I agree your not a plasterer till you can float and set, but you have two solid edges too rule off, so your only following the existing. Not doing a wall from start to finish
@@PlasteringForBeginners your good mate really good and videos are excellent and informative. As a fellow plasterer I wouldn’t know where to start making content
I've been plastering for years, not my main trade but always nice to see a man at the top of his game 💯. I still use my Marshall town steel for my jobs. Just getting into the speedskim. What great tool for cutting time down! Great video thanks for sharing 👍
Hi, love you videos and I have got a lot from them, however I have started to build a sip summer house with OBC board. Do you have any videos that show suitable covering for external finishing and vids on internal finishing both direct onto OBC, I don't know if this is a thing. Thank you for passing on all your knowledge Doug
Hi Blaine. I've been plastering the outside of my house with HP12 base coat. I'm a total novice learning as I go. The issue I'm having is when I rule the cement coat is tearing. I'm I not leaving it long enough or or is it the base coat I'm using. I have a brand new feather edge Ive been using and I've 12mm straps of wood nailed to the wall to keep my cement coat even. Any help would be much appreciated thank you. 👍👍
Good vid as usual mate. There’s zero need to scratch bonding though, it’s designed to be plastered straight over, hard wall obviously does need scratching though
Yeah I know. I just like to float my work and I think it’s good practice for anyone who hasn’t done it before. It’s just habit to be honest now - it’s hard not to do since doing a lot of float and set ha!
Just curious why you use your feather edge upside down?? Flat side up works much better and fits the hand perfectly. Been doing this trade when it was used all day every day give it a try
If you're right handed, you float right to left. Not left to right.... This is because you are tying in the bonding with the existing bonding... Surely every plaster should know this. Skimming is left to right..
Blaine what do you think about using Toupret Interior Filler to skrim whole walls and ceilings? Instead of British Gypsum? Will it work? I bought a load on recommendation but been watching your videos and am having doubts. Have joined your course! Thx for excellent vids
Help… We’ve bought an old house and just found that under the wallpaper we’re removing is hardboard - wooden board with a slightly bobbly textured surface, it was used to cover the insulation. Problem is it wasn’t sealed in any way - they just glued wallpaper on top. Couple of questions I’d really appreciate help with - we don’t have much cash so can’t hire pros! 1) what’s the best way to get the old wallpaper off? Some came off ok, other bits are very stuck. Can we wet it or will that damage the board? 2) what primer should we use before plastering? Or just PVA? Many thanks if anyone can help
Would you be able to do a video of how to keep all the corner straight and clean as that what I struggle the most? Or advised what best way doing it easy method?
Great video series thanks! Before I knew how to plaster I skimmed some our walls with loads of easifiller looking very wobbly. Hoping to properly plaster the other walls now, but what would you recommend for the walls that are basically soft with easifiller? Do I need to scrape back to the originals walls if I wanted to plaster them properly or is the best option going to be lining wallpaper over the easyfill layer? (They are currently painted but looking quite ripply in some lighting!)
Learned lots from that, many thanks. I think now I need to leave my plastering until next winter. All my experience to date is it suddenly sets solid . . . Yes I'll have my big water brush ready next time 😁 P.S. was the ratio 2 water to 1 PVA?
What !!! Bonding is used only on low suction backgrounds, browning is used in high suction backgrounds. And a blind man could do what he's doing. Hes using a straight edge on existing walls to get the wall flat. How about floating a whole wall from scratch. All these so call experts never show that because they are not proper plasterers.
Hi mate , just wanted to thank you for all your time and effort in providing us with such great videos showing us how to plaster and render , because of you , Kirk jonstone and Alex Morley i attempted a ten foot by six foot dog rough wall in my garden , it came out brilliant because of the vast knowledge you guys share with us , and oh my god it is hard graft even on a small wall like mine , thank you so much pal
Yes Blaine as you say floating out is different again, most people do drywall now quick and easy every man and his dog can do it, get the tough coat hardwall bonding going put it on fat and ugly darby it 😁
I’ve noticed certain brands arnt as tacky or fray on ends, old wives tale is to put it in microwave for a minute, not tried it, I run them in with my mix if it won’t stick, it’s a bit of a ball ache but scrim tape’s important to stop cracking
Whenever I float out always put on from right to left no matter how small the area is, been doing it so long seems strange seeing float out same way setting lol
i cut render mesh into strips on stuff like this, scrim is crap nowadays, the amount of doorways i come across that cracked because the scrim has failed, first thing the customer does is blame the previous plasterer, so i use mesh to cover my arse
@@PlasteringForBeginners im working on a timber structure house at the minute, built in the 70s , wood works rubbish, any joints i look at and think yeah thats gonna crack, i just inbed mesh, customers always quick to blame the plasterer, i like an easy life so this was my get out of jail card, works every time,
It drags the wet bonding coat into the skim coat and makes a mess, always wait until your bonding coat is firm enough, just like Blaine’s just showed you
I don’t particularly love it (especially compared to Hardwall). But you need to use it for situations like this because Hardwall is only designed for high suction backgrounds. But yeah…It’s not great ha
Hi Blaine, can you please do a video on lath and plaster? Recently purchased a house with this hideous substance. I don’t know whether to board over, strip back to stud, or skim over the old horse hair stuff. Can it be ‘patched up’?
@@ItsJustRyan89 I’m from Rotherham, if Blaine’s to busy I’d be glad to come n give u advice, always best actually looking at every job, videos only do so much, 👍
@@OGDadAverage cheers mate. Would the asbestos be in the cavity? And do you mean boarding over is easier/cleaner etc than removing all existing and going back to stud? Really appreciate
Very nice job! I've been plastering in the states going on thirty years now. You did a great job.
Great to see your video's again Blaine they are so good 👍
Thanks matey!
I agree your not a plasterer till you can float and set, but you have two solid edges too rule off, so your only following the existing. Not doing a wall from start to finish
Yeah you’re right. I just thought it would be a good video as an introduction to Float and Set Plastering. Ideal for beginners I suppose 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners nothing wrong with video it’s grand and very informative and gives you’ve everything you need to know in principle
Thanks pal. I appreciate that 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners your good mate really good and videos are excellent and informative. As a fellow plasterer I wouldn’t know where to start making content
@@richardaddy1280a camera probably?!!!
I've been plastering for years, not my main trade but always nice to see a man at the top of his game 💯. I still use my Marshall town steel for my jobs. Just getting into the speedskim.
What great tool for cutting time down! Great video thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching mate and you’re correct - the Speedskim is a game changer 👍
Should of took the boards off and board on top 6mm packers to bring it flush.
Good demo of this method though
Yeah that’s another way I suppose. I just prefer to float it out though…but thanks for the suggestion pal 👍
Hi, love you videos and I have got a lot from them, however I have started to build a sip summer house with OBC board. Do you have any videos that show suitable covering for external finishing and vids on internal finishing both direct onto OBC, I don't know if this is a thing.
Thank you for passing on all your knowledge
Doug
Hi Blaine. I've been plastering the outside of my house with HP12 base coat. I'm a total novice learning as I go. The issue I'm having is when I rule the cement coat is tearing. I'm I not leaving it long enough or or is it the base coat I'm using. I have a brand new feather edge Ive been using and I've 12mm straps of wood nailed to the wall to keep my cement coat even. Any help would be much appreciated thank you. 👍👍
Top tip that’s you’ll thank me later, buy a spray bottle instead of using the 4/5/6 inch brush .
It’s just fantastic
do you think the devil float is 100% necessary? I’ve found plaster binds to bonding just as well (over small areas) without it.
Good vid as usual mate. There’s zero need to scratch bonding though, it’s designed to be plastered straight over, hard wall obviously does need scratching though
Yeah I know. I just like to float my work and I think it’s good practice for anyone who hasn’t done it before. It’s just habit to be honest now - it’s hard not to do since doing a lot of float and set ha!
Just curious why you use your feather edge upside down?? Flat side up works much better and fits the hand perfectly. Been doing this trade when it was used all day every day give it a try
If you're right handed, you float right to left.
Not left to right....
This is because you are tying in the bonding with the existing bonding...
Surely every plaster should know this.
Skimming is left to right..
Blaine what do you think about using Toupret Interior Filler to skrim whole walls and ceilings? Instead of British Gypsum? Will it work? I bought a load on recommendation but been watching your videos and am having doubts. Have joined your course! Thx for excellent vids
Help…
We’ve bought an old house and just found that under the wallpaper we’re removing is hardboard - wooden board with a slightly bobbly textured surface, it was used to cover the insulation. Problem is it wasn’t sealed in any way - they just glued wallpaper on top.
Couple of questions I’d really appreciate help with - we don’t have much cash so can’t hire pros!
1) what’s the best way to get the old wallpaper off? Some came off ok, other bits are very stuck. Can we wet it or will that damage the board?
2) what primer should we use before plastering? Or just PVA?
Many thanks if anyone can help
He's back!! 🤩🤘🍻
Ha cheers pal 👍
Not many plasterers about anymore. Just skimmers and think there the bollox. Give em a wall a father edge. ?.
Would you be able to do a video of how to keep all the corner straight and clean as that what I struggle the most? Or advised what best way doing it easy method?
Did he use the same plaster mix for the 2nd coat? It looks smoother than the first
Staple yoir Skrims bud stops them pulling off wall.😊
I like that 👍
should have put the scrim on after bonding
Great video series thanks! Before I knew how to plaster I skimmed some our walls with loads of easifiller looking very wobbly. Hoping to properly plaster the other walls now, but what would you recommend for the walls that are basically soft with easifiller? Do I need to scrape back to the originals walls if I wanted to plaster them properly or is the best option going to be lining wallpaper over the easyfill layer? (They are currently painted but looking quite ripply in some lighting!)
Learned lots from that, many thanks. I think now I need to leave my plastering until next winter. All my experience to date is it suddenly sets solid . . . Yes I'll have my big water brush ready next time 😁
P.S. was the ratio 2 water to 1 PVA?
What !!! Bonding is used only on low suction backgrounds, browning is used in high suction backgrounds. And a blind man could do what he's doing. Hes using a straight edge on existing walls to get the wall flat. How about floating a whole wall from scratch. All these so call experts never show that because they are not proper plasterers.
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Hi mate , just wanted to thank you for all your time and effort in providing us with such great videos showing us how to plaster and render , because of you , Kirk jonstone and Alex Morley i attempted a ten foot by six foot dog rough wall in my garden , it came out brilliant because of the vast knowledge you guys share with us , and oh my god it is hard graft even on a small wall like mine , thank you so much pal
Yes Blaine as you say floating out is different again, most people do drywall now quick and easy every man and his dog can do it, get the tough coat hardwall bonding going put it on fat and ugly darby it 😁
What happened to your videos? Hope you’re good
Customer would be told to bell up the joiner
Hola que tipo de yeso es ese? Es que aquí en Cádiz, Andalucía (España) no lo veo.
Hi Blaine, do we usually do one coat bonding, 2 coats skimming and 2 finish trowels?
Hi Blaine i see you use a brush with pva i always use a roller
roller for flat smooth walls, brush for wall with crevices and awkward bits
Roller doesn’t get in angles right or behind pipes
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Hello, no need primer on the plasterboard before plastering ?
Thanks for the vid
No plasterboard is a low suction background and never needs priming
@@anthonypeirson4015 unless it's an old plasterboard then it does need priming
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@@anthonypeirson4015unless it’s been up for a while.!
Did you use PVA on the normal wall as well?
Don't hold your breath. Look elsewhere for answers, this guy doesn't respond past the video release...algorithm boost I guess.
Great video, has scrim tape got less adhesion these days?
No it’s good mate. It just has a tendency to pull back when ruling against it 👍
I’ve noticed certain brands arnt as tacky or fray on ends, old wives tale is to put it in microwave for a minute, not tried it, I run them in with my mix if it won’t stick, it’s a bit of a ball ache but scrim tape’s important to stop cracking
Whenever I float out always put on from right to left no matter how small the area is, been doing it so long seems strange seeing float out same way setting lol
Haha yeah I see what you mean. It’s that middle ground between Plastering and Rendering 😂
Your are the plasterer master, but my god is SBR ❤️
Haha fair play mate!
i cut render mesh into strips on stuff like this, scrim is crap nowadays, the amount of doorways i come across that cracked because the scrim has failed, first thing the customer does is blame the previous plasterer, so i use mesh to cover my arse
You know what that’s a good tip to be fair. It’s definitely a good way to cover yourself mate. I like that 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners im working on a timber structure house at the minute, built in the 70s , wood works rubbish, any joints i look at and think yeah thats gonna crack, i just inbed mesh, customers always quick to blame the plasterer, i like an easy life so this was my get out of jail card, works every time,
I like it 👍
What if not wait for bonding dry and put multi Finish on wet bonfing
It drags the wet bonding coat into the skim coat and makes a mess, always wait until your bonding coat is firm enough, just like Blaine’s just showed you
The Bonding slides underneath the top coat and you get a slimy effect…not good and very hard to correct when it starts
I hate bonding. Horrible to rule and ruins your buckets if you don’t get it on and washed off quickly
Only two sorts of plaster. Bonding and multi Finnish.
@@spks-nj7klboard finish? Fast set finish?
I don’t particularly love it (especially compared to Hardwall). But you need to use it for situations like this because Hardwall is only designed for high suction backgrounds. But yeah…It’s not great ha
@@PlasteringForBeginners yeah I agree bud. Good video, keep up the good work 👍
Cheers mate
Hi Blaine, can you please do a video on lath and plaster? Recently purchased a house with this hideous substance. I don’t know whether to board over, strip back to stud, or skim over the old horse hair stuff.
Can it be ‘patched up’?
I’ll look into it pal - I’ll film it if it comes up!
@@PlasteringForBeginners thank you. I know it’s not a cut and dry situation. Feel free to come to Doncaster and film it here! Haha
@@ItsJustRyan89 I’m from Rotherham, if Blaine’s to busy I’d be glad to come n give u advice, always best actually looking at every job, videos only do so much, 👍
Check for asbestos first then you can either go back to stud over overboard , I usually overboard as it's easy and alot cleaner
@@OGDadAverage cheers mate. Would the asbestos be in the cavity?
And do you mean boarding over is easier/cleaner etc than removing all existing and going back to stud?
Really appreciate
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Quite fick????😂
when you catch the tape i felt your pain
Ha it’s a killer 😂
Indeed!😮😢
Can you put bonding with a roller
U can put pva on with a roller, many plasterers call pva ing “ bonding
Not tried it to be fair. But you won’t get thicknesses like this so I wouldn’t recommend it mate
@@PlasteringForBeginners ok thank you.
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