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 🤣🤣
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
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.
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!!!!!!! ;-)
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
@@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
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!
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
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.
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?
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?
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.
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
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.
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!
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 👍👍
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!
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 :(
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 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.
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
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.
