OX SPEEDSKIM review & demo. How to plaster with SPEEDSKIM flexible trowel. Plastering for beginners! 

Hello, fella. I don’t know how you are so polite to people who are so impolite. I’m in the building trade, started off with basic carpentry and kitchen fitting, now I do a lot of different things - plastering being one of them. I might not be able to plaster like a time served master but I can hold my own in what I need to do. I just bought a speedskim and it helped me, I even asked some spreads what they thought and they all agreed it’s a tool to be used and has its place. You keep doing what you are doing, mate. Pay no mind to anyone else.

Good review ; been plastering 30 years ! Yes old school but speedskim definitely has its place

I've had a 900mm one of these for about a year now but hardly used it. Never knew when to bring it in to my method. But I've just dug it out of the garage intending on getting to grips with it. So cheers for the video. It has helped 👍🏻

Man I absolutely love your videos... Your videos where the 1st I watched when learning to plaster and then watched loads of your others over last few years... Been thinking of a speedskim but this video just sold me on 1! Final compliment is I frickin love the way you sign off with tata- cracks me up every time, you seem like a good dude! Appreciate the content 👍🏻

Well I finally ordered an st speedskim and used it for the first time today. I was doing a ceiling over lite artex. I haven't done a ceiling in a long time it's been mainly walls so I was keen to try one. What a great tool it is for flattening out! Saved a lot of time. Highly recommend it. I only had the 600 but likely to get a bigger one at some point.

this is brilliant, thanks for the review. I'm going to get a longer one for the ceiling too. I'm a 'cowboy' too and what I found after spending a few days practising skimming on boards in my backyard is that I can get a finish that's 80-90% as good as a pro, that when painted, a regular person would have no idea it was done by a 'cowboy'.

thank you very much for demonstrating my friend. Ordered one though your Amazon link a few weeks back. I will be trying it out tomorrow. Thanks Again!

Got one from Amazon thanks to this review. Cheers

Cheers for that. Clear presentation.

Great video as always mate thanks for posting 👍

Some handy vids you have made . Cheers Taffy from another Taff .Going to have a go with one I bought ages ago now I know to use it after plaster has gone off a bit on first and second coat ,thanks for posting buddy.

Great video, very helpful thank you 👍🏻

Great video. 👍

Great review I bought a deluxe set today from FFX tools with a discount and sale price around £150 free postage too for the 2x 600mm speed skim a 900mm pole and bracket. Thanks a lot keep up the reviews.

loved the video explained so well compared to the video before where they speed up the video x 20 because they know what they are talking about whereas you have shown reasons for the technique 👍

Nice. I deffo want one now.

Thanks for sharing

works even better if you just pull the blade out a bit and leave it on the handle.gives you more control.great video.cheers.

Excellent demonstration like no other👍 Beginner myself and ordered the exact 600mm Ox semi-flex, having returned a Darby 48 inch from Screwfix >which I realised later not likely suitable for anyone new in the game, and for ceiling boarding not completely flat as a sag in one loft joist >caused by a roof strut incorrectly bearing it's heavy load on it and owner don't want correcting. Hopefully the semi flex will help follow the contours〰, but then maybe not☹

Been DIY plastering for maybe 15 years now. Recently bought the 600 and 1200 speedskims as I’m renovating a house but I’m not a pro. They are brilliant. Bought a refina 18” superflex 2 as well and now all my plastering jobs look good (even by my fussy standards). Just helped a friend save approx £1200 by plastering out some of his house.

nice vid, have used the 600 and just bought a 900. wouldnt have thought to try the blade alone in tight areas. cheers.

Top job 😊

It's a yes from me ... I like it really like it

Fill out them curves in the loft ceiling with bonding 1st pal, then pull a rule on it.

Great video. You are most definitely not a cowboy!

Having looked at reviews for similar products, they mention the advantage of a plastic blade is that it doesn’t draw the moisture out of the plaster and so you can go straight onto the second coat without waiting. Metal blades don’t work the same though, but don’t know why. Plstered a couple or ceilings in my time and it is hard, hard work, particularly when you are doing it alone. Reckon this tool will buy you a bit of time, which is vital. For rank-amateurs like me, it’ll also probably give a better finish as there is a definite technique to getting walls flat. Got some more to do soon and i will defo invest in this, or a similar product from another manufacturer; there are a few out there. Probs also worth having a couple of different sizes, although they’re a tad pricey. Still, getting a plasterer in isn’t exactly cheap, although they work hard for their money to be fair! Good vid Pousey and it sounded like it was tanking down at one point, but your roof seemed to be holding-up well! Wonder how many times you’ve wiped your head across your wet plaster though!?

Genial 👍🏼 espectacular

i got a 90cm one of these as a total newb diy plasterer, ill admit i didnt use it to finish i just used it like a darby when the plaster was quite fresh n wet to get it even and level, then i went back to my marshalltown gold to finish through the rest of the stages

Nice one .

Brilliant

Cracking vid

I have the refina ones. They make a decent amateur look good... or certainly good enough. Not pro good... but when you can’t afford the pro and have a lot to do, these are a great way. I wish I had the thicker blade one too to build out bonding then multi on my wonky Victorian walls though!

Great idea, seen a few full time plasterers who use this product. Did a loft conversion 20 years ago and I did the boarding and plastering myself. Hard work and a young mans game.

I don't normally post replies on YT but had to in this instance, fair play if you think this helps you out, i used a 600 yesterday for the first time and first impressions are its a crap tool for plastering, its basically a straight edge, I've been plastering for 20 yrs and i always butter up the tape first when skimming, scratch coat i always flatten as i go along and the same with laying down second coat which means the wall looks flat and can sit for about 15/20 mins before i flatten it again, so ive been watching a few vids on YT on what way people are using this speedskim , so i scratched wall then edged with speedskim (looked shite after compared to when i use a steel trowel) it dragged the hell out of the angles so therefor leaves them messy, so i layed down with second coat and edged again and it still looked shite also impossible to run keep angles square because it has rounded edges !!, so i have went over this wall four times (2 coats plaster and 2 edgings which to me adds extra work? IMO it has no benefit or speed at skimming walls, its basically a glorified straight edge, ive also ordered the pole and the clamp bit that connects them all together but they will be going back, i have no idea what the metal blades are like and i might just buy one in the future to try out, i have the 18 inch OX flexi trowel for finishing (hard troweling) walls, i use the 16 inch OX semi flex for when walls are starting to tighten up and a 14 inch Marshalltown for putting on, walls look and feel perfect!! A little advice, after flattening your curve by going with it ..never go across it like you did in vid it just defeats the purpose, good job anyway and good luck :)

So with the plastic version you use the side of the blade with ridges? .. Mine has just been delivered wasn't expecting that

Thanks, enjoy your videos a lot. Am going to get one of these, after a bit does the plastic get wear lines/grooves in from the plaster (sand) and then you end up with lines in the finish or does the plastic resist getting grooves in. Hope that makes sense, hope you can let me know.

Great job. 🐵

Use bonding on the curve !!

Which one would you recommend for DIY. I'm renovating my 3bed house. I'm ok with my Marshall town trowel. Ceiling are 8ft high. Was looking into getting just 600 as it's just the one job. Or should I get the 1200 aswel for ceiling. Or go in-between and get 900

I have the bigger version of that, think its 1200mm good bit of kit used it for the first time a month ago. It worked well but I still got a few tiger stripes at the bottom bit, think I did too much trowel at the bottom of a bit of a wall....

Do you think the S/S edged Speedskim would be a better bet? as I recon the non flexible blade would flatten better and not be prone to gliding over bumps and leaving them in, also any dings or small gouges could be filed out. Just guessing. And do know if the different replacement blades are interchangeable and will fit the same grip?

Hiya pal How do i repair a crack say in a normal 4 wall room, were 2 wall, meet and a crack down along were they join? Thanks you vids are making me do all my fuking house up hah Starting plastering this week thanks to your vids pal. Keep it up!

👍👍❤️what type of plaster did you use their is so many your advise please

You want to try using sponge floating as well speedskim and sponge floating have took a lot of wear and tear out of the joints.

Is the SF metal end any good? I bought the metal end 1 hoping to use it for finishing but i only ever see people using the blue plastic end one for finishing

You from Newport?

Oh........Neil!

Do you not have to insulate around purlins and chimney breast in Wales? My building inspector is making me go all around mine. Must be different regs...

Correct me if I'm wrong but it sounded like you had allowed the plaster to pick up before you flattened it? Doesn't the manufacturer state that it should be used immediately after laying on the plaster?

I have taken off my coving so it’s all messy. I need to make good so it’s in line with the ceiling & wall. Would this work for that? Any idea how I can achieve a good finish

Can I replace blades in small ox speed skim

How can pouse around the house do everything.. i wish he was my dad who could teach me

Anyone using these for oil paint and Acrylic paint in an artistic context?

Hi I've speed skim 600mm and I'm getting a line in one corner any idea why Cheers steve

How would you recommend getting rid of artexing through-out a house?

Be careful with what you call a non sponsored video mate, receiving the item free of charge in RU-vids eyes is classed as payment and this video would be considered sponsored, I have literally seen channels be taken down for not declaring this. Also, I have one of these and they are great for smoothing :D

the old school, old boy plasterers are like "we didnt have speedskim in our day" we used to plaster like men!

I like your music

I hate lofts. The awkward little ones are the worst. I always well over quote. Nobody pays you when you are off work with pulled muscles and bad back. well done though.

Holy crap plaster is so much thicker than the drywall mud I use. Looks like you are trying to spread frozen peanut butter LOL

You need new gloves 🧤m8 lol

Should get your beads set up better, should be level,

Mate that skimming is wank 🤣 looks horrible

Love how you diyers call troweling up polishing and by the way if your beads aren’t level take them off and put them on properly. I’d stick to your day job if I was you