should of used a thistle bond-it primer! so when the plaster dry's and cracks! and breaks it bond!!! i hope your not going to charge to put it right! when you go back.because you will be back. this is the wrong way to prepare a porous wall for re-plastering!! 8 trowels to finish a wall, with 5 minute breaks between trowels??? OMG regards Davy
PVA, used properly and by manufacturers instructions is fine (always read the lable). But that is down to the USER not the material, otherwise there would be an awful lot of claims going in against the makers i.e Unibond etc.
through my 28yrs experience,P.V.A is NOT!!! suitable.i don't care what is says on the tub,it is not a bonding agent for a gypsum plaster!! full stop!!! especially on a painted surface!
and you say ask the experts!!
with comments like "P.V.A is fine" & "But that is down to the USER not the material"
sorry buddy
a Expert uses professional products!! client guarantee comes first with me!!
@davyt63 "The only product recommended for use with Thistle Bonding Coat plaster" - taken from British Gypsum's web site. PVA is fine to use when using multifinish. Thistlebond-it is for bonding coat. I presume you do know the difference and that you are just mistaken in your advice (illiterately given might I add).
what happened to starting at the top? if your good (like me lol) you can cover a whole trowel widths section from bottom to top in one stroke! but if you cant then you should be starting at the top, also this guy was troweling the wall too much and the strokes were to small, you should try and span the whole length of the wall/ceiling in one stroke so you can get a more even flat surface, the small strokes he was doing will make the wall uneven!
@ekarps you got ripped off! i would plaster a whole room out for £285! and he was bloody slow wasnt he???? 2x walls 8hrs?....4hrs per wall? hahaha 2 walls should take no more than 1hr
@jrgniuwer we have a team of 4, we can do a room in an hour, come back take it off patch and pick up all the dropings in about roughly 2 hours so yess he is slow lol
Not that fast yourself then, A true plasterer on his own would do a room in about 2.5 /3 hours depending on the setting of the material. So stop trying to big yourself up.
@thomasclark1993 eeer no it doesnt mate if the room is at a good temp and you dont keep flicking water on it it takes around an hour! takes 10minutes to lay it on, leave for 10mins then first dry trowl leave for a further 10mins then 2nd dry trowl then in the next 30 mins 2 to 3 wet trowls!
As my learned friend so rightly states (forget his name) just get a shopping trolley and get fucking gauged up, wet the strangle trowel on both sides, apply with a damp duster attached to a half filled kettle and you're away for several metres of gypsock all finish renovating dye.
collage is a no no really!! u can tell whos been collage and whos been self taught abd time served!! :( hate to watch it. making it hard work lol 15yrs in the trade. earning a living not a fortune. funny old game it is!!! good luck people!
@StRaPZzYHD You don't need to go to college I left school too years early which was two years ago now and I just got a job as an apprentice plasterer even though I've had no experience and don't know too much about it. just gotta find the right people I guess.
@StRaPZzYHD It is hard work but you'll only need a week or too to get the hang of it. Im sure the employer wouldn't put to much pressure on you but if he does than his a dick because they should at least help show you how to do things and so on..
@StRaPZzYHD My best mate is a plumber and he earns maybe around the same I don't exactly know how much he earns. And I wouldn't say it's better or worse because they both are different. I'd enjoy plastering a lot more than plumbing though but that's me.
@lange838 haha nebogina you chat some shit lad im an apprentice plasterer and i get £100 a week thats what all apprentices get the guys who i work are qualified and they only pull in just over £300 a week thats with the company but get more if they do there private jobs. i mean if your earning 800 a week as an apprentice how much are the qualified guys earning?
@mastercarey19 I worked for 3 weeks for free doing mixing up and a bit of trowling, then went on to £30 a day- I'm worthless to have around so being paid 800 a week is madness
@nebogina well Ive been plastering for 10 years or so and Im now an heating engineer. I much pefur plastering its just anyone with half a brain can come over and take your job esp Domestic jobs. so have a back up when the well runs dry!!
Going over the walls 7-8 times u must b mad! From start to finish I go over my walls 5 time Max! The painters must hate painting ur walls! I also start at the top of the wall first! Always workin down..
Nice work! Clearly stated, delivered with charm and without ego. Like many I suspect, I'm looking to tackle a wall in my flat without any knowledge of the trade and have been trawling through the 'How to's...' Yours has been the most comprehensive and convincing. I'll probably still fuck it up mind, but thanks for taking the time to share your skill with others. Complainers get a life!
I have done a bit of plastering before and never been happy with the results but having watched this video I know where I've been going wrong. Rushing it! This video is a thorough demo. I was going to get someone in but not now. There's no big secret to plastering, it's just patience and practise. Thanks Gareth, you've inspired me!
Took my time and did a great job. Two coats on each wall, keep going over as it goes off, filling any little flaws as you go. It really isn't rocket science as most plasterers would have you believe. It's just having the bottle to try it. I thought I'd try one wall and if I wasn't happy, I'd get someone in but it turned out good and I just kept on going. Lounge, Hall, Stairs, Landing. Bet I saved myself a grand. Plaster is only £5 a bag at B&Q! Tools are cheap as chips!
Probably the most practical demonstation video i've seen for plastering, can tell your a good plasterer too, i'm toying with the idea of hiring a professional plasterer but then i'm thinking why not have a go on one wall and practice, if I eff it up then so be it, i'll just hire a professional. thanks
what a bunch of sad pricks putting bad comments on here you can tell he is doing it for the diy'ers not to show other professional plasterers get a life u nerds!!
thanks man great job.. i was looking for idea for my walls.. this is a lot better then just painting.. here in Ukraine i'll go see paiting dealer to get some plaster...THANKS AGAIN..AAA+++AAA+++
i can't belive you make so much hard work for your self ,you could trowel it 3 or 4 times and get the same finnish ,just leave more time between trowels it will make you life so much easier
good video mate but you do need to start top left as its all about your timing and with you been right handed. ive been doing plastering for 12 years now and seen loads of plasterers doing it different ways... everyone has got there own technique,
just from question from a diyer :) when you re-skim a wall where the skirting boards are do you need to scrpe away the old plaster with a stanley? as ive seen some people do it?
and if you have a crack whats the best way of dealing with it, what should you fill it with?
He makes it look so easy and to do the same space he's just done took me 3 hours including sanding the wall smooth...next time I'm getting someone ells to do the plaster work :-)
@chrismcmahon333 hi there i went to collage 12 years ago it takes about a full year to pass the plastering level 2 N.V.Q 2. it taking me 4 weeks to pick it up once you do its easy from there chris but it is a hard job to be in. just to lat you know mate.
ask the experts, haha yet this guy goes into a cupboard hole and throws on 1 door wall, starts from the bottom and work his way up and then tells us we should trowel it 7 or 8 times what the FUCK!!
yeah i know, what a retard, he done about 2m2 and wants to go over it every 5mins, fuck me it'll take him a week to do a room out, and those stupid yellow rhino tubs are not for plaster, ever tried liftin 1 of em to the spot board? like a shoppin trolley-mind of it's own! anyway never saw a spot board. total crap
i know so much for an expert, we always use the rhino tubs if we r doin a big guaging simply just becase its quicker than usin normal size yellow buckets you know?
yeah, i use a bucket that i nonally get from tp's, they're big enough to mix a full bag, anyway i'm watchin this vid again, the part when he says all cracks should be filled first, is totally unnessessary, just scrim then plaster... if you get on with rhino tubs then thats ok, i just found em a pain, i thought they were good for hardwall etc though mate
hehe love the way everyone on here talks like they know it all, especially site workers, they know fuck all about a good job (2 metre rule?????) PVA is a bonding agent too. anyway i could go on....
what, get rid of dust???? it fucking glue, you might as well throw a bucket of water over the walls, pva is used for cooling down walls or as an adhesive
u cant just do so many rooms in a day, its called doin a set depending on how many people r laying on and trowelling up the bigger or smaller the set will be
regarding doing more than one room a day - especially on new builds where you are paid a fairly low price per sqm, you should be doing at least 2 rooms in the day, if not a whole room per gauge...
gresh2fresh - I wouldn't worry too much about that, I can't see many people picking our job up just from watching a youtube video. If anybody thinks it looks easy, I challenge you to have a go and email me a picture of your finished work haha
why arnt u goin left 2 right? ur just burning energy, and u made that tiny wall luck hard work,. nice final job, tho cud just save urself effort and wear and tear, it gets pretty hard work sumtimes. but i honestly dont understand why u want 2 show ppl how 2 plaster, because then we dont get paid when every1 can plaster, or didnt u think of that?
PS. 15 years plastering! NOWT. You can start where you want at the end of the day.The lads who dont start at the bottom are the ones that cant get it off the hawk onto the wall without wrecking the finish thats already up..23 years to date.
I think you did a good demo myself, anyone who plasters more than one room a day is either under pricing or setting themselves up for a heart bypass, comments of this kind are from lads who think they can actually plaster(WRONG) All the real plasterers have seen you rush merchants come and go. Again good demo, i can imagine the finished product of the lads who do the 2 and 3 rooms a day.
Well after being a "price work" plasterer for over 25 years i'm shocked @ all these so called professionals
skimming a wall if you're right handed you start at the top left of a wall go as low as you can then from the bottom go as high as you can (so as not to cause a bump where the top & bottom meet) you trowel it up no more han 3 times and you do use water from the spalsh brush, had to laugh at trowelling 7 or 8 times every five minutes.
Hey good stuff, I'd say it's fine to put the second coat on this quick without PVA as long as it is as quick and the timing has to be spot on. Looked to me like it was being overworked a little. If you put too much of a shine on the finish it can make it difficult to paint and the guys coming after you wont thankyou.
Good video. Everyone has there own way of doing plastering, this is one of them skills you perfect yourself so those comments saying he doesn't know what he is doing a pointless.
the walls need to be sealed with a thin coat the same when emulsioning then a slightly thicker coat and before it dries apply the plaster this in effect glues the plaster to the wall most plasterers just seal it to stop the suction but it will not last it will sheet off if disturbed it even tells you on the PVA to apply plaster while still tacky
great, i really got a lot out of this..more than any video i have watched on youtube in years. Im a time served painter...from North Wales...living in the States...really want to pursue plastering more. I was considering buying that dvd ..mastering plastering...wish i had some walls to practice on here.
they call it mud here as i recall. you still in this line of work Gareth?
well well 15 years of doing this job i never new you started at the bottom.....try putting it on when the p v a is tack your then be able to leave it for at least 20min... only touch it 6 times an all than includes 2 coats good vid though good luck with the job
What is PVA? You should explain this to idiots like me who struggle to do this kind of thing. you make it look so easy!!! I did a whole flat some years ago but the mixture seemed thicker than yours and it made my arms ache pretty badly.
cynic150 1 month ago
expert??? hmm
llcoolbillz 1 month ago
heres a tip use mixer to clean bucket ,22 birds one stone ,and the thicker you lay it on the more time you get, and the stronger and less likely to crack
llcoolbillz 1 month ago
2 birds not 22 haha
llcoolbillz 1 month ago
Great job mate, I run my own property services business and over the years have taught myself to plaster and still learning, so find it good to watch videos like this and see different ways and techniques. It is a skilled job and does take lots of prctice but is very satisfiying to see an end result, of a nice skimmed smooth wall, wherever or however you choose to start a wall!
kreason2365 1 month ago
PVA should be tacky not dry n not too wet
xlilsmithyx 2 months ago
why are you 1 starting from the bottom and 2 going right to left
1DARBY1 3 months ago
Good for diyers but if being picky,key walls with knive if to smooth,skrimm any cracks,pva and spread while still tacky. You should start left to right at top if right handed, flatten between coat making sure first coat has gone off enough before second coat to get thickness, wait till plaster pulls in and go over three times while wetting with brush.this should be sufficient if you are a proper plasterer.About 2.30 to 3 hours depending on suction.
zombiekiller09DF 4 months ago
Hello, I'm italian and I would like to know, if this plaster is something of particular one, or normal plaster. Because watching this vid, it looks like so easy plastering a wall, whilst plastering a wall is absolutely an hard job with nomral plaster, or at least, the plaster that wu use in Italy. Can I have further information?
Harles74 7 months ago
am a plasterer.....he said fill the cracks in before you start....bullshit.....and your drill is from the 1920....lol...
marko47465 7 months ago
You make it look so easy. Every time I try DIY plastering it just goes to shit.I end up with more on the floor than on the wall.
Why do you use two coats? Thanks
stillbashingmetal 7 months ago
And correct plastering term is plumb not level.
cozzer1404 8 months ago
You cant learn to plaster by watching videos on youtube and anyone who says they have are talking out their arse. All you will do is make a mess.
cozzer1404 8 months ago
@cozzer1404 Actually i watched about ten videos then went and tried it. I done a couple of walls and asked a "professional" guy to quote me for the ceilings. When he seen the plastering i done on the walls he wouldn't give me a quote and told me to take some time and do it myself as it was good enough.
People like you are just getting hacked off cause you're probably loosing money to people who want to try their hand at things rather than fleecing from £'s and £'s!!
sanjeevsanghera 8 months ago
@sanjeevsanghera Good enough, wipe your mouth. He probably realised you would not cough up when the jobs done, that's if your not talking out your arse. You been fobbed off. And here's some advice for ya, do your ceilings first. And for your information im all for people fucking their walls up. Mug.
cozzer1404 8 months ago
ok
thats your way of doing it
but every builder/plasterer has many ways of doing it mate
Skemza1 8 months ago
PVA should not be dry when applying the plaster and you should flatten between coats and up and down the corners not side to side or you will end up with swinging out corners
terry4144 10 months ago
now thats good plastering
my dad is a Builder and he has been plastering for many years
he said that your work is perfect
keep it up young lad
Skemza1 10 months ago
@Skemza1 really?
terry4144 10 months ago
my dad has 100 years experience in plastering & he says bollox to the lot of you
laithnour 11 months ago
with my 70 years of experience, no tell a lie, 71 years of experience ...
laithnour 11 months ago
and its as easy as that! Not. lol
autopsysal666 11 months ago
id hate to rub my hand down that finish, may cut my fingers loool
winza11 1 year ago
i love that clicking sound as the trowl hits the corners! :)
jrgniuwer 1 year ago
plastering is such a wierd trade because all plasterers think they are better than the next one and always slag eachother off, its exactly like this where i live, some spreads commenting on here sound so fucking rough its funny tho
gip150983 1 year ago
PVA?????
Last entry on this, go to Amazon and type in 'UniBond Plastering PVA Adhseive and Primer Professional Grade' and read the product dicription etc.
'Not' my words theirs!!
And I repeat 'I' have NEVER had a job fail by following the instructions.
foxdog01 1 year ago
Well through my 33yrs experience, and that would include City & Guilds Advanced Craft, HNC Building Studies, and a Constuction Skills assessor for all levels plastering qualification I would imagine that I have some from of expertise ;-).
During which time I have never had a job fail when using PVA (have you?) but like I said 'follow the instructions'
Thistle Bond-it,and Knauf Betokontakt are both great products, I would recomend them to anyone.But its your opinion of PVA not 'fact'.
END OF!
foxdog01 1 year ago
davyt63 1 year ago
@davyt63
PVA, used properly and by manufacturers instructions is fine (always read the lable). But that is down to the USER not the material, otherwise there would be an awful lot of claims going in against the makers i.e Unibond etc.
Thistle bond It is also great
foxdog01 1 year ago
@foxdog01
through my 28yrs experience,P.V.A is NOT!!! suitable.i don't care what is says on the tub,it is not a bonding agent for a gypsum plaster!! full stop!!! especially on a painted surface!
and you say ask the experts!!
with comments like "P.V.A is fine" & "But that is down to the USER not the material"
sorry buddy
a Expert uses professional products!! client guarantee comes first with me!!
always thistle bond-it.
rant over!
regards
Davy
davyt63 1 year ago
@davyt63 "The only product recommended for use with Thistle Bonding Coat plaster" - taken from British Gypsum's web site. PVA is fine to use when using multifinish. Thistlebond-it is for bonding coat. I presume you do know the difference and that you are just mistaken in your advice (illiterately given might I add).
katanadan1983 10 months ago
Good, helpful video. Thank you for taking the time to do it and helping people like me.
selfselfself 1 year ago
what happened to starting at the top? if your good (like me lol) you can cover a whole trowel widths section from bottom to top in one stroke! but if you cant then you should be starting at the top, also this guy was troweling the wall too much and the strokes were to small, you should try and span the whole length of the wall/ceiling in one stroke so you can get a more even flat surface, the small strokes he was doing will make the wall uneven!
CJMUZZI69ER 1 year ago
Your shit!
clarkesplastering 1 year ago
Seems like a decent honest guy (with no big ego), freely giving advice - isn't that what this is all about?
Fair play to you Gareth, you've given on of the best tutorial video's i have seen.
Thanks for your time
funkyfid 1 year ago 2
@funkyfid thankz:)
MrSpecial1982 9 months ago
You would think, as a "expert" he wouldn't be so shit
tommobommo 1 year ago
Oh dear,, and this is a professional plasterer!!
onlymem8 1 year ago
I bet you could earn £800 a week. I had 2 walls plastered a couple of years a go. It took 1 man 1 day (8 hours) and cost £600.
ekarps 1 year ago
@ekarps
He must have seen you coming as a MUG!!!
foxdog01 1 year ago
@ekarps you got ripped off! i would plaster a whole room out for £285! and he was bloody slow wasnt he???? 2x walls 8hrs?....4hrs per wall? hahaha 2 walls should take no more than 1hr
jrgniuwer 1 year ago
@jrgniuwer we have a team of 4, we can do a room in an hour, come back take it off patch and pick up all the dropings in about roughly 2 hours so yess he is slow lol
flipingidiot2 1 year ago
@flipingidiot2
Not that fast yourself then, A true plasterer on his own would do a room in about 2.5 /3 hours depending on the setting of the material. So stop trying to big yourself up.
foxdog01 1 year ago
@jrgniuwer it takes two hours for the plaster to set so to skim 2 walls in 1 hour you must have mist a bit rob
thomasclark1993 1 year ago
@thomasclark1993 eeer no it doesnt mate if the room is at a good temp and you dont keep flicking water on it it takes around an hour! takes 10minutes to lay it on, leave for 10mins then first dry trowl leave for a further 10mins then 2nd dry trowl then in the next 30 mins 2 to 3 wet trowls!
jrgniuwer 1 year ago
@thomasclark1993 sorry i only just see your age...your 17 sorry i thought i was talking to someone with 15 years exp like myself.....you'll learn :)
jrgniuwer 1 year ago
Why is the sound so bad ? Could do with some more close ups too.
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LEALORRAINE100 1 year ago
City & Guilds?
What a joke
kiethwise 1 year ago
thats a good video mate,defo one of the better ones on you tube
luvdupfool 1 year ago
£800 as an apprentice. wow I struggle to make that now mate. Gis a job!
MultiSpread 1 year ago
As my learned friend so rightly states (forget his name) just get a shopping trolley and get fucking gauged up, wet the strangle trowel on both sides, apply with a damp duster attached to a half filled kettle and you're away for several metres of gypsock all finish renovating dye.
orwell58 1 year ago
nice video matey. I like the mention of corners! so few everydayers realize things like that. "repeat ten times" :D
on the carton of bondloc I have, it suggests a 5:1 for sealing / dust locking, then 3:1 and going onto that as it's still sticky.
another problem with fat is, when you hit it with some decent obliterating paint on a roller, it just blisters back off with the fatty sh1t.
i'm not picking holes. I'm nowhere near that quick. I'm an abuser of the water & pay for it later :P
lexichronicle2 1 year ago
didnt even trail up the first coat ha ha ha ur poo
ashleymcash1 1 year ago
he did a good job i need to do my room
fenerlihuss 1 year ago
Thanks for that.
joshlanjaron 1 year ago
best video about very helpful (Y)
jkovleeds 1 year ago
Very good video mate, the best of the plastering videos out there.
voodoomelons 1 year ago
plastering or plumbing? will there always be money in plastering?
StRaPZzYHD 1 year ago
I was taught to work from the top left corner and work down. I was also trained to take my plaster from a spot board and not direct from the bucket.
That said he did a good job.
fx02zbn 1 year ago
collage is a no no really!! u can tell whos been collage and whos been self taught abd time served!! :( hate to watch it. making it hard work lol 15yrs in the trade. earning a living not a fortune. funny old game it is!!! good luck people!
trdmattib 1 year ago
@trdmattib yeah but if you dont go college its hard to get the job? because you aint down as qualified
StRaPZzYHD 1 year ago
@StRaPZzYHD You don't need to go to college I left school too years early which was two years ago now and I just got a job as an apprentice plasterer even though I've had no experience and don't know too much about it. just gotta find the right people I guess.
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina is the wage as an apprentiship plasterer any good?
StRaPZzYHD 1 year ago
@StRaPZzYHD It is pretty good I'm getting probs nearly 800 a week for first year.
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina JHEEZE 800 a week! is it hard graft mate?
StRaPZzYHD 1 year ago
@StRaPZzYHD It is hard work but you'll only need a week or too to get the hang of it. Im sure the employer wouldn't put to much pressure on you but if he does than his a dick because they should at least help show you how to do things and so on..
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina Would you say its better than plumbing im ready to leave school and im thinking about going into one of em?
StRaPZzYHD 1 year ago
@StRaPZzYHD My best mate is a plumber and he earns maybe around the same I don't exactly know how much he earns. And I wouldn't say it's better or worse because they both are different. I'd enjoy plastering a lot more than plumbing though but that's me.
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina Cheers for your help mate, :) and yeah I'm considering going into one of them defiantly
StRaPZzYHD 1 year ago
@StRaPZzYHD No probs man good luck.
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina Why lie on youtube? Did it make you feel big?! You won't be earning half that till you're out on your own.
lange838 1 year ago
@lange838 What am I lying about? You don't no me or what I do.
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina What country are you from?
lange838 1 year ago
@lange838 Australia mate where are you from?
nebogina 1 year ago
@nebogina England, so you're on £500 a week just as an apprentice?! I'm booking the next flight..
lange838 1 year ago
@lange838 haha nebogina you chat some shit lad im an apprentice plasterer and i get £100 a week thats what all apprentices get the guys who i work are qualified and they only pull in just over £300 a week thats with the company but get more if they do there private jobs. i mean if your earning 800 a week as an apprentice how much are the qualified guys earning?
mastercarey19 1 year ago
@mastercarey19 I worked for 3 weeks for free doing mixing up and a bit of trowling, then went on to £30 a day- I'm worthless to have around so being paid 800 a week is madness
lange838 1 year ago
@nebogina well Ive been plastering for 10 years or so and Im now an heating engineer. I much pefur plastering its just anyone with half a brain can come over and take your job esp Domestic jobs. so have a back up when the well runs dry!!
MrTownroad 1 year ago
Just Started college in plastering the 1st year is health and saftey :(
But its the most important
Sheren21 1 year ago
I always start from top.
BossMPC 1 year ago
Going over the walls 7-8 times u must b mad! From start to finish I go over my walls 5 time Max! The painters must hate painting ur walls! I also start at the top of the wall first! Always workin down..
Tristy1987 1 year ago
@Tristy1987
no ...... start at the bottom and take the stroke as high as you can , then fly over the tops , thats the fastest way to bang a gauge on
stonedfish11 1 year ago
Owe you one Gareth. Thanks for all the help. I'm plastering for the 1st time and this video is spot on. Nice one mate.
mdamz21 1 year ago
Cant knock him at all, thats a professional finish in anyone eyes. Gave me a few pointers cheers pal.
shutinyanks 1 year ago
Nice work! Clearly stated, delivered with charm and without ego. Like many I suspect, I'm looking to tackle a wall in my flat without any knowledge of the trade and have been trawling through the 'How to's...' Yours has been the most comprehensive and convincing. I'll probably still fuck it up mind, but thanks for taking the time to share your skill with others. Complainers get a life!
manmaas 1 year ago
I have done a bit of plastering before and never been happy with the results but having watched this video I know where I've been going wrong. Rushing it! This video is a thorough demo. I was going to get someone in but not now. There's no big secret to plastering, it's just patience and practise. Thanks Gareth, you've inspired me!
paisleypie 1 year ago
@paisleypie I'd say it's a skill to do it properly your have to let me know how you got on if you don't mind
formidablepower 1 year ago
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Took my time and did a great job. Two coats on each wall, keep going over as it goes off, filling any little flaws as you go. It really isn't rocket science as most plasterers would have you believe. It's just having the bottle to try it. I thought I'd try one wall and if I wasn't happy, I'd get someone in but it turned out good and I just kept on going. Lounge, Hall, Stairs, Landing. Bet I saved myself a grand. Plaster is only £5 a bag at B&Q! Tools are cheap as chips!
paisleypie 1 year ago
ha ha ha ha ha ha plastering my arse
bradplasterer 1 year ago
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@bradplasterer we'll what is it then?
impartial67 1 year ago
@bradplasterer haha you mongo what is it then i think he painting clearly your a mongo haha fail
oJOHNv 1 year ago
Probably the most practical demonstation video i've seen for plastering, can tell your a good plasterer too, i'm toying with the idea of hiring a professional plasterer but then i'm thinking why not have a go on one wall and practice, if I eff it up then so be it, i'll just hire a professional. thanks
impartial67 1 year ago
Nice vid, done a plastering course a few years, not done any plastering in a long time and wanted a quick 'refresher', top vid.
Cheers
KINGJUFFYJAR 1 year ago
thank 4 the positive comments!!
MrSpecial1982 1 year ago
hes wrong ur sopposed to glide it down the left to right or right to left
darkmag3303 1 year ago
@darkmag3303 well he seems to know what he's doing, he just proved it on his video demonstation, i'll take his video over your words anyday ;)
impartial67 1 year ago
Well done mate you appear modest and you have produced a sensible and worthwhile video
Thanks Phil
philsimmo1 1 year ago
Brill vid Lep. Spot on kid !
strawdog1234567 1 year ago
nice bloke, he knows his trade well, great job.
TigerEyeJewel 1 year ago
got to start somewhere
stevenT336 1 year ago
Great to watch. Gearing up to tackle a wall in my kitchen, and this video very clear, very encouraging. Thanks. Bob
thebobyorke 1 year ago
cheers mukka i cant beleive its as easy as u make it look . i'm havinga crack anyway tho'
ow much do u you charge for mountain rescue?????
starskio 1 year ago
Pleasure to watch
tigerbaiter1 1 year ago
Let me be the 1st to thank you on this great video.
mrsparky786 1 year ago
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lambretta12jamie 1 year ago
Enjoyed your video mate, I know were i was going wrong! cheers keep up the good work
pogisansmooth 1 year ago
what a bunch of sad pricks putting bad comments on here you can tell he is doing it for the diy'ers not to show other professional plasterers get a life u nerds!!
MrSpecial1982 1 year ago
Another course cowboy !!!!!!!
champkin67 1 year ago
plastering
It's make any sense for me
hygromy 1 year ago
Well done mate,
Everyone with negative comments why dont you post your own video???
its so easy to come on here and post a bad comment, if you can do it better lets see it.
togs71 1 year ago
u dont put second coat after 1-2 mins, u have to let it firm up just as it looks like it furrs
andytheplaya07 1 year ago
thanks man great job.. i was looking for idea for my walls.. this is a lot better then just painting.. here in Ukraine i'll go see paiting dealer to get some plaster...THANKS AGAIN..AAA+++AAA+++
yanikivanov 1 year ago
never mix up indoors
terry4144 1 year ago
i could of done a whole room in the same amount of time as that 1 wall
leighseek 1 year ago
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JuicyVermin 1 year ago
cant even knock a full drum up, he's shite
JAY4NUFC 1 year ago
Jasiu mówi że SZYK
ninjakomando 1 year ago
Thank you. Good video.
mousegeek 1 year ago
could have stuck 3 of them walls on in 1 mix u only need to trowell off twice and u can use more water on your splashbrush than he says
sammi4bracca 1 year ago
And if i have no this kind of mixer can i mix it by hand?? With some spoon or something?
andreilucaci81 1 year ago
i can't belive you make so much hard work for your self ,you could trowel it 3 or 4 times and get the same finnish ,just leave more time between trowels it will make you life so much easier
richnflow 1 year ago
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good video mate but you do need to start top left as its all about your timing and with you been right handed. ive been doing plastering for 12 years now and seen loads of plasterers doing it different ways... everyone has got there own technique,
Uniqueplastering 1 year ago
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MightyGimp 1 year ago
looks like Gareth could do with some lessons from a proper plasterer
paulsfon 1 year ago
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MightyGimp 1 year ago
Can you plaster over a textured wall?
RepublicanDumbAss 1 year ago
wow so many keyboard warriors commenting...
just from question from a diyer :) when you re-skim a wall where the skirting boards are do you need to scrpe away the old plaster with a stanley? as ive seen some people do it?
and if you have a crack whats the best way of dealing with it, what should you fill it with?
any advice welcome,thanks guys
hazardhanson 1 year ago
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terry4144 1 year ago
He makes it look so easy and to do the same space he's just done took me 3 hours including sanding the wall smooth...next time I'm getting someone ells to do the plaster work :-)
johnnymac22 2 years ago
How long would it take to pick up plastering? on an apprentership like?
chrismcmahon333 2 years ago
6 YEARS
buckserr 2 years ago
@chrismcmahon333 hi there i went to collage 12 years ago it takes about a full year to pass the plastering level 2 N.V.Q 2. it taking me 4 weeks to pick it up once you do its easy from there chris but it is a hard job to be in. just to lat you know mate.
jeffreygreen78 2 years ago
ask the experts, haha yet this guy goes into a cupboard hole and throws on 1 door wall, starts from the bottom and work his way up and then tells us we should trowel it 7 or 8 times what the FUCK!!
djstevo1989 2 years ago
yeah i know, what a retard, he done about 2m2 and wants to go over it every 5mins, fuck me it'll take him a week to do a room out, and those stupid yellow rhino tubs are not for plaster, ever tried liftin 1 of em to the spot board? like a shoppin trolley-mind of it's own! anyway never saw a spot board. total crap
spock902 2 years ago
i know so much for an expert, we always use the rhino tubs if we r doin a big guaging simply just becase its quicker than usin normal size yellow buckets you know?
djstevo1989 2 years ago
yeah, i use a bucket that i nonally get from tp's, they're big enough to mix a full bag, anyway i'm watchin this vid again, the part when he says all cracks should be filled first, is totally unnessessary, just scrim then plaster... if you get on with rhino tubs then thats ok, i just found em a pain, i thought they were good for hardwall etc though mate
spock902 2 years ago
google plaster perfection for more vids, live chat, forums and tips
dazzyfresh 2 years ago
hehe love the way everyone on here talks like they know it all, especially site workers, they know fuck all about a good job (2 metre rule?????) PVA is a bonding agent too. anyway i could go on....
ariv1981 2 years ago
good job, but where's the 2 scoops of cement? this guy must be on time work!!!
pighacker 2 years ago
u dont need cement
clearykid1 2 years ago
what do you use????
pighacker 2 years ago
plastering a good skilled job it taking me one year in collage for my level n.v.q. 2. i been doing it 12 years its the hardest job job going.
jeffreygreen78 2 years ago
oh yeh an PVA is only used to get rid of any dust
eXtraOrdiNaryBrit 2 years ago
pva is used to seal the wall to make it less pourous - this then stops the plaster going off too quickly and cracking.
vini0120 2 years ago
what, get rid of dust???? it fucking glue, you might as well throw a bucket of water over the walls, pva is used for cooling down walls or as an adhesive
pighacker 2 years ago
u cant just do so many rooms in a day, its called doin a set depending on how many people r laying on and trowelling up the bigger or smaller the set will be
eXtraOrdiNaryBrit 2 years ago
regarding doing more than one room a day - especially on new builds where you are paid a fairly low price per sqm, you should be doing at least 2 rooms in the day, if not a whole room per gauge...
andrewdevlin86 2 years ago
gresh2fresh - I wouldn't worry too much about that, I can't see many people picking our job up just from watching a youtube video. If anybody thinks it looks easy, I challenge you to have a go and email me a picture of your finished work haha
andrewdevlin86 2 years ago
why arnt u goin left 2 right? ur just burning energy, and u made that tiny wall luck hard work,. nice final job, tho cud just save urself effort and wear and tear, it gets pretty hard work sumtimes. but i honestly dont understand why u want 2 show ppl how 2 plaster, because then we dont get paid when every1 can plaster, or didnt u think of that?
Gresh2fresh 2 years ago
looks pretty damn good to me
SuperOlds88 2 years ago
PS. 15 years plastering! NOWT. You can start where you want at the end of the day.The lads who dont start at the bottom are the ones that cant get it off the hawk onto the wall without wrecking the finish thats already up..23 years to date.
mikekr1s 2 years ago
I think you did a good demo myself, anyone who plasters more than one room a day is either under pricing or setting themselves up for a heart bypass, comments of this kind are from lads who think they can actually plaster(WRONG) All the real plasterers have seen you rush merchants come and go. Again good demo, i can imagine the finished product of the lads who do the 2 and 3 rooms a day.
mikekr1s 2 years ago
terry 4144 itdoesnt matter how soon the second coat goes on the second coat is purely to fill any low points that the first cat hasnt covered
kiplick 2 years ago
im in college doing plastering and i hate mixing it i just chuck it it in and mix dont really have a clue wha im doing :S
Bartzy08 2 years ago
your a fucking discrace
hihihpojihlihi 2 years ago
If the second coat of plaster goes on too soon it wil become one coat
terry4144 2 years ago
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Well after being a "price work" plasterer for over 25 years i'm shocked @ all these so called professionals
skimming a wall if you're right handed you start at the top left of a wall go as low as you can then from the bottom go as high as you can (so as not to cause a bump where the top & bottom meet) you trowel it up no more han 3 times and you do use water from the spalsh brush, had to laugh at trowelling 7 or 8 times every five minutes.
KnKEntertainers 2 years ago
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KnKEntertainers 2 years ago
Hey good stuff, I'd say it's fine to put the second coat on this quick without PVA as long as it is as quick and the timing has to be spot on. Looked to me like it was being overworked a little. If you put too much of a shine on the finish it can make it difficult to paint and the guys coming after you wont thankyou.
GYPWYN 2 years ago
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PlasteringKing101 2 years ago
top vid....perfectionist
pontianGOD 2 years ago
Good video. Everyone has there own way of doing plastering, this is one of them skills you perfect yourself so those comments saying he doesn't know what he is doing a pointless.
zakzak000 2 years ago
you put the second coat on too soon
terry4144 2 years ago
wheres the second coat of PVA?
terry4144 2 years ago
@terry4144 dont think you need a second coat i got to college and we put on 2 - 3 coats of pva b4 applying th plaster on
howeydab2008 2 years ago
the walls need to be sealed with a thin coat the same when emulsioning then a slightly thicker coat and before it dries apply the plaster this in effect glues the plaster to the wall most plasterers just seal it to stop the suction but it will not last it will sheet off if disturbed it even tells you on the PVA to apply plaster while still tacky
terry4144 2 years ago
great, i really got a lot out of this..more than any video i have watched on youtube in years. Im a time served painter...from North Wales...living in the States...really want to pursue plastering more. I was considering buying that dvd ..mastering plastering...wish i had some walls to practice on here.
they call it mud here as i recall. you still in this line of work Gareth?
trencherpin 2 years ago
well well 15 years of doing this job i never new you started at the bottom.....try putting it on when the p v a is tack your then be able to leave it for at least 20min... only touch it 6 times an all than includes 2 coats good vid though good luck with the job
3974scott 2 years ago
Fair play mate, but start at the top left if your right handed.
And skim it when your pva's tacky, not dry.
GREGKUZ 2 years ago
Great video
ladybab 2 years ago
Thanks for that. Great vid.