5 Massive Hacks For Plastering Faster | TROWEL TECHNIQUES/ TIMINGS/ TOOLS/ SPEED TRAINING
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- In todays video, we're going to show you 5 Hacks you can learn to help you increase your speed in plastering.
Everyone always thinks that the only to get faster is by thowing the plaster on the walls faster. Well, I'm here to say that's probably the worst way to do it.
I believe that if you practice and master the fundamentals then everything after falls into place. So in todays video I'm going to show you the 5 fundamentals you NEED to master.
And once you've done that, speed will naturally follow.
The video below is the full version on how I plastered a wall in one hit:
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• Plaster A Room In 1 HI...
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Thanks for watching and we’ll see you on the next one.
Cheers.
Blaine Gray,
Plastering For Beginners - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Great job. Thank you for the information
Quality over quantity!! When builders brag of how much there spread covers in m2 in a day… and then it gets painted and full off bulges/trowel marks .. mess everywhere on floor.. don’t rush just take pride in the finish and be clean , if an average size room can be skimmed out in a day then that’s good going… speed only comes the longer you been spreading.. but there’s 2 types of speed … 1 quick and messy 2 quick and clean … for any plasterers who are new or even just 2/3 years experience behind them this lad is worth following before you pick up any bad habits
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words and I agree totally. It’s definitely quality of quantity👍
Wish my boss had your outlook mate . He’s always just “go , go , go” . I done a 6 week course on 2 coat skimming , dot dab, filling , ceilings etc and my boss wants to go 100mph . I like to take my time and get it looking minted , actually gonna say this to him tomorrow about how it’s better to have that nice good looking finish over all the rooms being done ✅
I would really recommend that beginning plasterers do NOT try and do two coats from one mix. You need some experience behind you to make that judgment about whether the area is small enough, and also if the plaster still has enough life left in it. One of the most annoying mistakes is thinking "ah, still seems to be fine", and then it all starts turning on you too early to save it.
Until you feel confident with two mixes, I would say don't add in these complications. It's so much better to take a little more time and get it right than to have to fix up a botched job (particularly a ceiling...)
I agree mate! Beginners should be focusing on the basics and sticking to 2 seperate mixes. That’s the process I teach to any beginner who comes into our programmes...I’m just showing examples to people/Plasterers who want to up their game 👍👍
All relevant to skill level, size of wall and temperature.
Make both mix the same! When I started plastering I was wasting my time looking for videos on TH-cam for timings! But when you waiting you will know what you looking 4 for your timming stages.
I thank my friend which he has been taking me out on jobs! I have been experimenting with plastering my favourite
1st coat
Speed skim
Sponge
5 min
2nd coat
Speed skim
10 min
Flatt with plazi flex
5- 10 min
1st wet Flexi trowel
2nd Cross if you want
3rd dry plazi
😥as one who rushed to finish up for dinner and the next day had whole chunks on the floor because...yeah! I stopped spraying the water heavily before each trowel and misting after before smoothing...oh well. Guess I just got more practice time in patching before my last full coat.
@@iiparachuteregiment8800 thanks for this
Great video thank you 🙏 👌🏻
Very helpful!!
From working with someone plastering wrong… one coat wonder to learning the best ways you still make it look so easy 🙏🏻👍🏻
So true about getting the mix right, you don’t want a sloppy mix.
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Hi blaine thank you so much for providing these tutorials, I have learnt so much from watching your videos, I have just started taking on clients after having passed a course at college but I am struggling with the technique of putting it on the walls in that flowing motion up and down without the trowel leaving the wall , I can see you have given good tips here but could you do a video soon please in slow motion close please, and again thank you for the videos they have improved me instantly
Thanks pal and well done with your Plastering! This technique takes time and I must admit that it’s quite advanced! It’s all about the pivot at the top of the trowel movement - that’s when the tough part is. It comes with time but just keep practicing...you’ll get it!!
Blain been using a metre speed skim
still having probs with my shoulder
so second coat speed skim
then finish with the ox 18inch plastic
comes up real nice
must be the movement of the shoulder
plus extra time really helps take the speed out of it and I can take my time
I just passed my city and guilds level two plastering today these Vids have helped me so much thanks Blane
Well done
@@calspikings9791 cheers mate
Well done my friend and thank you for choosing to watch these videos. I really appreciate it! Keep it up pal!!
@@PlasteringForBeginners cheers mate
How long did it take ya
I did a second coat from the same mix today, don't do it often. It has to be a small set, 10m, otherwise it's just a ball ache! I've been plastering 20 years but love your videos mate, always good to see my brothers at work and what they do.
Thanks for watching pal. I really appreciate it 👍👍
Plastering not as easy as this lad makes it look,... Good of him to show us how.... Even then... Takes a bit to sink in..... But worth doing.... Thanks for the good advice mate.
Thank for watching and thank you for your kind words! I really appreciate it - cheers
Good vids to be fair
I'm an ex plasterer.
It's all in the wrists, the feel and timing.
Keep up the good work
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Thank you for watching my friend!
Brilliant bud
Cheers pal!!
Great video , do you have a link for the wrist support you use Cheers
GREAT VIDEO Hi can I ask would you use Pva coating before plastering a ceiling that has old plaster that is now cracked and how long
should I leave It to dry or plaster before it Drys
Thanks
Your videos and explanations are brilliant, they really helped me in getting my first wall right after a few failed attempts, but having said that, can i clarify that you're not calculating your water incorrectly? I tried your 12.5 litre mix, and this was very thick compared to your videos, brand new bag of multifinish, mixed with a good paddle mixer in about three minutes. After experimenting, i work with 15 litres of water per bag, and this mix looks exactly like the one you use in your videos. Are you working the volume of your bucket out correctly? Sorry to question the master, i found every other detail in your video worked spot on apart from that one.
Do you use a hard trowel or the nelaflex to put the 2nd coat on? I prefer the nelaflex as it goes on flatter and really no need for the speed skim. I really don't know if thats the way to do it so thought I'd ask lol only been plastering for a year n half and never had any training but doing good so far so I have been told
Hi Blaine.
You did not tape the corners, joints or ceiling in your room video. Any reason for this? Great video thou. Can you give your answer please.
Great tips and thanks for making this available, but I suggest you do a future video on how to handle difficult situations, such as when the plaster starts to set and time it running out. Is there a retardant that can slow down the setting process once it has started, either in the bucket or on the wall? If the walls harden and what remains is a mess, do you recommend grinding it off, patching it with more plaster, or maybe some other actions? With experience like yours, this is probably seldom an issue, but for beginners such information might save the day.
I like to remind myself that there's always the option to just scrape it all off and start again >< Obviously you don't want to be doing that too often, but it's easy to scrape off when it's still semi-solid. Of course you can always go over it once dry, but also you've added more thickness/weight and that's not always ideal. I actually did a scrape off with a ceiling recently. I thought I'd risk a bag of plaster that was about a week out of date. But unfortunately it didn't pay off - by the time I'd got from one end of the room to the other, the plaster was too dry to flatten. I don't regret the decision because honestly I just didn't see it coming together, and the second time (with a new bag) went perfectly.
My get out of jail card is my spray bottle and sponge float.
water spray bottle...it's my only hope!
Baking soda
Someone I know used baking soda to slow it down
Hi Blaine. Do you put you 2nd coat on straight away after flattening the first? So is your first coat still wet?
I always Speedskim first and then apply the second coat. However, I never really skim small areas anymore so the plaster is always semi-dried. You never want to apply your second coat to really wet plaster because it can blister 👍
what angle do you have your trowel at? I can never get it to go from the floor to above my head - It's usually from the floor to at best waist height. Any tips for spreading the plaster further? Cheers!
Just a quick one. Love the work but I noticed when you was plastering room on one hit you had put plasterboard on wall on its side rather than upright so the was one continuous joint in middle. Is there a right or wrong way to board walls
In the Us you will see all there boards done horizontally rather than vertical to be honest it doesn’t really matter but most standard wall heights are especially new builds are standard height is 2.4m ( standard plasterboards are 2.4 m ) so many board them vertically
Do you think that the 600mm might be better for a smaller patching in job or would you always recommend the 1200mm one you had in the video?
Get the 600mm 👍
I'm a plasterer of 20 years and I only ever use the large speedskim on big walls or ceilings
I prefer the amount of control you get on the 600mm speedskim as well
Only get the 1200mm if you are doing bigger jobs
That's my opinion anyway
Awwww bless, How old is your little girl now? They grow up so fast. I got two boys aged 4 and 6. Any plans for anymore soon? With two just a couple of years apart they play together mostly nicely. Good company for each other. Kids are great and being a dad is the best job in the world.
She’s 14 months mate - proper gem she is! I love it...and you’re right, it’s the best thing having kids! I love it.
Great hearing from you and thanks for the comment. I really appreciate it👍👍
Do other spreads do rooms in 2 hits always do em in day average 6 rooms a week
Blaine, I've been plastering for 20 odd years. I'm nearing 40 now and bits of my body are aching. My left wrist (hawk hand) aches and my lower back is made from wet cardboard. What do you do you to help prevent these aches?
Sorry to hear that mate!! Sounds awful. I recommend some physio and a decent Chiropractor. They’ll provide exercises that may help but it may just be water and tear. It’s a cruel trade I must admit!
A nice smoke at the end of the day!
Less work, charge more. I'm 54 I know your pain
Less work, charge more. I'm 54 I know your pain
Had similar problems myself after 25 years plastering,,just started ice baths and they have helped immensely
Hi, one question, how do I plaster a big area let's say about 30 square metres,do i do it all at once or in two sections?? So it won't dry out to much, Thanks!
Get another plasterer to help you if you feel its to big an area. Don't under cut on pricing. Trust me. Been plastering since 80s. Don't do joins in work
@@terryfincham7252 Thanks!! Cheers from Greece!😊👍🇬🇷
If your not fast enough tape it off and work into it. Best bet is getting another spread on it with you throw it on together. Get a speed skim to flatten with saves loads of time between coats
Speed is all I need... Warp 7 should be fine.
Would you ever consider spray on one coat plaster? Surely this is quicker ?
I’ve tried it mate and I wasn’t convinced!! Not great in my opinion pal 👍
Something else that will make it quicker if you have got a lot of electrical boxes, get those cables tucked up inside the box so they don’t get in the way when you are plastering, better if you can sweep your trowel over the box , noticed that Blane’s was hanging out, top man though!
Good point my friend - definitely helps doing it this way!!
My electrician friend says please clean the boxes when you finish plastering.🤔
Great video
Cheers pal!!
Great work brother, helpful insight into using the same mix for your second coat, relavant to individual skill level, to size of wall and temperature on the day. Made me want to now hit wall with second coat using same mix. Thanks.
how do you know when a second coat needs to be applied? and if the wall or ceiling starts drying where you did bonding and the rest is wet then what u do? Everyone on youtube says how to apply plaster but nobody says the big things just mumbling around. Check your video and check others' videos, same thing. I am a beginner in plaster I put the plaster on walls or ceilings in no time but always happens to me the plaster is not drying uniform. In Some places is too dry other places is too wet and I never get it perfect. I feel all the time so disappointed and frustrated. Is not that I want to do this job as a trader but I like to "master" the skill. In the end, if you check with a lamp my plaster you can observe uneven parts.
A wise old plasterer once told me. JUST FUCKING GET IT ON
Hahaha love this!!
@@PlasteringForBeginners haha never looked back
😂😂
What size is that trowel Blaine ?
14” matey 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners it looks bigger on the video mate. 👍👍
Sorry bud I want to go slower, do less but for more money 💰
Same
You put your price in and get out the job quick same money less time spent at job .
Unless your on day rate. Then get the Midget Trowel out 😄 lay on with that
Fair play mate! I respect that - it’s just options for the Plasterers out there 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners love your films mate I been doing this since I was 16 I am 44 now!! Still love plastering but not the tiger I use to be 👍🏻👍🏻 keep up the good work especially your render videos