You Can Skim a Wall | DIY Plastering
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2023
- The Ultimate Plastering Tutorial.
I genuinely want to help you to learn to plaster, watch this video, and others to fully understand. We were all beginners once.
Plastering is a skill you can learn by watching others and practicing yourself.
I really hope you enjoy it.
I'm doing my best to make content that can genuinely help you, it's took me 20+ years to master my craft and I want to help others as much as I can.
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*I have genuinely been overwhelmed with the support that I have received so I just wanted to let you all know, every penny will go towards buying a better camera and microphone so that I can improve the quality of these videos for you.
thank you so so much.
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You should really consider tutoring at a college for your retirement years mate….this knowledge is priceless….. I’ve done a quick course on skimming and it was helpful to go with my profession as a decorator….. but if I were to go full time plastering this stuff really helps, keep up the good work buddy and keep banging these vids out !! Cheers Jon
I'll tell you what, in the next future, the machines will do this job, only the pheasants will do this beautiful technique, the robots will do harder jobs and we'll be 6months /year in holiday...hopefully 😊
Superb tutorial mate. People like you make the world a better place lad, be sure of that.
Make it look so easy! 🥵
Tried my first wall today, started off getting the mix too wet so it was sliding off the Hawk. Not sure if that was because I put too much water spray on the Hawk first or if the mix was just too wet. I guess I was scared of it going off too quick if it was a thicker mix. I was plastering over a wall that had had chucks out of it, mixture of old plaster, bonding of some sort and maybe cement. Found it all really hard and messy! Little chucks of old wall finding it's way onto the trowel. I was also struggling to see the best way to get it off the board onto the trowel!. Beginners error after watching your video. Maybe I never attempted to use the board to do that because the mix was too wet!?
So many skills involved in this job while the clock is ticking. Big respect to you guys who make this look easy!
Thanks Mate .I'm watching and learning.
Excellent tutorial
Been decorating an skimming for years and now entering the plastering world I realise that this job requires a lot of skill! You make this job look easy fella! Notes taken and tomorrow Il put this to the test. Thanks for uploading
Kirk, I've got to be honest, mate. I've favourited this video and I come back to watch it about once a week. I'm still doing my level 2 nvq, and I'm learning everything I can from the tutor at my course and yourself. I WILL be a plasterer!
Thank you so much for this video, I'm sitting here now absolutely covered in Plaster almost in tears because it all went wrong. After watching this video twice, I have done another wall and it is so much better, I just need to do the first wall again. My god I should have hired a plasterer! You and your colleagues are amazing and deserve all the credit and money in the world. I will now buy you a 🍺 thank you so much.
You're very welcome!
Great video mate,and your a great teacher,fair play to you,thank u,best plastering channel for me
Aye Kirk over the last 6 months or so I’ve been watching you and a couple of others but you keep it fun… just had my kitchen/back room skimmed by the best plasterer I’ve used over the years and you give me the know how to have a go at some of my room on a house I’m doing up while i run my handyman business over in York. Nice one mate love it!
Excellent - love the tips and hints. Thanks for taking the time to make all your videos.
Absolute brilliant video, big thank you watched twice and bingo plastered a wall really easily for the first time WOW 😂👍 thank you
Absolutely love these videos
I’m not even a plaster and addicted to your personality so helpful
Thanks Kirk, love the video’s and banter. Keep up the good work
You’re a legend 👊🙏👌 thank you again for all your help keep up the good work really enjoy your content and help
Some really good tips that I've not seen on any other plastering channels...and just what I needed..thank
Did my first bit of plastering today, absolutely loved it, did a decent job too using your videos as the only bit of tutoring. Made a proper mess of the floor. But as a bricky im used to doing that. Really enjoyed the whole process though, cant wait to do more
Lovely job I can watch you all day bean Plasterering from 1977 but love watching you
Cheers John, people say it's relaxing watching plastering but you and I both know it's not relaxing doing it mate 🤣
Very useful vid for the complete novice, nice to have all the bases covered in the one vid rather than having to trawl through loads of separate vids trying to find answers to all your questions. Thanks for making the effort to revisit and improve upon your earlier uploads. Subscribed.
Jesus I'm a tool, I'm already subscribed...😁
Love “like angel delight”.
Good video
I love the accent. Thank you.
Thanks for the content Kirk, giving me hope for when my house purchase goes through!
Did my first room following your tips,instead of a wet brush I used a water spray bottle ,also used a speed skimmer,which took a little getting used to .My walls are smooth and plaster drying out ,I’m pleased with my first attempt so cheers your vids are so helpful!
did you do it wall after wall or plastered the entire room in one go ?
wicked video at last a spot on video thank you
Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. Good luck to you building your channel 🍻
Much appreciated!
Another excellent video, thanks Kirk! Bought you a beer yesterday, you deserve it! My new favourite channel on UA-cam. I look forward to sitting down and learning and enjoying it. Always looking forward to the next one! Keep up the good work mate! BTW I'm left handed and have only just realised it DOES make a difference which side you start at. I just kept starting on the left, then tried starting at right the other day and it made all the difference.....
Yes mate, I got it so thankyou so much sir. Glad you're enjoying the channel, I genuinely enjoy this little community we are building up here 😀
Cheers again Chris... legend
Love this bloke
“I don’t plaster this fast in real life” bro thinks people behind UA-cam aren’t real 😅
Learnt so much from you bro. Keep it ❤
Cheers Kirk, Hope it wets the whistle 🍺. Good content and easy to watch. The bonus tips and tricks of the trade are awesome 👍
Glad you enjoyed itand thank you so so much mate
Top man
Cheers
Another great video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it paul
I love your videos .
Great tutorial 👌
Thanks for the good knowledge mate 👍
Ni problem Ash, cheers mate 👍
There you go budd got you a nice cold beer 🍺🍺 enjoy mate and keep the videos coming
All the best
Liam
plasterer
south wales 🏴 🏴
Liam, you sir are a gentleman.
Cheers
Best plastering channel I've come across :D, helped a mate do a room recently and really enjoyed learning, just hard too learn when I only do it twice a year maybe 🤣
Cheers for the nice comment
Great stuff 👍👍
Great vid people will definitely learn from u in this vid proper old school aswell no speedskims or flexis
Brilliant channel , top man
Loving this channel mate
Appreciate you being here with us mate
Top man, another cracking video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi again Kirk,
Great stuff. As an instructional video this is a 10/10 👍 With the channel as a whole I feel like I've found a new show to watch and look fwd to each new episode 😁 I'll defo put a couple of beers your way when I'm a bit more flush, am completely skint the now 🍻 All the best mate.
Thanks for the lovely comment. Listen mate, you just stay on my channel, that is enough support for me. It's when I read comments like this that I'm glad I'm doing the videos.
Appreciate you mate, thank-you
@@Onthetrowel Nah man, plastering and pints go together like chips n cheese 😁 I'll be shouting you a cpl of jars defo 👍 Lookin fwd to next episode already mate.
Loving your dedication Kirk. So grateful for you sharing your knowledge. I will buy you a beer/coffee on your page when I get paid in Feb!
Don't even worry about a beer, I want to buy you one Marcus. You give some of the most engaging comments on my channel mate. I'm just grateful your here pal 🙏👍👍
From a real Abdul ..... Trowel ..... Hawk n Spotboard. Remember my Dad calling trowel a float sometimes, cos of hand mixing sand n cement (with Fairy liq) and 'floating on'. Grew up in Dagenham but my Dad had houses in Liverpool, every school holidays would be doing labouring and learning from pros ..... Nice bottles of 'steri' milk and the best hopper ever invented ..... The trusted milk crate . Keep up the good work .... I want to come n give ya whisk a quick run in clean water tho ..... You make the job look easy .... Sign of a professional 😅
Lovely old job Kirk💥💥💥
Cheers Andy mate
super job spread
Just watched it all. Amazing again Kirk! I have some questions if that's okay:
1. How long after laying on did you flatten in that first coat?
2. During the second coat I noticed you deliberately squished a dent into the plaster then filled over it. What was that for?
Other than that, amazing stuff yet again. I laughed at the chicken's foot comment, and the banging Attenborough impression!
Oh, and just some ideas for future vids, again, if that's okay:
- A video focused on just the wet trowel, or rather from when you first ever use water on the plaster during a set; up close touch tests, what to do if one area of the wall is too wet while the rest isn't, etc.
- A video focused on amounts on your trowel for certain areas of the wall, i.e. near the adjoining walls, then for full sweeps up and down the wall, side views of the plaster on the wall to see around about the thickness required, as visually this is better than, "3mm thick, "now 2mm thick".
Once more, thank you so much mate. Some beers coming your way once I'm paid!
Love your comments Marcus.
I'm busy but wanted to quickly reply.
1. You can do this straight away.
2. Was a little crumb of set plaster. (Possibly from the handle on the bucket) they scrape up the wall so you can either pick them out or just crush them like I did 👌🙂
Well spotted
@@Onthetrowel thanks Kirk! Great answers!
Hope my video ideas aren’t cheeky! 🤣
i;m starting to like this guy and channel
Cheers mate
Top tip for DIYer, buy a 1 meter speed skim edge, it will fix the distatser that will be your first time throwing on
“Looks like you’ve put it on with a chickens foot!” Funny as! Video editing is spot on Kirk. Looking & sounding very professional now mate. Top video as always. These vids are gold. 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks Gary, always enjoy reading your comments maye
Mate
Thanks
Great vid
Cheers rulsey
Hello again mate. Thanks for another great video.
How about you put together a video / demo / lesson on different types of backgrounds / high to medium to low suction rates. What to use how to prep
Etc?
This would come in handy!
Great suggestion! Cheers Andy
The Ragni twitchers are brilliant mate. I know you don't need one but they don't dig in like the old Marshalltown ones. I use them to finish the angle sometimes instead of a tool brush. Good video and you're really making me want to go back to using a carbon steel. It's been years since I used one.
My mate swears by the ragni, get a Carbon mate, go old school like me 😉
@@Onthetrowel has a 16 x 4 marshalltown inch for years but I'd only use it for flattering and trowelling up. My boss at that time made me spread with a 13 x 5 inch Marshalltown for some reason. That was his way then it broke and I never got another but I think I'm gunna get one at the weekend. I miss it after watching your videos. We're a strange breed aren't we ha. 10pm and I'm thinking about trowels.
@J Hughes just put a new video out mate, hope you like it 😉😀
@@Onthetrowel I'm currently watching. Not sure if you remember but a few weeks back I left a comment on a video saying if you carry on with similar content you'll be one of the best on UA-cam and it certainly seems you're heading that way. You've got quite a big loyal following already. Enjoy the videos pal 👍🏻
@J Hughes yes mate u remember. I'm keeping an eye on all the ones that have been with me from the start so thankyou mate. And thanks for the nice comments
Really appreciate your vids. A few q's.
1. What's your opinion on using spatula/speedskim for flattening?
2. Can you recommend trowel sizes for a DIY'er?
3. Tips on angle/pressure whilst laying Vs flattening Vs polishing (perhaps an idea for a vid?)
Thanks man
Hey Zephyr let's see
1. Beginners can use a speedskim if they can afford the outlay, stay away for spatulas until your better as they can cause issues if you don't know when to use them.
2. Just go for a 14" marshalltown
3. You will feel the difference if you are scraping it and you will see how much your taking off. You can't really teach exactly how much pressure as you will just know. Just the same as you know how tight to squeeze someone's hand when you shake hands
Thanks big man. Looking forward to more vids.
Hi Mate! Just wanted to say fantastic work that you're putting into your channel! I've already learnt so much about different products to use and what wall preparation method to use. When looking for advice out there you always get told leave it to the professionals which I know is true for most cases but videos like yours gives a DIY'er the confidence to try skim that one or two walls that you can't afford to fork out for at the time. I'm sure silly question but have you done any silicone rendering like K-Rend? Would be great to see a run through of the process! Sending some beers your way for sure!
Thank you so much mate. Sure I've got a krend job coming up so a video will follow shortly pal
hi. love the vids. I'm a complete novice. need to know if when it comes to the polish, do you use a dry trowel or wet the trowel first? Thanks in advance.
Hi Kirk
Love your videos.we have a ceiling with a horrible pattern like in this property and want to bring it back to a flat finish.do you have any videos on how to tackle this type of job?
Or just use the same principles?
You fucking legend mate!!!!! 👊👊👊
Fantastic video.
Which part of the trowel did you use for under the plug socket? I didn't catch it on the vid. I always struggle on the smaller areas with restricted access and a large trowel.
I use the toe of the trowel mate, my trowel is carbon steel so the toe is nice and flat
Wet angles are best - I sometimes used a Twitcher, but doing big jobs (Site work) where you would put on a whole RAKE of finish at a time, I only needed a cross-grain float and a sensitive fore-finger .. You'd never know the difference - But Soooo much quicker 🙂
Yes mate 100%
What's a twitcher
@@JayG2K corner trowel mate
@@JayG2K ..... A Twitcher is the Internal angle trowel - A slipper is the External angle trowel .... They used to be wooden - Now all aluminium ...
Never gonna attempt this but I watched it through anyway. Us guys need to know how stuff gets done for some reason.
excellent video kirk ! what scrim tape do you recommend ? for around the edges of your plasterboard
Any really mate. The pink and orange stuff is thicker so takes mire plaster to cover.
@@Onthetrowel thank you
Brilliant videos Kirk. You make it easy to understand. I’m not sure I would get the same results but I live in a two hundred year old house and the outside walls are stone/slate and muck and the interior are lathe and plaster, so if they are not perfect I wouldn’t mind. Some of the walls have been artexed. I think they all need plastering. Would I still use multi finish or do I need to do something else. The thing I worry about is everyone tells me that stone walls need to be able to breath. Many thanks. Pint bought. Cheers 🍺
Thanks Barry, is the house a listed building mate?
@@Onthetrowel Kirk. We are in a conservation area so we can’t drastically change the outside appearance, but we can do what we like to the inside. In fact our house was originally two one up and one down houses which were joined and then had either an extension put on the back a long long time ago as it looks a similar age or it was a back to back type thing, which would be unusual as we live in cornwall.
@Barry Nevill OK so genuinely I wouldn't put any gypsum based materials in your home, originally it would of been a lime plaster that was used and the house will have been built with that in mind.
Lime is actually easier to use than the standard plaster we have now.
So in a nutshell what I'm trying to say is... stick with lime, it will be better for the building and it will be easier for you to work with aswell.
I would highly recommend that you use this company because they know their stuff and will tell you the best products to use for whatever you want to do and you will have the peace of mind that it is breathable and won't get damp
www.lime.org.uk/
@@Onthetrowel Kirk. Many thanks for the advice. I would assume that the technique of applying the lime plaster is similar to how you do it in your videos?
@Barry Nevill yes mate, exactly the same techniques but slightly different process, they will tell you exactly what to do with each product but if you get stuck then come back to me in the comments Barry or email me. My email is in the description of the channel 😀👍👍
When you over skim your ceilings and walls. Do you use neat SBR or do you water it down ? Iv always used grit but you don't half use alot more gear. Wanting to try your method. Cheers
Just use it neat mate
Just come across your channel. Love what ive seen so far.
You got any advice on courses. Are they worth it?
Never done plastering before in me life so just wanna upskill even if its just to get a bit of practical experience. Wanna try and do the same with tiling, plumbing etc.
Any feedback id appreciate. Cheers.
You make it all look and sound so easy. Until I give it a go and end up wearing half a bag of multi finish and chiselling it off the floor with a shovel 😅
Exactly
Whats your view on the speed scim and flexi trowels range captin
Hi mate, good video. When and if using a speedskim, when would you recommend in this video to use it? Cheers
It don’t look like u got a reply so here’s what I do and it works for me speedskim just after uve laid the first coat on ( the flatter the wall for the second coat the better) and repeat it again after uve laid the second coat as well it flattens in large areas far quicker than with the trowel so buys u time then when it picks up a little u go back to the trowel and carry on as Kirk did u don’t use the speedskims again on that set it’s all trowel work hope that helps
@@user-fq4qk9wz5k cheers for that
Hi do you pva the wall before hand..? Also have you done a video on surface prep..?
That was a beautiful finish. How long would that wall take for a beginner? Plus in the tool description you didn’t include the drill and the mixer. That drill must cost a few Bob.
43 years a spread and never heard the chickens foot before 😂. Have you ever used a scoop to get the gear out of the bucket instead of bucket trowel? Great for when on stilts. Not used a spot board for years.
Yes I have, had a refina one but gave it away to another plasterer as my lad kept not washing it off properly and it started to piss me off 😂
Thank you so much mate, you're basically providing an opportunity for us to repair our house, which we would still be unable to do, if I had to seek out a professional as we live in a remote area, and its just very hard getting guys up here. If you're reading these comments by any chance I was wondering If I could ask something.. So, if I have a very old wall, that is fairly structurally sound, but has a finish coat and a (this is it) very old layer of paint that I cannot fully clean of the wall ( I mean as much as I scrub and scratch with the trowel more dust just keeps comin off) would I be able to seal it properly with a deep penetrating bond enough, in order to apply a new finishing coat of gypsum plaster ? Do I have to use either a net or a glass fiber sheet to make sure it sticks properly or is there no chance at all for this to work?
Thank you regardless, and hope you're doing well!
Use stabilising solution to stop it from dusting.
Then seal with SBR
the mesh is more to stop cracks rather than to help it stick.
Hope this helps mate
@@Onthetrowel It does mate, thanks a lot I appreciate you!
Hi previous video said the second coat consistancy should thinner that the first coat..? Wouldn't this weaken the plaster is this correct or is it the same mix ratio and consistency or is slightly sloppier better..?
Can I use the same method with a lime based plaster, like the seciltek? My house is an old build and I have been discourage from using a gypsum based product, like the multifinish, over the original lime.
What size carbon are using Kirk ? And where did you get it from? Hope you don’t mind me asking. I use the permashape carbon brilliant trowel .
14" x 4" I just order trowels online mate, just check it's straight
I think my very first video was when I got this trowel a couple months ago
Keep these videos coming pal ! Great content
@1892 trowel appreciate it thankyou 👌👌👌
Can you do a closeup of how you take the plaster off the hawk?
Do you also do different things than just skimming. Like proper plastering uneven walls multiple cm off or worse
i was wondering if you could help. I'm skimming over existing finished walls using multifinih plaster. I have PVA's the walls before and allowed to dry using 2 coats. just before plastering i apply another coat of pva and then start skimming when the pva is tacky but still wet. i still find that the skim dries out too fast. i had to put another coat of pva on the skim after flattening the 1st coat. as it was too dry and would result in crazing. I notice you mentioned you sued SRB in your vide. is there a separate video for wall preparation or what ratio of SRB do you use? thanks
Just paint it on neat with a roller and let it completely dry. Also check out this video ua-cam.com/video/9fiKr4rkuD4/v-deo.html
Was that mould on the wall kirk? Would of thought they would sort that issue out before fresh plaster or that will be full of mould aswell man... .
@On the trowel I'm just starting out a home DIY project of skimming walls. Skimmed yesterday and was pleased with the result. Woke up this morning and the plaster had blown all over. I scrapped it off and started again. The plaster came off like Easter egg chocolate. What is the normal cause of this?
I used a PVA mix (I know you like SBR) first so I thought that would have been ok. However I noticed this morning that my PVA is 2 years out of date. Could this have caused the blown plaster?
Or is is possible that the previous paint on the walls was of poor quality as it looked like the plaster has puller that off too and the walls were back to the previous colour we had.
Slightly disappointed but I've done it again and so far seems better. (Got some new PVA as well)
Any tips / advice appreciated.
The plaster that came off, did it have the paint stuck to the plaster. Like when you picked a piece up off the floor was it still stuck to paint?
@@Onthetrowel Yes! It was contract matt we white washed the lounge in 2 years ago. The worst paint I've ever used. Chalky and doesn't like getting wet.
@@Onthetrowel I've been doing some research on 'chalky/powdery' paint and methods for preparing the walls for skimming. How would you tackle walls that have been painted with cheap chalk paint?
SBR stronger mix
sand down as best you can
score the walls
I have one wall that is becoming a nightmare with the new plaster blowing and I'm feeling like the wall hates me 🤣🤣
Like most of these vids this guys showing us that HE can skim a wall.
I've got a special little video coming soon, I think you will like it
@@Onthetrowel From one spread to another, theres no substitute for learning on site.
Just a quick question please if ok, i just plastered an old wall and after the 1st coat noticed a couple of bubbles, thought it would be grit or dirt turned out all the plastered wall i plastered all of it came off as the plaster was stuck to paint and paint was peeling off with plaster lol 😂 wasted 2 hours ouch.... Any idea of way around this? Have done several walls no issues but the landing ones seem the same colour paint so a little concerning
Question Edges ??Outer edges whats the best way please ?
Get a ragni corner trowel guys ;-)
They are nice bit of kit if you like to use them
Hi
What trowel you using and what size please
Thanks
A young lad on site going to college is being taught not to swoop. I presume that means the window wiper method ? Cheers
Everyone has a different way of teaching and a different way of learning. All I'd say is to listen to the guy that's teaching him. Sure he can learn from ne but the other guy is there every day so it will be better to learn his way first.
Once you can skim confidently then you can change techniques and do whatever feels more comfortable or more importantly whatever is more efficient.
Best of luck to him mate 👍👍
Hi mate. Great content. I have a wall that has crack lines in it, (it's the outside wall with the window), and I need to skim the wall but a large section has broken off. The rest is strong though. My question is, can I use the multi finish plaster to fill in the large section that's broken off before I skim the wall. And then skim the whole thing the next day?
Cheers.
Hi m8 can u sbr old plasterboards ?
Yes mate but it's a bit extreme for the situation.
Pva 1 part to 3 parts water should do the trick on old boards
@@Onthetrowel thanks m8
Kirk are we doing the ceiling it needs doing just asking 👻
Im a Bricklayer and i have only known it to be called a hawk
It just looks so simple, then I try it, and it's insanely difficult and a mess.
What is a hand board 😳
A hawk apparently
I notice you don’t use flexiz
I'm In Liverpool need u to ares
Feel free to email me your contact details mate.
Check the channel description
Its not the plastering thats the problem ,its getting the work in is the problem ?
I can help you with that. There's a link in my channel description mate
No need for sbr here?
Looks hard to get a good finish.
80%of people's are wrong.😉
I'm with you Ian 👌
@@Onthetrowel Kirk, did you used to be on the Plasterers Forum?
Nah it's definitely a Tony 😁
We all call it a hand board up north 😬
@@ianturner8459 yes mate years ago. I wrote a load of the guides on there. Would love for Danny to get in touch
is there OnlyFans versions of these videos. Asking for a friend yeah
Depends how much money your friend has got 🤣
@@Onthetrowel 🤣