I was a plasterer for 10yrs. I got mauled into a gang for my 4yr apprenticeship fresh from school. For about 3yrs. It was the best job. I earnt a lot. I enjoyed the work. And then it changed. I hated it. I felt sick everytime i put that whisk in to mix. I saw it out for a couple of years after that. Luckily i begged enough to a bricklaying gang to take me on, no pay. But teach me! Within 8 weeks i was being paid. Within a year i was competent. 2 years i was really making good money, 70k in year 3. Great trade. Love it. But age is a cruel mistress. So off to university i went. And i became a construction project manager. The only mistake i can say i made in my career was accepting the plastering apprenticeship. Its physically demending sure...but for me, its the degradation to your mind thats the worst aspect. Its the only trade you can't nip to the shop for something or stop at a particular time when you need to, a family emergency means you are re skimming the lot if its ill timed, the trade is also aggressive to each other, its like a smash your head against a wall competition 😂 and there is little difference between competency and cowboy in that attitude towards other people in the trade. And above all...Once that gear is out the bucket and on the wall. You are stuck there till the end. Grim. 😂
Just finished a week helping a guy render an outside. Big house with a mix of new blocks and old bricks. Most of the building was old reds and when I asked on the 1st day where's the SBR his reply was the customer is tight and don't wanna pay for it. This should have been my 1st warning sign. Couldn't nail any beads and he said we can push them into the render no problem, just get on with it. The render went sucked in instantly, couldnt get 2 hawk fulls on without having to scratch it. As for sticking beads with the render no chance. He told the lab a different mix to what I use and a different way to mix it. Guy was a complete bellend and I felt sorry for the owner knowing full well when the cold weather hits most of it is going to blow off. Was suppose to go back Monday and Tuesday but told him today best I not in case I throw him off scaffold. Plenty of things to stress you out in this job.
God sorry to hear that. He sounds like a proper Cowboy…especially with then bricks. Very thirsty. We all learn but well done for leaving that job. That’s the best thing you could have done I think pal!
My dad was a plasterer all his life! He was still skimming walls for private jobs at 76! One of the things he said to me was a good plasterer always keeps his tools clean! So many times I see these young lads and their tools are disgraceful! This trade needs guys like you to show people the right way! Sir I doff my cap to you! Lol
Looks like you need a few more bods chucking on with ya mate looks a decent size job .. looking good , great tips. Just done a flat conversion got a couple of other plasterers in made the plastering/boarding stage a breeze won’t do big jobs on me own anymore that’s for sure . 👍🏻 happy spreading thanks mate
I didnt have you down as a metal fan - what do you listen to? Depending on whether theres anyone in the place Ill throw on some old school metal like Pantera, Slayer, Machine Head etc. I like the faster/more agressive stuff as it helps push me through. Showing my age haha
If going over board just do one thick coat flatten with speedskim flatten again with sponge, take out sponge lines with either a plaziflex or steel flexi then shine if you want with plaziflex or flexi. So much easier.
Sadly, some of the large deliveries of plaster to varios Builder Distributors are open and exposed. I once saw a Haulage lorry turn up W*cks with all the bags exposed under heavy rain? This is why I see one in every 10 bags with some hard lumps in it. It totally screws my day's earning when this happens! Gypsum need to be more careful who they ask to distribute their goods???
As always very helpful video. Do you have any tips/ tricks to fit corner bead on a 3.5m patio door reveal? Not sure using two pieces is a great idea. Thank you
You just have to join the 2 pieces. Take your time and just be accurate with your cuts. You won’t notice the joint if you connect them tight enough. It’s tricky though but definitely doable 👍
my brother been following your Chanel as im researching plastering, got to say your content and personality are really good my man. really good vids. you sound like you manc based do you get to east cheshire at all i got a big 4 room extension need a plasterer??
I find it really difficult to avoid flat but noticeable trowel lines in the finished plaster, from wherever I started trowelling. I go over them of course, but that just leaves another slight trowel mark further up! How do spreads avoid this?
I'm a 45 year experienced plasterer. Just leave the lines, and when you're ready to polish, you get rid of the trowel lines at this stage. Polishing is done by waiting till just before f plaster is dry, then wetting the plaster with a brush, or spraying the plaster with water , and going over it with a clean trowel.
I’ve tried the tape but I just prefer to cut it back with my trowel Whilst it’s setting like I did in the video. But I appreciate it works - fair play mate. The “BOSSSHHH made me laugh 😂
Any advice how to stop renderlite taring/sagging when featheredging/ruling off. I’m I mixing the material to wet or should I mix it stiff and splash some water onto the material once it’s on the wall. Or I’m I applying it to thick I’m just seen unable to play around with the gear once it’s on the wall just taring Many thanks
If you have a old sand cement/plastered wall that is cracking in multiple places and if you push it you can hear it moving……. What can you use other than stripping it back to brick??
He was just pushing down the bulge you always get from filling out the door casings. If they’re set wrong it’s a pain in the arse, skim isn’t built for thicknesses, yet we have to get over the joiners mistake. Plus the architrave hides it anyway, will never get picked up, Blaine knows it, I know it, so do you lol
@@PlasteringForBeginners But writing without punctuation is the equivalent of plastering with a knife and fork with plaster that’s full of lumps and too watery. If it matters so much that your plaster’s perfect, not just any old plaster thrown at a wall, why not grammar also?
Watching you work makes me want to get back to the coal face,but don't think my fitness would allow it...I despise sparkies, specially when schedules get mixed up and they hack trenches into finished work...had a few punch ups in the past because of it 🤣
I like to get on asap after 2nd coat, one issue I sometimes have if I'm on it again when it's soft is pulling the plaster back off or getting those bubbles. Any tips there?
Sounds like you’re jumping in the second coat a little too soon. Speedskimming your walls inbetween coats helps massively. But yeah…give a bit more time and you should be grand
I plastered a whole house (4 bedroom detached semi), using a plastic butter knife and a teaspoon, after I misplaced my trowel. The finish was so good it looked like glass. I don't mean to brag but I'm probably the best plasterer on planet earth.
I was a plasterer for 10yrs. I got mauled into a gang for my 4yr apprenticeship fresh from school. For about 3yrs. It was the best job. I earnt a lot. I enjoyed the work. And then it changed. I hated it. I felt sick everytime i put that whisk in to mix. I saw it out for a couple of years after that. Luckily i begged enough to a bricklaying gang to take me on, no pay. But teach me! Within 8 weeks i was being paid. Within a year i was competent. 2 years i was really making good money, 70k in year 3. Great trade. Love it. But age is a cruel mistress. So off to university i went. And i became a construction project manager. The only mistake i can say i made in my career was accepting the plastering apprenticeship. Its physically demending sure...but for me, its the degradation to your mind thats the worst aspect. Its the only trade you can't nip to the shop for something or stop at a particular time when you need to, a family emergency means you are re skimming the lot if its ill timed, the trade is also aggressive to each other, its like a smash your head against a wall competition 😂 and there is little difference between competency and cowboy in that attitude towards other people in the trade. And above all...Once that gear is out the bucket and on the wall. You are stuck there till the end. Grim. 😂
Yep . Never mix after 1pm - Plus the speed skins are ruining it . The Novices are jumping the Basics
Just finished a week helping a guy render an outside. Big house with a mix of new blocks and old bricks. Most of the building was old reds and when I asked on the 1st day where's the SBR his reply was the customer is tight and don't wanna pay for it. This should have been my 1st warning sign. Couldn't nail any beads and he said we can push them into the render no problem, just get on with it. The render went sucked in instantly, couldnt get 2 hawk fulls on without having to scratch it. As for sticking beads with the render no chance. He told the lab a different mix to what I use and a different way to mix it. Guy was a complete bellend and I felt sorry for the owner knowing full well when the cold weather hits most of it is going to blow off. Was suppose to go back Monday and Tuesday but told him today best I not in case I throw him off scaffold. Plenty of things to stress you out in this job.
God sorry to hear that. He sounds like a proper Cowboy…especially with then bricks. Very thirsty. We all learn but well done for leaving that job.
That’s the best thing you could have done I think pal!
Fair play, I have been plastering nearly 30 years and I know it's easier and faster to do things the right way
My dad was a plasterer all his life! He was still skimming walls for private jobs at 76! One of the things he said to me was a good plasterer always keeps his tools clean! So many times I see these young lads and their tools are disgraceful! This trade needs guys like you to show people the right way! Sir I doff my cap to you! Lol
Looks like you need a few more bods chucking on with ya mate looks a decent size job .. looking good , great tips.
Just done a flat conversion got a couple of other plasterers in made the plastering/boarding stage a breeze won’t do big jobs on me own anymore that’s for sure .
👍🏻 happy spreading thanks mate
Thanks for the tips pal. I wish I could get people I trust…can’t get the staff 😂
I didnt have you down as a metal fan - what do you listen to? Depending on whether theres anyone in the place Ill throw on some old school metal like Pantera, Slayer, Machine Head etc. I like the faster/more agressive stuff as it helps push me through. Showing my age haha
Ha yeah I love it. Love Machine Head…listening to System Of A Down at the moment. Great band - crazy but amazing methodically
excellent informative videos blaine...what is the stapler you use for beads pls...i use galv nails but if its quicker ill try a stapler.cheers
Glad it’s not cheating when using multiple pieces. I shall give it a try. Thank you for your guidance 🙏
If going over board just do one thick coat flatten with speedskim flatten again with sponge, take out sponge lines with either a plaziflex or steel flexi then shine if you want with plaziflex or flexi. So much easier.
Sadly, some of the large deliveries of plaster to varios Builder Distributors are open and exposed. I once saw a Haulage lorry turn up W*cks with all the bags exposed under heavy rain? This is why I see one in every 10 bags with some hard lumps in it. It totally screws my day's earning when this happens! Gypsum need to be more careful who they ask to distribute their goods???
Interesting! Good to know that. Thank you
If you can !! Always ask for the door linings to be knotted and primed/undercoated before you plaster 👍👍 my top tip for you 😉
Great tip!
As always very helpful video. Do you have any tips/ tricks to fit corner bead on a 3.5m patio door reveal? Not sure using two pieces is a great idea. Thank you
You just have to join the 2 pieces. Take your time and just be accurate with your cuts. You won’t notice the joint if you connect them tight enough.
It’s tricky though but definitely doable 👍
What do you do now the door frame is not flush with the wall as in fitting the architrave?
See them Sharpe angles. Jam a corner bead up in them. Makes life easier
Great tip…cheers pal
my brother been following your Chanel as im researching plastering, got to say your content and personality are really good my man. really good vids. you sound like you manc based do you get to east cheshire at all i got a big 4 room extension need a plasterer??
Thank you very much. Really appreciate that pal, cheers!
I find it really difficult to avoid flat but noticeable trowel lines in the finished plaster, from wherever I started trowelling. I go over them of course, but that just leaves another slight trowel mark further up! How do spreads avoid this?
I'm a 45 year experienced plasterer.
Just leave the lines, and when you're ready to polish, you get rid of the trowel lines at this stage.
Polishing is done by waiting till just before f plaster is dry, then wetting the plaster with a brush, or spraying the plaster with water , and going over it with a clean trowel.
Tape up doors frames, helps the next trades out, takes seconds much better job clean professional...bosshhh
I’ve tried the tape but I just prefer to cut it back with my trowel Whilst it’s setting like I did in the video. But I appreciate it works - fair play mate.
The “BOSSSHHH made me laugh 😂
Any advice how to stop renderlite taring/sagging when featheredging/ruling off.
I’m I mixing the material to wet or should I mix it stiff and splash some water onto the material once it’s on the wall.
Or I’m I applying it to thick
I’m just seen unable to play around with the gear once it’s on the wall just taring
Many thanks
Top vid mate as alway just catching up been snowed under wirh work it's been grate hope ur good
Thanks mate. Much appreciated
If you have a old sand cement/plastered wall that is cracking in multiple places and if you push it you can hear it moving……. What can you use other than stripping it back to brick??
It has to come off mate. It’s the only way to ensure that your wall is completely stable! It’s for the best
Blimey Blaine - daylight behind your trowel at 8:27!! that's gunna be one wonky reveal
He was just pushing down the bulge you always get from filling out the door casings. If they’re set wrong it’s a pain in the arse, skim isn’t built for thicknesses, yet we have to get over the joiners mistake. Plus the architrave hides it anyway, will never get picked up, Blaine knows it, I know it, so do you lol
are you putting 2 coats on plasterboard?
Great content pretty new to plaster what speed skim and size would you recommend ....👍
Biggest size you can afford
It’s stressful and my opinion hardest working trade as some days get to stop so I think should be highest paid but I know some people would disagree
Here, have some punctuation. (. , ? ! ‘)
@@sam.p12345 didn’t know it was a English test
@@lewisriggs6596 It’s not. But punctuation will help you get your undoubtedly profound views across to the reader.
Ignore him Lewis. It’s a tough trade my friend - hard on the body and tough to master. Totally agree
@@PlasteringForBeginners But writing without punctuation is the equivalent of plastering with a knife and fork with plaster that’s full of lumps and too watery. If it matters so much that your plaster’s perfect, not just any old plaster thrown at a wall, why not grammar also?
Crap scrim has caused me alot of stress when i was started going on my own i had a few calamitys😂
Watching you work makes me want to get back to the coal face,but don't think my fitness would allow it...I despise sparkies, specially when schedules get mixed up and they hack trenches into finished work...had a few punch ups in the past because of it 🤣
Haha so true! They have a way of desiring finished work. Thanks for watching pal…all the best
I like to get on asap after 2nd coat, one issue I sometimes have if I'm on it again when it's soft is pulling the plaster back off or getting those bubbles. Any tips there?
Sounds like you’re jumping in the second coat a little too soon. Speedskimming your walls inbetween coats helps massively. But yeah…give a bit more time and you should be grand
Love my metal music. Even have my own on RUclips.
Another good video mate
Thank you mate!! Much appreciated
You're welcome brother 👍🏻
What spatula you using there?
The Refina X Skim mate. Great bit of kit!
I plastered a whole house (4 bedroom detached semi), using a plastic butter knife and a teaspoon, after I misplaced my trowel. The finish was so good it looked like glass.
I don't mean to brag but I'm probably the best plasterer on planet earth.
Cool
you do not need to use bonding
Why are you going over everything and not just joints?
That's how it's done in the UK
First thing i'd do is cover the floor.
Why..do you cover all the walls with plaster? Isn't that drywall on the walls?
Good job
Thank you!
Yesterday I literally chucked the hawk full … to the floor while growling 🤬
I called it a day after that.
I over played with it I think 🤔
I’ve been plastering 20 years. My advice is learn to be an electrician!
Nothing wrong with #2 😮
Haha I was just ranting man. You know I love you 🤣
Midget trowel!! 😂
😂😂
#4 😡😡😡😡
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It's the worst job on the planet, and you end up dying from the plaster dust, which settles on your lungs 🫁 😢