Old school is true school, going to plaster my first wall, I'm crapping myself with your advice in hand. Well I'm knackered, got more plaster on the floor than on the wall, I'm covered in cuts and bruises, her indoors is not speaking to me cos of the mess, other than I can't hold a cup of tea in my hand cos it hurts so much I can't move it,the wall looks great...! Nod UK
Top tips: keep ya cardon steel in a rag covered will oil in a box.. it will last a lifetime (dont stick it in buckets ya risking nicks in blades. Carbons New out the box: soak it in vinegar mixed with cola 50/50 overnight. Dry it completely and then oil.. Run edges across a concrete pad or pice of wet/dry paper. After about a weeks work check it, if rust builds up too much quick oil try keep it dry. Also dont round edges off on the toe(front) of carbon trowle...they will round naturally especially if you lay on sand and cement. But dont use it on acrylic finishes as it turns the Material black.
Hello mastersmurf. I was hoping you were going to show a beginner how to get some plaster on the trowel and then 'spin' the trowel through your hand, without the gear falling off (if you know what I mean!) to then be able to do a reverse stroke for those awkward places!!🙂😉
I love how you say for the drill.... 'not set on hammer'.... unless the builder has given you a 2 year old bag and you want to smash the lumps up to end up with a chunky finished wall!!😂 Nice to hear Tyzack mentioned. Used them for years until they became much harder to get hold of so it was Marshalltown and Tyzack.
Does the water make a difference. Where I live the water is really soft, but my relatives in Oxford have really hard water. Can that make the process any different?
Ooo, that’s a good one, I’m not totally sure. Water temp can affect things slightly. I don’t think soft or hard water will make much noticeable difference. If it does , just adjust the amount you’re putting on to suit the setting time.
At the risk of jumping in front of mastersmurf as this is his video/tutorial but most plasterers will (should) say no- no water on the final pass. It's a 'dry trowel' final finish. Some call it the 'polish' and may refer to it as cross trowelling. However, he's aimed this video for people having a try themselves so it's ultimately up to you if you're happy with what you've done for yourself and the finish you've achieved.
Top tip for screw holes....DUCT TAPE ..sticks to the wall but the skim don't stick to it. It also stops on the wall so once you finished just Peel off. 😊 thank me later smurffy mate. 😊
Ah, yeah good one. I did work with a guy who screwed the screws right in, plasterer over them so they were gone. Then get a magnet and sniff them back with that!! 😀
Sounds good, but it wasn’t very accurate, and sometimes was a bit tricky to find. matey looked like he was trying to crack a safe or something. Unless it’s radiators or something important, I often say no, they got to go. I’d rather re drill them for you. Like matey wants you to keep the screws on window reveal so he can put his blind back up easy??? It’s just too fiddly and time consuming. Just drill again.
They save time. If you had a lot of plaster on, your limit, the most you can handle, let’s say 2-3 bags worth, they are great for cutting the time out of using just your trowel to flatten it all in after you have put it all on. Be careful with over useing them. I tend to use only on the flatten for the 1st coat. For the 2nd coat flatten I tend to rely on my trowel to flatten. But I am using a large 20 inch trowel. The speed skim rules are good, but are a bit too flexible to take out ripples when the plaster starts picking up and getting firm. They tend to ride over them in a smoothing fashion rather than a flattening fashion. Especially the plastic blades. I use metal blades on all my skim rules. 👍
You’ll have to clean it with sand water and scrub it with a bit of brick. Get that oxidised orange off best you can. The edge of the blade will be all pitted leaving tiny little lines down the wall when you final. If you don’t plaster that much, get a stainless steel. Doesn’t rust.
It’s hard to remember timings. Really accurate timing is not going to help that much, as they can vary, depending on the conditions. It’s more of a feel thing. Experience.
Hats off to you for using a cheap trowel. Great video and the guitar playing was an added bonus!
Thanks
Great work ! I've saved this for later ! ...keep practicing guitar ;-)
Cheers John!! 👍
Old school is true school, going to plaster my first wall, I'm crapping myself with your advice in hand. Well I'm knackered, got more plaster on the floor than on the wall, I'm covered in cuts and bruises, her indoors is not speaking to me cos of the mess, other than I can't hold a cup of tea in my hand cos it hurts so much I can't move it,the wall looks great...! Nod UK
Her indoors not speaking to you. ? 😀Nobody makes their first jump pal!
Glad you got the wall good, that’s what counts! 👍👍
@@Plastersmurf74
She was happy in the end lol, experienced new pressures I never knew existed lol.
Great tutorial
Lots to learn from
Well done
Glad you liked it
Ive foind when using a drill to mix if you whack it in reverse first itll mix it better and then go forward
Top tips: keep ya cardon steel in a rag covered will oil in a box.. it will last a lifetime (dont stick it in buckets ya risking nicks in blades.
Carbons New out the box: soak it in vinegar mixed with cola 50/50 overnight. Dry it completely and then oil.. Run edges across a concrete pad or pice of wet/dry paper.
After about a weeks work check it, if rust builds up too much quick oil try keep it dry.
Also dont round edges off on the toe(front) of carbon trowle...they will round naturally especially if you lay on sand and cement.
But dont use it on acrylic finishes as it turns the Material black.
Nice trowel ✌
Bought it that morning. To see if a cheap trowel is usable .
When you say Pick Up do you mean the plaster has dried out a bit? Where I am in Yorkshire they say Gone Off.
When I say let it pick up, yes I been going off, let it set for a while, stiffen. 👍
Hello mastersmurf. I was hoping you were going to show a beginner how to get some plaster on the trowel and then 'spin' the trowel through your hand, without the gear falling off (if you know what I mean!) to then be able to do a reverse stroke for those awkward places!!🙂😉
I love how you say for the drill.... 'not set on hammer'.... unless the builder has given you a 2 year old bag and you want to smash the lumps up to end up with a chunky finished wall!!😂 Nice to hear Tyzack mentioned. Used them for years until they became much harder to get hold of so it was Marshalltown and Tyzack.
Does the water make a difference. Where I live the water is really soft, but my relatives in Oxford have really hard water. Can that make the process any different?
Ooo, that’s a good one, I’m not totally sure. Water temp can affect things slightly. I don’t think soft or hard water will make much noticeable difference. If it does , just adjust the amount you’re putting on to suit the setting time.
Hi mate, loving your videos. So you add water on every trowel? Even the final pass?
At the risk of jumping in front of mastersmurf as this is his video/tutorial but most plasterers will (should) say no- no water on the final pass. It's a 'dry trowel' final finish. Some call it the 'polish' and may refer to it as cross trowelling. However, he's aimed this video for people having a try themselves so it's ultimately up to you if you're happy with what you've done for yourself and the finish you've achieved.
Yes 👍
22:21 Is that your Blue Steel pose? 😂
Yeah, don’t know what happened tgere
Top tip for screw holes....DUCT TAPE ..sticks to the wall but the skim don't stick to it. It also stops on the wall so once you finished just Peel off. 😊 thank me later smurffy mate. 😊
Ah, yeah good one. I did work with a guy who screwed the screws right in, plasterer over them so they were gone. Then get a magnet and sniff them back with that!! 😀
@@Plastersmurf74 now that's a good idea also smurfy mate
Sounds good, but it wasn’t very accurate, and sometimes was a bit tricky to find. matey looked like he was trying to crack a safe or something.
Unless it’s radiators or something important, I often say no, they got to go. I’d rather re drill them for you.
Like matey wants you to keep the screws on window reveal so he can put his blind back up easy??? It’s just too fiddly and time consuming. Just drill again.
how much would a speedskim or a nela bladxe have helped with the process?
They save time. If you had a lot of plaster on, your limit, the most you can handle, let’s say 2-3 bags worth, they are great for cutting the time out of using just your trowel to flatten it all in after you have put it all on.
Be careful with over useing them. I tend to use only on the flatten for the 1st coat. For the 2nd coat flatten I tend to rely on my trowel to flatten. But I am using a large 20 inch trowel.
The speed skim rules are good, but are a bit too flexible to take out ripples when the plaster starts picking up and getting firm.
They tend to ride over them in a smoothing fashion rather than a flattening fashion. Especially the plastic blades. I use metal blades on all my skim rules. 👍
a rusted trowel is it a no go?
You’ll have to clean it with sand water and scrub it with a bit of brick. Get that oxidised orange off best you can. The edge of the blade will be all pitted leaving tiny little lines down the wall when you final. If you don’t plaster that much, get a stainless steel. Doesn’t rust.
Hi I think it would be useful to have the timings for each stage written in the video description
It’s hard to remember timings. Really accurate timing is not going to help that much, as they can vary, depending on the conditions. It’s more of a feel thing. Experience.
20:25 I don't think the dog likes plastering
The dog just likes cat poo.
I think You're Spoiling the newbies ... You should've shown how to mix up with a piece of baton and a couple of wall-ties nailed on ......
@@petemoring67 ha, yeah, I used to wrap a wet bead around the stick.