5 Plastering Tools I Use On Every Job

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
  • Roger's favourite tools for plastering, check out the links...
    🛒 Ox Speedskim Flexible: amzn.to/36D8Tbs
    TROWELS
    🛒 Spear & Jackson Stainless Steel: amzn.to/3xGhG8A
    🛒 Marshalltown PB145D Pre Worn: amzn.to/2VH5OFf
    🛒 Ox Pro Series: amzn.to/3wE8bpc
    🛒 Refina Superflex 16” 228196: amzn.to/3hzNgPD
    🛒 Ragni R618S-16 Feather Edge: amzn.to/3wFgWiw
    🛒 NELA MediFLEX: amzn.to/3i7ayeJ
    🛒 NELA MAX System Set: amzn.to/3wGp0Qj
    SQUEEGEES
    🛒 12" Marshalltown Squeegee: amzn.to/3bJgKY2
    🛒 18" Marshalltown Squeegee: amzn.to/2SgsEl7
    🛒 22" Marshalltown Squeegee: amzn.to/2RBPBiL
    RETARDERS & ACCELERATORS
    🛒 Extratime Plaster Retarder: amzn.to/3i7cKTv
    🛒 Halftime Plaster Accelerator: amzn.to/3wHwFOd
    🛒 Halftime 4bonding Accelerator: amzn.to/3kmjSOD
    🛒 Halftime 4DRYLINING Accelerator: amzn.to/3r8OrbW
    SOCKET COVERS
    🛒 BeadMaster Rectangle Socket Cover: amzn.to/3wzjWNu
    🛒 Safetyshield Disposable Sockitz: amzn.to/2TeeH8q
    CHAPTERS
    00:00 - Intro
    00:20 - Speedskim
    01:00 - Trowels
    02:33 - Squeegee
    03:33 - Magic Powder
    04:55 - Sockets
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Комментарии • 137

  • @malcolmfunnell4501
    @malcolmfunnell4501 3 года назад +30

    At my age ,extra time seems like a god send .
    The wife seemed very keen for me to try it to

  • @tinytonymaloney7832
    @tinytonymaloney7832 3 года назад +16

    Ffs, them socket covers are brilliant, spent many lost times locating and digging out plaster filled sockets and switches,.
    Going to buy myself a squeegee this weekend I think. There's deffo some brilliant tools come on the market in the last 10 years.
    Loved this vid.
    Half expected 'where's James' to climb out of the plaster bucket. He's quiet when he's busy 🤣🤣

  • @brightonduder
    @brightonduder 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant roger - perfect timing for me!!!

  • @alext8828
    @alext8828 3 года назад +4

    Even though I'm in the US, and things are a bit different here, I love this channel for all the great ideas and product ideas.

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Alex. We really like the fact that our channel reaches people in different countries and gives us a different perspective on problems and solutions. Hopefully we continue to grow in America and Canada

  • @dominicmcc3214
    @dominicmcc3214 3 года назад

    Great products Roger. Thanks for letting us know 👍

  • @denty32
    @denty32 3 года назад +1

    Great tips Roger

  • @vikingofengland
    @vikingofengland 3 года назад +2

    Going to tackle a small wall and window surround at home, never done plastering before, and the squeegee seems like a great idea.

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +2

      Give it a go you will enjoy it

  • @vinnysurti
    @vinnysurti 3 года назад +3

    Great tips! Going to get a few of those tools and also put some extra time in my tea. 😵‍💫

    • @anemone9895
      @anemone9895 3 года назад

      Only good for before trowel finish. Hit it too early you wont like it. Suck it and see i rarely use mine

  • @dave1secondago
    @dave1secondago 3 года назад

    some great tools right there

  • @johnpemberton5089
    @johnpemberton5089 3 года назад

    Extratime additive is brilliant, did a 25msq ceiling, on new plasterboard, on a very hot day, weren't sure if I could do it? But the mix lasted brilliantly, well chuffed!

  • @buildingplasteringdivision7535
    @buildingplasteringdivision7535 3 года назад

    I love how u avoid damaged the spatula at min 4:05 very nice 👌
    5☆

  • @gdfggggg
    @gdfggggg 3 года назад +1

    Being a full time general builder my van is already packed to the rafters with stuff, so I’ll stick with my Marshaltown. I only plaster once every couple of months or so. I think, if I was doing much more I’d invest to make it a bit easier for myself.

  • @philipsawyers719
    @philipsawyers719 7 месяцев назад

    Nice I m I totally begine I use the speed skim is was fantastic tool totally recommended it to anyone.

  • @cooking.with.rob.official
    @cooking.with.rob.official 3 года назад

    Lovely Rog. Really useful - as always! Hope you are well my friend 👌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏼

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Rob. Fingers crossed I am well, double jabbed and all that but people around me are dropping like flies.

    • @cooking.with.rob.official
      @cooking.with.rob.official 3 года назад

      @@SkillBuilder yes the new Indian variant seems to be taking no prisoners! I get my second jab next week so hopefully feel a little safer. Crazy times! Glad you are well and keep up the great work

  • @barrybruton4577
    @barrybruton4577 2 года назад

    I've been using the bead masters
    but have asked the firm to make a smaller insert for ordinary walls as well as they have missed the trick
    only relying on just plaster board
    Great bit of kit bazz

  • @SteveAndAlexBuild
    @SteveAndAlexBuild 3 года назад

    Nice tips there Rog 🧱👍🏼

  • @mikiex
    @mikiex 3 года назад +1

    I used extratime to do a ceiling, I just about managed it!

  • @42RHD
    @42RHD 3 года назад

    Wish I'd watched this a few months ago, but those BeadMaster socket covers are genius!
    Thanks!
    Any advice on budget double handled paddle mixers?

  • @LynGriffiths70
    @LynGriffiths70 3 года назад +1

    Really useful.. that extra time sachet would suit me down to the ground !

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +1

      Glad it was helpful! I forgot to say that you have to whisk it up in the water first and give it 5 minutes to disolve. It is like sugar

    • @LynGriffiths70
      @LynGriffiths70 3 года назад

      @@SkillBuilder cheers Roger, 🍻

  • @offcuts4146
    @offcuts4146 3 года назад +1

    Have to admit the oxx trowells are really good for the money

  • @E69apeTheMatrix420
    @E69apeTheMatrix420 3 года назад

    I want the squeegee! For the half time product then salt works also. Not sure how scientific it is compared to the sachet however.

  • @iantarncarpentry4285
    @iantarncarpentry4285 3 года назад +3

    I’ve never tried plastering, but that MarshallTown squeegee looks the business! Or Perhaps it’s the lads in the video making it look easy 🤔

    • @mikiex
      @mikiex 3 года назад +1

      It takes practice, but tools like the speedskim make it a lot easier for beginners AND pros

  • @mitchelljarvis2010
    @mitchelljarvis2010 3 года назад

    Hello Roger.....good video! I have a plaster related question? Two years ago I travelled to Laos and noticed the interiors of buildings were not plastered but cement rendered. Can you tell me why this may be so! Is it anything to do with climate there.....it’s very hot, above 30C most of the year with very little rain! Any thoughts? What are the advantages/disadvantages? Cheers mate!

  • @mattyGreenbaum
    @mattyGreenbaum 3 года назад

    Squeegee is king!

  • @kelstra1997
    @kelstra1997 3 года назад

    I am intrigued with the plaster you seem to use. I have never seen plaster in the beige colour here in Australia that you seem to have. Obviously it works just the same as our virgin white material but it is interesting.

    • @42RHD
      @42RHD 3 года назад

      Think pink! www.british-gypsum.com/products/thistle-multi-finish?tab0=0

    • @bitTorrenter
      @bitTorrenter 2 года назад +1

      It's the colour of the vein of the rock where the gypsum it's extracted from that gives it its colour. Similar to different colour sands.

  • @CheckFred
    @CheckFred 3 года назад +4

    How things change EH? ... In the 60's/early 70's my Only trowel was a Tyzac 12" (Pre-Marshal-Town-Big-Boys ;) a cross-grain float with interchangeable handle & a Devil-float with a few brushes, a small-tool, twitcher & a slipper :-) .... They all fitted in a small bag I could hang on the handlebars of my bike, my bucket on the other side and my rules and shovel tied to the cross-bar, with the hod resting on my shoulder :-) ......... 'Beverley-Hill-Billy-Stylee' ....... I could still do a top job in double-quick time ........ As time went on, it took Loooonger and Longer to get ALL of the new tools, leads etc out of the van and set-up for the day. The same in the evening :-( ................. Got less work done as a result - And DO NOT! Mention Health&Safety as a Chief Time-Waster !! ............. AARRGGHH!!!!!!! ;-)

  • @martp9001
    @martp9001 3 года назад +13

    Extra time and Half time is great, just steer clear of Penalty shootout it's a loser everytime.

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +7

      Try the Italian one they use every trick in the book.

    • @kendodd8734
      @kendodd8734 3 года назад +1

      I’ve used the extra time and yeh it’ works but as for half time just use dirty water in my experience that gets the plaster going off double quick

    • @funkeybikemonkey
      @funkeybikemonkey 3 года назад

      @@kendodd8734 yep, what he said!

  • @simonpidgeon949
    @simonpidgeon949 2 года назад

    What’s the best size trowel for putting skim on the wall ( Newbie )

  • @MrSmoore77
    @MrSmoore77 3 года назад

    halftime looks made for me ,I'm a landscaper but too tight to pay plasterers wages so do my own at home , usually good enough but bit too slow and plaster does kick off on me here n there

    • @brightonduder
      @brightonduder 3 года назад

      I think you want the other sachet - half time speeds the curing up!!

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +1

      @@brightonduder yes you want extra time not halftime.

    • @MrSmoore77
      @MrSmoore77 3 года назад +1

      Yep my bad , don't want to even think about trying it with half the time ,not be pretty

  • @Droningonuk
    @Droningonuk 3 года назад +1

    Ragini are good my £60 marshaltown however never gets used because it has far too much crown

    • @MrSmoore77
      @MrSmoore77 3 года назад +1

      I learnt to plaster with a ragni , definitely good for the price

  • @snappyfish
    @snappyfish 2 года назад

    Recommend a mixer?

  • @danponlaser7279
    @danponlaser7279 3 года назад

    great

  • @fireblaster9961
    @fireblaster9961 3 года назад

    Ow no not the xtra time packets....but totally agree with the squidgy

  • @nickcook6399
    @nickcook6399 3 года назад +1

    Hi Roger do you still use two coats of plaster with the speed scim? Thanks

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +2

      Hi Nick
      I went off using two coats for a while but now I am back on it, once you find a quick way the second coat flies on and saves time.

  • @leojilka
    @leojilka 6 месяцев назад

    Speedskim good idea for ceilings what size would you recommend?

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  6 месяцев назад +2

      I would buy the set of three and a pole

  • @vistron888
    @vistron888 3 года назад

    Do those time lengthening sachets also work on plaster that's past its use by date?

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад

      I have tried it and I think it does but you need to verify this

    • @MrScrimbo1
      @MrScrimbo1 3 года назад

      When you are using plaster that’s out of date it can go one of two ways… it can go off quick or it can hang wet for ages… so you wouldn’t know which to use

  • @MrScrimbo1
    @MrScrimbo1 3 года назад +6

    Call me old school but the only tool I’d use out of all those is the stainless marshaltown.
    All these bendy super flexy trowels are made to bend over bumps…
    it may be smooth but is it flat?

    • @katsucurry9677
      @katsucurry9677 3 года назад

      Too true, I have used these flexy trowels, looks lovely when it’s plastered but once it’s painted it looks like the ocean.
      I usually trowel up until it’s pretty much done then glide over with a flex.

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад

      Yes you can't go on too quickly with the flexi but once it is firmed up and you are giving it a flick and polish it it great.

    • @Lionsraws66
      @Lionsraws66 3 года назад

      #Float

    • @Ripper36068
      @Ripper36068 3 года назад

      I'm old school and I've moved over to the flexi spatulas better finish everytime over a steel float!

  • @kryptoniteee
    @kryptoniteee 3 года назад +2

    Roger how do I get you to work on house. Sick of only finding cowboys.

  • @MrTurboSAAB1
    @MrTurboSAAB1 7 месяцев назад

    what kind of plaster is it-orange,brown colour? is it clay based plaster?thanks

  • @garvielloken3929
    @garvielloken3929 2 года назад

    nooice

  • @katsucurry9677
    @katsucurry9677 3 года назад +3

    Iv been plastering 15 years, the best advice I can give someone is lay on as flat as possible first & second coat. No one needs these tools apart from a steel trowel & hawk. You can make your walls perfect

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +5

      That is good advice but for someone who just wants to do the occassional bit and doesn't have 15 years to develop your skills it is good to have some help.

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад +1

      For the occasional plasterer within the time before it's gone beyond being workable? In the middle of summer?
      It would be better to say, "For the non-professional plasterer these tools are a great help. But you wouldn't see a professional plasterer using them".
      But the problem is a lot of professional plasterers *do* use these tools to save their elbow.
      "lay it on as flat as possible"? I don't think anyone is slinging it on with a shovel from a wheelbarrow and hoping for the best.
      I have to ask you. Do you use an electric mixer whisk or do you do mix by hand with a bucket trowel in a trough?

  • @darrenmaxwell3108
    @darrenmaxwell3108 3 года назад +7

    It’s alright having the tools but without the experience it ain’t happening…. GL all

    • @adesign5
      @adesign5 2 года назад +3

      Experience dont happen without trying 😁

    • @mohammedhaider3536
      @mohammedhaider3536 2 года назад

      And you can’t get experience without having the tools to practice in order to learn

  • @normanboyes4983
    @normanboyes4983 3 года назад

    The socket covers are good but the socket shields are better - game changer stuff for finishing on a large project.

  • @disklamer
    @disklamer 3 года назад

    Taping knife ftw

  • @livingladolcevita7318
    @livingladolcevita7318 3 года назад

    one minute your ranting now your getting plastered. LOL

  • @_tmmy_
    @_tmmy_ 3 года назад +1

    Those white plastic covers for sockets and switches by Beadmaster sound like a good idea for a DIYer when they are trying to plaster around back boxes and want to get neat lines but aren’t you basically just burying it in plaster to then risk breaking it away later on and potentially causing damage to newly plastered walls? Personally I think the Sockitz Safetyshield are a better alternative as you can install them at any stage of the wiring whether it’s 2nd fix or during the 1st fix the parts just clip together and can easily be removed later on after the rooms been plastered. I have done some research online and the Beadmasters retail a couple of quid dearer than the Sockitz Safetyshield which are a bit cheaper. It’s certainly better than some cowboys filling the back boxes full of plaster that you have to break the lot out when it’s drying!

    • @anthonychadley1728
      @anthonychadley1728 3 года назад

      I have used BeadMaster and it’s brilliant, you plaster it in to the wall but then when it’s dry you simply remove the centre cover. Does it all, saved time and money 👍👍

  • @strongstories3183
    @strongstories3183 3 года назад +4

    Get ready for the angry plasterers Roger! They think they have the hardest job in the world bless them

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад +1

      Plastering is all about Bish Bosh. It's nearly flat. That'll do. You can sand it down with an industrial sander. Give me £350 for doing one wall in a small box room.

    • @tc-ow1ol
      @tc-ow1ol 3 года назад +3

      @@stakkerhmnd load of rubbish 😂

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад +2

      @@tc-ow1ol You're a plasterer! Aren't you!! Go on. Admit it.
      I love how plasters *always* finish a job with skim lines and defects. Then say "you just need to get a bit of sandpaper on that or a bit of filler (for the shallows)".
      Why didn't the plasterer get a bit of sandpaper on it? Why do they expect the homeowner to finish the job?
      Anyway, you can't sandpaper plaster. But plasterers know this and still tell people to do it.

    • @tc-ow1ol
      @tc-ow1ol 3 года назад +3

      @@stakkerhmnd someone’s had some bad experiences 🥴

    • @tc-ow1ol
      @tc-ow1ol 3 года назад +2

      “For the shallows” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @prnfl
    @prnfl 2 месяца назад

    i'm just doing a repair job myself because i can't get a reliable plasterer. I have 0 experience. Should be fun

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  2 месяца назад

      Just watch Kirk from On The Trowel and you should be fine.

  • @loafersheffield
    @loafersheffield 3 года назад

    Roger, I love you and I want to have your babies. Shh! Don't tell my missus. My pet hate. Nicely polished up plaster, but significantly + or - 90 deg corners, going on too thick near internal 3 way corners and even bulges, mid wall. Ever tried getting 800mm+ tiles on, brickcourse lay-out with that sort of abomination going on?
    Customer: "We know a plasterer". Quite frankly, I'd rather do it myself. Not the fastest but at least it's square, plumb and doesn't bulge. Er, unlike my belly.

  • @harveysmith100
    @harveysmith100 3 года назад +1

    A hand full of cement will speed up the drying time of finish plaster

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад +1

      Will a handful of plaster speed up the drying time of concrete?

    • @harveysmith100
      @harveysmith100 3 года назад +1

      @@stakkerhmnd Don't know, I wouldn't do it as it may weaken the concrete

    • @ashyclaret
      @ashyclaret 3 года назад +1

      Baking powder is better.

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад

      @@harveysmith100 Use some Bonding plaster. Wouldn't that "bond up" the cement and make it stronger?

    • @harveysmith100
      @harveysmith100 3 года назад +2

      @@stakkerhmnd I think you have started drinking early tonight

  • @Tattysnuc
    @Tattysnuc Год назад

    just ordered the marshaltown squeeejeeeeee as I'm new to plastering and seem to spend a lo t of my time trowelling out trowel marks. great share - thank you!
    They're £31+ now.... good old brexit/inflation :(

  • @chasingsupercars558
    @chasingsupercars558 2 года назад

    You make it look too easy.

  • @stakkerhmnd
    @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад +1

    OMG! STAKKER has only gone and done it again with some world class style.
    FIRST.

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад

      @@anemone9895 Are you really sad? I hope my comment made you happy!!
      STAKKER makes you happy!

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад

      @@anemone9895 I have one. It's being superior to you. At least I don't fill electrical back box recesses with render, then skim over them! Hahahaha!

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад

      @@anemone9895 I bet you also accidentally rendered over a fireplace and filled it in!! Then skimmed over it.

    • @denty32
      @denty32 3 года назад +1

      Stakker smashing it

    • @stakkerhmnd
      @stakkerhmnd 3 года назад

      @@denty32 Like a champion!

  • @barrydoherty636
    @barrydoherty636 2 года назад

    Roger, why can’t you just use a good squeegee?

  • @martindonaton3603
    @martindonaton3603 2 года назад

    Do not be trowling up with a plastic trowel it’s for a final polish only

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  2 года назад

      Ok I thought the idea of the plastic trowel is that you can get on it earlier. Bit like the Speedskim

    • @martindonaton3603
      @martindonaton3603 2 года назад

      @@SkillBuilder final trowel only with a plastic any earlier will leave tiger stripes only noticeable when painted

  • @Lionsraws66
    @Lionsraws66 3 года назад

    Float it Flat

    • @SkillBuilder
      @SkillBuilder  3 года назад +1

      With a sponge? Good idea, I do that