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.
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
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
top work mate.. .. the hallmark of a true master is when he makes his craft look easy...
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!
Kirk, your professional craftsmanship is both fascinating and informative. Love your sense of humor! 👍
Always satisfying to see a proper craftsman work his magic. Kudos!
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
I went on one of those corses but learnt more watching this channel
Top bloke. Know he would be a joy to work with. If I was 18 again he would be getting emails every day to get in the van.
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 👍🏻
I love plastering, lost a ceiling the other day and was gutted.
Wonderful to see a master at work.
If you don't mind me asking, what do you do if you lose an area that's being plastered (I've a feeling this would be relevant in my future!) ?
@@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.
Hi Kirk
Why don't you use a Speedskim to flatten it? Just asking for a friend.
I usually do on these but just thought I'd show a different way for a change
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
Brilliant explanation and great video representation. Keep the content coming. 👍
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
3 months should do it with plastering ! It’s probably the easiest trade to learn! Having said that he’l still be learning on the job for years to come
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 😆
You never fail to make really great videos, Kirk. Thank you 😊👍🏴
Always enjoy your comment my friend
Kirk I really enjoy watching your videos. You are very entertaining as well as educational. thank you very much. Rick from canada.
Glad you like them!
Very well explained kirk. Nice work 👍🇮🇪
I’ve actually need to do this but not confident enough just yet
Thank you for the video Kirk interesting!!
That was my dad top rules when reskim over ARTEX always let that 1st coat set 👍👍
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
"Didn't know I wqs posh" that line killed me lol
Brilliant job as always Kirk 👍
Kirk your such a Good Hand
Don’t suppose you fancy a few days in Lincolnshire 🤔🤔 love the videos
Just use bonding!😂then 2 tight coats of multifnish (same mix) finish/close with rafina plaziflex
🤣 no way
Lovely job...well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
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 👍
Most of the lime paint was distemper. Awful stuff as you mention it causes so many problems for all trades.
"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'm just wearing in other trowels, they are all the same 14 x 4 carbon Steels
Just some have wooden handles mate
@Onthetrowel Cheers Kirk
Look forward to the next video
"Top Man"
@Onthetrowel carbon steel m8? So no stainless steel?
Lovely old job
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
Majority of tutors were shit on the tools themselves that’s why they don’t care
@@Lemonsqueezer-e2l That's why i Gave up as he had me rendering a wall and not checking my work ,so i never got a trade when I came out of the Army
@@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
Super vid, love from New Zealand
love you videos. what sort of money is that?
must be a gap in the market for a modular decking system that breaks down and fits into a small van. hopping up and down for cielings is paaainfull!
Lovely job as always!
Thank you! Cheers!
#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! 🤠
I do both 🤠
Lovely birra work
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 👍
Hey mate, you'll get a much better job if you don't use them.
They get the wall smooth but it won't be flat unfortunately mate
@Onthetrowel Thanks for the reply mate 👍 I'll take the advice,your work is immaculate.
Cracking advice and howto, what's the shelf life of your pink gear?
12 months mate
Once opened keep in the fridge and consume within 5 days.
@@Onthetrowel Cheers mate, that's pretty decent
@@semprelazio8864 Haha, before or after meds
@@bikerchrisukksame time. Always
You ever tried stilts?
Board finish on top of SBR 🤔! + dirty water 🤔
You saw it here first
When you say the plaster bleeds through. Do you mean actually through the top coat of paint?
The shape of the pattern mate
@@Onthetrowel yes sorry I meant does the shape of the pattern bleed through the top coat of paint. That's what I meant to say. 🤣
Cheers Kirk
Exactly what we do here in the Midlands fine finish plastering nice job Kirk 👍
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.
That's nice.....😂😊🇦🇺
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
And what hawk you use
Hey mate, standard hawk, 14 x 4 carbon steel marshalltown 🙂
@@Onthetrowelas a sparky you have saved me a small fortune, love the videos. Take a bit go in neat! Pint in Wales for you anytime
@Onthetrowel cheers big ears 👍
Keep on keeping it real big man
Hey kirk u good mate love the vid mate
Cheers my old friend, I'm OK thankyou, always better to see a comment from yourself 🙂👍
@Onthetrowel cheers mate keep going much love to you and yours
Need some new clogs fella 😂
Hey Kirk do you not wear a mask or gloves lad
My bank robbing days are in the past now mate
@@Onthetrowel 😂😂😂
1:41. Refina water bucket ya flash git 😂😂 glad to see ya still flying in October always a slow month with Christmas coming.
When ya next live mucka 👍
Cheers mate...
I'll be on soon 🙂👍
God dam I’m quick
Like lightning 🔥👌
@@Onthetrowel your videos are mint mate
Glad you enjoy them mate
First one again