I do my own plastering but I`m not a pro. Love these videos. My plastering always comes out well but I wouldn`t make money doing it as I`m too slow, daren`t bang several walls on at once .I had a large ceiling to do, a bit big really for my skill level but i went for it. One of the hardest days graft in my life, it was nearly going off between each coat before i could level it, especially where the breeze was coming in through the door. The 1st coat had some really dry patches! Before I second coated it. I just lightly sprayed them with water and second coated. I was pretty sure it was gonna de laminate and drop off but it never did (5years ago) .Talk about a hard days graft! My elbow was battering and did for a couple of years after with a bit of a bone spur popping up , all from one ceiling. Plasterers earn their money!
Nice work. I'm a plasterer and iv started putting a tight coat of bonding over artex ceilings and skimming the next day. I always find if I prep and skim the same day I'm waiting till a week on Tuesday until its dry enough to final trowel... it also takes out alot of the hollows that are always there in old ceilings
Any beginners or amateurs watching this video, when kirk says " take a bit a go in clean" is the best bit of advice for edges and corners, this will save time in the long run by you not having to run around like a lunatic cleaning up the coving or edges. But don't be wiping plaster on your shirt or you will be in the back of the van!!!! Use your brush to take the little boulders of your trowel and get rid of them into the water bucket. And we all drop a little bit here and there, the key is to not walk it all over the place
You've converted me to SBR Kirk! Im not even a plasterer as such but don't touch the old PVA now. Got nearly a full tub just wasting away lol. Magic 👍🏻
@@warrenberring8085 Personally i took onto too many wet corners on small details, the reveals around two windows. Due to the increased airflow around that area the reveals dried out before i got a chance to get them neat and whilst struggling to get them neat, the main ceiling was going off. I told the customer and went back next day, free of charge of course and sbr the ceiling and this time i done two faces of the reveals and let them set a little making it easier to trowel the adjacent faces. I just took my time and and it looks good now, but lesson learned.
Kirk gives loads of tips and shares knowledge and experience. The courses give a tiny bit of actual hands-on "experience". These courses are, in reality, for DIYers like me. Anyone who wants to be a plasterer is better off starting with a real time-served plasterer and starting there and not on a course.
brilliant plasterer , if artex being painted we were always told overboard because new plaster & sealer only sticking to the paint not the artex ,chance could loosen the paint in time is this a possibility , we had this happen once & thats what a rep from gypsum put it down to
My Friend is about to start a 3 day plastering course and he seems to think when finished they have told him he comes out fully qualified and he can go self employed..Seeing whats involved in your videos how could he be... The course has cost him over £700...Thanks for your videos which highlight a great skill
Zero chance of it pal, 3 days is impossible to cram the amount of knowledge needed. Better off getting his qualifications then shadowing a plasterer for a while
@@Jellyisamazing Thats what i told him but he reckons he can do it..Bonkers really 3 days doesnt seem long enough to me seeing the skill involved..Cheers anyway
I did a 5 day course recently. Absolutely brilliant a teaches basics and an entry into having a go at home, undertaking DIY tasks. What it really taught is how much there is to know, giving an understanding of how different backgrounds require different products and give different timings. I could certainly not go into the trade as a self employed plasterer based on that course. I was able to skim a fairly small wall, ceiling, window aperture, competently, to a decent standard and board out the room ready for skimming. It doesn't touch on different backgrounds or any of the other parts of the job. If they think plastering means skimming then that will be the first thing they learn... skimming is just the finishing. There's often a lot underneath that!
@shaun7638 3 days or 3 days a week for a period of time? I'm on a course at chameleon school of construction in Swadlincote. It's 2 days a week for 6 months. I'm currently set to finish in December. I've got a basic understanding on most aspects but not confident enough to go off on my own just yet. I've got skimming down. My trowel skills are good and everyone who sees my work is impressed. But yes there is a lot more to know about different backgrounds and timings etc. Kirk has probably forgotten more than I know at the minute 😆
i had customers tell me they had it checked for asbestos saying there is none but when we got the survey it said different some people dont understand how dangerous asbestos is they just want the work done
That pink sbr is a great idea. Thanks for all the tips and you make it look so easy and controlled. btw - There is another Kirk in the US that does the same with Lime plastering @StuccoPlastering
How come you don’t usually flatten in after you first coat Kirk? Presumably because you take the time to apply it really flat? … I apply mine pretty neat too but I was taught to always flatten in. Nice work anyway mate 👍
"The Master" Great video and recording angles Which trowels did you use please ? Wooden handle laying on and then changed to a rubber handle ? Any reasons for the change ?
I went to college To do Plastering but the tutor never taught me anything as was doing 2 days a week and was working with a plastering company in Lincoln who were paying me 11 quid a day ,i gave up as they were taking the piss out of me had me filling skips ,Learnt nothing was a shock coming back to Civi street ,I've Learnt more watching you after 3 months in college and working for plastering company in 2006
@@paintitblackblack9910 I was lucky as my uncle was a spread and I jumped in with him when I left school but as he got busier and needed to expand I had to go to college basically for qualifications and to get a cscs card as he had some big projects on sites I rolled up at 18 yrs old 2 years in the game but I use to help out on a Saturday when I was like 14 and 15 for abit of pocket money,I couldn’t believe my tutor he was fucking wank I don’t know how he got the job fucker couldn’t drive so he couldn’t do onsite visit to pass you off on certain aspects of the trade so you had to do it at the college I couldn’t wait to be gone there was me another lad must of been about 20 in the same boat as me working with his old man as a spread but needed the qualifications and the rest were 16 starting out
#BritishGypsum 'used' to say: "Using dirty water in finish is like using #FairyLiquid in Sand&Cement Render" ... We used to take 'that' with a pinch of salt TOO! 🤠
Kirk,do you not use flexi trowels?.. I'm a bit inexperienced still but I feel like I've never seen you swap over to a flexi? I've been trained to apply material with steel then use flexi to trowel up? Is that just preferences? Cheers mate 👍
I like that sytle of ceiling. My parents how had that pattern in my room and it was great having as smooth ceilings is borinn and you can see all the cracks and parts that arent flat really easily.
We have quite subtle artex that a lot of people hate but I like it for the same reasons. The only ceiling we have that is fully plastered flat is in the kitchen where it looks better with spotlights but as you say little cracks and imperfections do tend to show.
Appreciate the videos big man. We're all aspiring to work hard just like yourself. Could you tell us what trowels you use? I've never noticed what ones you have
