What you say about the speed is really useful. I've done a couple of small rooms and after watching you now understand how important that is. Thank you for being so clear in your instructions. Great videos.
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!
I can remember my first celling a big living room over artex and I was like you were what a bad day that was flying around toweling like a mad man it nearly caught me out 😂😂
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
@@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.
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
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 👍🏻
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.
These videos are great, I've been patching plaster around windows I've fitted and where repairs are needed for forty years but never done a whole ceiling area with satisfaction. In an old cottage with a wonky ceiling is it possible to get a smooth plaster finish that is not flat?
when skimming over artex i will always add few handfuls of bonding to the multi-finish to it give the base coat more body and get over the artex. Then second coat as normal. Adding the bonding doesn't cause any problems with the second coat.
Jolly good. I do over artex all the time and never had a failure. My method is to scrape all the high spots off, 50/50 PVA mix 2 coats. 1st coat is a zombie mix followed by 2nd coat pure multi. I haven’t tried sbr yet tho.
i did 4 week course then did my sister’s in wales over a couple of weeks. by the end of that i was not bad.. still a bit thin in places but by the end of that there wasn’t any mess. i find i have to water bottle spray it. was taught to flick a brush of water but was too messy 😊 obviously not fast enough yet ….. 🙄
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
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
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
"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 ?
Fantastic job and well done for the advice so well presented. Just one irritating thing is there’s just too many adverts which spoilt the presentation.
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.
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 👍
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 👍
Hi kirk,since watching your vid ive converted to sbr,i havent tried the pink sbr yet thought. One thing i am struggleing with is when the sbr is completlry dry im getting slippage on the plaster,have you ever come across this,thanks mate,love the vids
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
Trouble is and it’s something I’ve experienced plaster very easily gums up modular systems, plaster is the enemy of anything that fits together tightly.
I met a Japanese plasterer once he only used a 6 inch broad knife never dropped paster virtually no need to sand his finishes were so good plus he was fast and like any good plasterer liked a beer after work.
#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! 🤠
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
you should sell some t shirts, go buy the thistle not the wistle, i told one of my coustemrs that last week after he said i finished early, he was shell shocked. ha ha.
We were the first to use gypbond 30 years ago they paid us five quid a metre as they didn’t know what it was .Best 2 weeks money ever made on site until they got wind it was just PVA with grit added 😂
What you say about the speed is really useful. I've done a couple of small rooms and after watching you now understand how important that is. Thank you for being so clear in your instructions. Great videos.
top work mate.. .. the hallmark of a true master is when he makes his craft look easy...
I watched your previous videos on plastering and did a fairly good job on my first attempt. God bless your soul
I’ll never attempt to plaster myself, but it’s so therapeutic watching a skilled tradesmen at work ❤
'Take a little bit, and go in neat' made such an improvement to my edges.
Really appreciate the info mate. I'm only a diy'er but learned alot from you. Your great to listen to.
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!
I can remember my first celling a big living room over artex and I was like you were what a bad day that was flying around toweling like a mad man it nearly caught me out 😂😂
so generous you telling us all this .. helps me and i’ve been doing it 7 years.. great watching these.. ❤
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!
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
That texture, with the SBR in the lighting at 1:19 looks pretty badass
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.
@@warrenberring8085 run😅
Another great and applicable instructional video, loaded with great insights and tips. Hail the Tony Bellew of plastering 🥊
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
You never fail to make really great videos, Kirk. Thank you 😊👍🏴
Always enjoy your comment my friend
Your videos are amazing mate. I’ve learned so much from you. Keep them coming. Good work
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 went on one of those corses but learnt more watching this channel
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.
These videos are great, I've been patching plaster around windows I've fitted and where repairs are needed for forty years but never done a whole ceiling area with satisfaction. In an old cottage with a wonky ceiling is it possible to get a smooth plaster finish that is not flat?
Great video Kirk. Take care.
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.
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!
when skimming over artex i will always add few handfuls of bonding to the multi-finish to it give the base coat more body and get over the artex. Then second coat as normal. Adding the bonding doesn't cause any problems with the second coat.
Jolly good. I do over artex all the time and never had a failure. My method is to scrape all the high spots off, 50/50 PVA mix 2 coats. 1st coat is a zombie mix followed by 2nd coat pure multi. I haven’t tried sbr yet tho.
What's your zombie mix? Half half multi bonding??
Kirk can you tell what makes your product better than the say silkabond sbr+ and how long you left your product before plastering
Top job as always, kirk I've got some painted breeze blocks to dot and dab , should i sbr and let it dry first 👍
Yes mate.
i did 4 week course then did my sister’s in wales over a couple of weeks. by the end of that i was not bad.. still a bit thin in places but by the end of that there wasn’t any mess. i find i have to water bottle spray it. was taught to flick a brush of water but was too messy 😊 obviously not fast enough yet ….. 🙄
Very well explained kirk. Nice work 👍🇮🇪
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. 👍
Good job fella.
Brilliant job as always Kirk 👍
I’ve actually need to do this but not confident enough just yet
Goooood
Kirk👌, regards from , Bulgaria
I always chuck a half time in the first coat mix saves half hour waiting about
Take a little, go in neat ❤
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
What colour dye did u use for your SBR Kirk
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 😆
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
"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?
Fantastic job and well done for the advice so well presented.
Just one irritating thing is there’s just too many adverts which spoilt the presentation.
That was my dad top rules when reskim over ARTEX always let that 1st coat set 👍👍
Lovely job...well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
Kirk your such a Good Hand
Don’t suppose you fancy a few days in Lincolnshire 🤔🤔 love the videos
I use a similar sealer for tiling sealer and plasticising Cement
Super vid, love from New Zealand
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
Been plastering for 65 years ,now 80,now just odd jobs at home. Tight coat of bonding best results.
Yep 1st coat with a few handful bonding to fluffbit up and float nice then lay in for a finish. Lovely.
That’s how I do al my hits letting it pull in comes out perfect everytime
love you videos. what sort of money is that?
You're a genius dog
Where do you get the pink sbr bond from?
pinksbr.co.uk
Board finish on top of SBR 🤔! + dirty water 🤔
You saw it here first
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.
Lovely job as always!
Thank you! Cheers!
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. 🤣
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.
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 👍
Just use bonding!😂then 2 tight coats of multifnish (same mix) finish/close with rafina plaziflex
🤣 no way
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
Hi kirk,since watching your vid ive converted to sbr,i havent tried the pink sbr yet thought.
One thing i am struggleing with is when the sbr is completlry dry im getting slippage on the plaster,have you ever come across this,thanks mate,love the vids
Yes mate, stop using multi finish, it's no good at the moment just use board finish and problem solved mate
@Onthetrowel thank you mate,ill switch over to board finish.
I love how you knew it was multi without me saying😂
"Didn't know I wqs posh" that line killed me lol
Lovely old job
You ever tried stilts?
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
Lovely birra work
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!
Trouble is and it’s something I’ve experienced plaster very easily gums up modular systems, plaster is the enemy of anything that fits together tightly.
I met a Japanese plasterer once he only used a 6 inch broad knife never dropped paster virtually no need to sand his finishes were so good plus he was fast and like any good plasterer liked a beer after work.
Most of the lime paint was distemper. Awful stuff as you mention it causes so many problems for all trades.
Why doesn't the plaster come in white colour to help with painting
Cheers Kirk
Exactly what we do here in the Midlands fine finish plastering nice job Kirk 👍
That's nice.....😂😊🇦🇺
#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 🤠
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 🙂👍
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
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 do you not wear a mask or gloves lad
My bank robbing days are in the past now mate
@@Onthetrowel 😂😂😂
@@Onthetrowel😂
Need some new clogs fella 😂
you can over board them celling you can use a plasic bead with a 9.5 board
Just plasterboard it ?
you should sell some t shirts, go buy the thistle not the wistle, i told one of my coustemrs that last week after he said i finished early, he was shell shocked. ha ha.
Its called 3 coats covers everything 😂
God dam I’m quick
Like lightning 🔥👌
@@Onthetrowel your videos are mint mate
Glad you enjoy them mate
Pink SBR tastes like um bongo...
First one again
Dnt skim over and hide asbestos pal
Didn't have asbestos
We were the first to use gypbond 30 years ago they paid us five quid a metre as they didn’t know what it was .Best 2 weeks money ever made on site until they got wind it was just PVA with grit added 😂