Quick question pal...wheh you stuck those boards to the wall...i could see tiny gap at the top against the cieling ...is that normal and do i not need to fill it ?

Greetings from Scotland thank you for your information

Can I dot and dab on painted, smooth walls and on walls that have old wallpaper?

Good demo. Thx.

How heavy are the bags of cement? What is the volume of the black buckets? I use 18litre buckets and 20kg bags. For scratch coat I do 2.5 buckets to a 20kg bag and about 1 litre bucket of hydrated lime per bucket of sand. For my top coat I use 2 buckets of sand per 20kg bag of cement and 2 scoops if Synlime (synthetic lime). I was always told to go richer in cement for each successive coat. I am in Canada and use this for parging, which is like a render on a wire mesh over foam for the basement portion of the house. What is your opinion on my mix? Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it!

We have them In college not sure what they called just call it a scraper lol

You might wanna mention how your camera makes the straight edge look like a banana 😂

Good work. The site boys get bent out of shape because they have to plaster a whole room for the same money you've earn't in one wall.... Plus its nice to see a plasterer who i'd trust in my own house ..

Old school days a lot harder than today I can still go faster than all the young boys and I'm 58 and still going strong the new tools do help now its easier than in the 80s

Eibenstock

is the ceiling being plastered ?

Extremely helpful, thank you.

That tune always remember it on fiffa 😂

Brilliant !

i have same trowel, you can’t lay on with a 4inch trowel, i lay on and flatten and flick of water to compress with a 13 carbon, then go onto the 18

If the band from above of the window what we have to do

Why has Multi Finish got a green square label on it saying new fastset plaster, its a pain in the arse it goes in super quick, I put a wall on the other day it was setting in the bucket after 25 minutes, went to B and Q to see if I could get multi finish with out that fastset green label on it and there was none all of them even board finish has that label on it. When I went online it seems its £9.60 a 25 kg bag for Thistle Multi Finish with the green label Fastset plaster on it, but if you want the stuff with out the label on its £15 a bag. I have a theory as it used to be £4.60 a bag and then when the cost of living happened it went up to £14.50 a bag. So I think no plasterers have been buying it cause of the price and doing other work like renders instead, and then shops like b and q have sent it back to Thistle cause they couldnt sell it. Thistle have then took this out of date plaster and bashed it with some other plaster rebagged it with a Green label branding it as some new fastset plaster when in reality its just old recalled plaster stores couldnt sell that Thistle have rebagged and sold back to them stores slightly cheaper and thats why it goes in so fast, theres one website selling the stuff with the green label and all the photos plasters have sent in its all gouged on every photo no ones got a nice flat finish with it. I remember old thistle multi finish you would get about a hour before its started turning into clay in the bucket this new stuffs going like that after 20 minutes.

Paper tape is way better. Btw, how tall are these ceilings? No stilts, and barely reaching on an 8' wall and ceiling.

Why do you keeo saying we? Your the only one skimming 😂

Thats the worst finish ive seen you produce, what happened there butty because your a really good plastere, heat catch you out different way of finishing ?? As allways good video alex All the best Liam plastere South wales

My Occidental kit is 25+ years old and going strong.

Hey Alex, i need 1 metre of angle bead Do you know where will I buy it ? I know they come in 2.4s but where can I buy just the 1 ? I im in HastIngs

Nice

Just a random question, do tou always dress like that to go to work?

I don't bother with sand and cement anymore. Just use k mix one coat baged render. Lovely to use i won't go back to sand and cement now

I enjoyed the video, many thanks - could you elaborate on your last tip (know your limits) where you mention tapping and feathering - I assume you mean splitting the job in two? A video on doing this would be helpful - keep up the good work

Ive flitted between carbon and stainless steel over the years but i agree carbon is the better.

You're about 15yrs old Alex, of course it's going to be the best plastering bag in the world to you when all us old timers know that the old canvas army and navy stores plasterers bag is the best!!!😆😆😆😆

What happened to you? No video for 6 months?

Paint it turn the lights off then put a light on it is it still OK? If so, great!

I never thought I would watch a video about brushes totally spellbound. Great presentation skills mate!

Wish I'd seen you video earlier. Very informative, thank you

Interesting. I've always been told not to use any chemicals in the scratch coat.

This guy's maths is poor! Quite funny vid though!

Matey boy in the backgroun must be on day rate!! took him from 3:30-6:30 to finish that hawk!!

thankyou for this video

Where'd you go ? No video for 5 months

All I could think the whole time watching this was how you're going to get the lines out of the plaster that's drying in the background

One of the best videos on drywalling. Thanks Alex.

Does this work on Tile Adhesive?

Could you do a video on how much pressure needs to be applied at each stage ? thanks

Where is better to start plastering? From up or from?

I have a question please... I used a scud coat at 2 to 1 and waterproof/ plastersizer And scratch coat 3 to 1 and waterproof and plasterzizer And now the suction on the scratch coat is drying too fast... Am going to put another layer of scratch over it as we are using Webber white to finish..... Just wondering could we put waterproof and pollybond in the next scratch coat .The mix will be 4to 1...... Need help please

do I have to remove the old beading that has gone rusty before I replace with plastic 😮

great vid. what is the spray? and how would you bead an arch window for rendering?

well demo video what make trowel are you using...

12l bucket of water?

which beat o use? PVC or metal?

Great video. Do you recommend PVC beat or steel in a hard wall? I'm new to plastering

Should the scratch coat not cover the beads? The beads are pins the window seem only covered by the top coat. You can tell I’m a novice judging by my most probably stupid question. 😅