Sponge Float Plastering For Beginners | Learn How To Plaster A Wall
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Today's video I’m going to show you the full process to sponge floating a wall. This is a different way to start plastering and it’s becoming very popular amongst plasterers.
I’ll walk you through the whole process and I’ll show you the exact steps you need to take to start sponge float plastering. It’s a very similar process to the traditional sense of plastering except you have the added step of using the sponge float.
This provides you with a different finish and in my opinion, it provides a more consistent look to your walls. This video is ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to use a sponge float and also essential for people who have no knowledge of plastering a wall. This video shows you everything you need to start and is a guide to plastering for beginners
I’ll also walk you through the exact tools you’ll need for the job.
Here’s the list below:
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Marshalltown 14” Permashape Trowel - amzn.to/2MoJMB8
Refina Superflex - amzn.to/2MpihHM
Refina Plaziflex - amzn.to/2Mpkvae
Nordstand mixer - amzn.to/2KHAvCc
Refine Sponge Float - amzn.to/2Nd0Euk
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Blaine - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
1:24 Stage 1 - Apply 1st Coat
x:xx Stage 1.1 Wait 10 - 15 minutes
4:55 Stage 2 - Flatten 1st Coat
5:55 Stage 2.1 - Clean tools
6:19 Stage 3 - Apply 2nd Coat
x:xx Stage 3.1 Wait 10 - 15 minutes
9:07 Stage 3.2 - First Trowel
11:33 Stage 4 - Misting and Sponge Float
14:13 Stage 4.1 - Put sponge float in bucket of dirty water
14:23 Stage 4.2 - Wait 3-5 minutes
14:43 Stage 4.2 - Flatten with Flex trowel
xx:xx Stage 4.3 - Wait 10 minutes
17:20 Stage 5 - Second Trowel
18:52 Stage 6 - Wet Trowel (dry wall)
21:46 Stage 6.1 - Wait 10-15 minutes
21:50 Stage 7 - Dry Trowel :)
M. Loved your videos and the way you talk through the process, I’m new to this, have load of questions about plastering since there can be lot of different situation, but in this video I would like to know : Is there any stage that need to press the trowel really hard to flatten the plaster? Can’t really tell in the video when to use pressure or not. Thanks
this is so useful
Thanks
I saved this video to my favourites 2 years ago when I was learning plastering. 2 years later and I just watched it again and enjoyed it even more now even tho I never needed up getting into plastering as a career I did enjoy it. God bless
This is the best video I've seen so far. You're showing up close details that other people forget to show viewers that aren't there in person. Thank you!
Thank you! I really appreciate that 👍
Perfection mate!
Wow... just wow... this guy is more than just a plasterer. He's taken his trade perfected it and now he's marketing his own company on utube. Makes me think i should do the the same, I've been in building industry for 20 years. I'm an accomplished builder, i cut my teeth on loft conversions mainly, but that involves a load of skills.... was thinking about starting a tool review channel a while back as most of the current ones aren't actually reviewed by trades on site. Well done mate, your a smart cookie.
Cheers mate!
@@PlasteringForBeginners hi have you become a millionaire now?
Brilliant Video mate , I'm a keen DIYER , in my late 50s and renovating our property, I found your videos invaluable, explained very well , top notch mate 👌
A really good demo for those who have done a few walls with mixed results. In one video this guy has nailed the 'how to' behind sponge float method.
Thanks mate - I really appreciate the support. Cheers 👍
I agree I did a video on skimming with a sponge @ 10 years back, and he has shown exactly how its done the right way, notice how little water he uses compared to others, with or without a sponge the less water used for splashing the walls usually the more skilled the plasterer
Cracking video Blaine. You make it look easy.
Love your videos pal. Had a go using the sponge float method a couple of times this week working with someone. Gonna av a go on my own job tomorrow. Cant wait. Plasterers life never boring 👊🏻
Thank you so much and you're right in saying it's never boring ha! Good luck my friend...hope it goes well!
Good video I've always been against the whole idea of using sponges but tried this method this week and very impressed just shows sponges can be used if used properly 👍
Thank you mate. It is s have changer once you've tried it!!
I think you guys are the best plasterers.
Cheers mate!
Really well put together brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍💪🏻
Thanks a lot mate - I really appreciate that pal 👍
Just did a large ceiling in my house, it was probably the hardest thing I ever did. I was literally covered in plaster, but thanks to your videos I had a good finish. A few tiger lines but once painted it looked good! Thank you for all your videos
David W looks good 🤭 just ring a professional mate don’t cost too much to skim a ceiling and I guarantee what look good to you looks shizzzite to a professional
That told you for having a go at your own ceiling.............
For an amateur to plaster a ceiling is a monumental task. By my time just after the war we were plastering on to plasterboard just think what a generation , or maybe two, before me had to cope with when the medium was wooden lath. I think that I might hve got dirty too.
Great video mate really in-depth and really good 👍
Thanks a lot mate I really appreciate that. Cheers 👍
Once again great dem,onstration, skill and teaching 👍 enjoyed it
Thank you for watching my friend!
Brilliant tutorial blaine 👍 .. good stuff mate 😊👍👍
Thanks mate, I appreciate that pal 👍
Great video, really helpful. I'll be carrying out my first (small) plastering job this week. I've subscribed so I'll keep watching more of your videos. Cheers.
How'd it go Andrew?
Good job though mate been plastering 10 years and I'd work with you nice tidy worker 👍👍 keep it up mate 👍
Thank you mate I really appreciated that 👍
Agree very good house keeping for a plasterer.
Thankyou for a very informative video. I will definitely try plastering myself.
Good luck my friend 👍
Nice clean job 👍
Thanks and beautiful plaster, master. So impressed, praying it all goes that well for me, I am subs. good video too, very thorough. Keep sharing, blessings.
Brilliant video. I'm a general builder but do my own plastering. I'm not as good as you but better than a lot I've seen. Lots of good tips there I'm going to try, thanks a lot.
Thanks mate I really appreciate that! Thanks for the support and it's great to hear that's it's working out for you! Cheers 👍
Nice vid Mister - learned loads. Thanks
Cheers matey!
Great video! Ive had one go before around 8 months ago and did everything wrong. Rads on too high in house, had a coffee and cake break and didn't help that the plaster was out of date by 3 months 😆. I didn't realize at the time it had a use by date and it was going off straight away 🙄. Some how got an ok finish but not great. Purchased the plaster a while back and left it in the garage! Hopefully this time with the help of your video, I'll do an ok job? What's the rough timings for the first few stages? Big thanks in advance and keep up the good work!
Really nicely done and great explanation, thanks.
Thank you matey. Cheers 👍
Great video pal good little tips I love my plaziflex trowel too got the 18inch 1 brilliant for ceilings or large walls 👍. Keep up the hard work bro
Really good video - thanks for sharing 👍
No worries mate, glad you liked it. Cheers 👍
Great vid. You make it look so easy. True craftsmen thanks for sharing. 🐵
Thank you mate I really appreciate that!
You done it again brvha
Brilliant tips n knowledge
Thank you so much
Regards
Lee
Thanks for watching my friend!
Well instructed. Thank you!
Not a problem! Cheers 👍
That is a good video mate propr helpful 👍
Why is watching this so soothing? :)
Haha enjoy!
Iv'e been plastering for 35 years and always used the sponge good job well done
Thank you mate I really appreciate that! Cheers
The sponge compresses the plaster to prevent future cracks right?
I applied on thick coat and after flatting it twice ten to fifteen minutes apart it did came up good. Bloody stairs in the blood old house. Scrapping the bloody wallpaper is the first headache.
You are a master of plastering, thanks a lot for the video🙏
That's great to hear and stairways are the worst ha! I don't envy you my friend but at least it's done. Thank you for watching and thanks again for your kind words. I really appreciate it 👍
So helpful and well explained .... can’t believe it .... I done it ... 😃😃
Thank you and we'll done 👍
Nice to see a plasterer actually cleaning the boxes out, fair play! 👍🏻
Cheers mate 👍
Nice to see sparkies tucking wires into boxes too
I’m a spread , good video bud nice clean work as well . Good stuff.
Quality Video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. :-))
Thank you for watching. Cheers pal 👍
Great vid - thanks
Great vid mate , I will give it ago on my next house . 👍
Thanks a lot mate I really appreciate that!
Top videos mate, us DIYers appreciate it 👍🏼
Thanks a lot mate 👍 Hope it's going well for you!
Thanks a lot mate 👍 Hope it's going well for you!
Well many years passed I was taught to steel trowel first coat, cross grain float for the second coat and then finish with a Third tight coat with the steel trowel, jute scrim and up to 5mm in total thickness, young men have it so very easy today
We do mate, we do...
Eddo 167 . The memories eddo, all mixed by hand with a bike sprocket on a pole to get the lumps owt ya carlite finnish ! Then dute scrim all the ceiling lines only to av the whole lot plop down on ya nut ! How i miss them dayz Not :) !
Yes we don't send them down the coal pits at 13 years old either these days.
Best video I've seen on plastering. Get a novice to have a go on smaller area. Waiting times will be the thing. Small stool on wheels for the skirting level cross float?
I’m more impressed of how much plaster is on the floor ;) very neat job.
Haha that's the biggest let down 😉
Great video, well explained and very well carried out. Was good the way you took your time and told us how and why you did what you did, Well I'm of to buy a trowel and some plaster, Will let you know how I get on lol. Thanks for posting for all to watch, Stephen
Ha thank you Stephen I really appreciate that mate. Thanks for the support and good luck with your plastering - let us know how you get on 👍
Ha thank you Stephen I really appreciate that mate. Thanks for the support and good luck with your plastering - let us know how you get on 👍
Well have done the bathroom and to be honest it looks really good, did think I would get away with one coat but gave it two and the second coat made a big difference, again thanks for posting the video, it was a great help. Am now looking forward to seeing your next video ????
Cheers Stephen
Thank you very useful advice :)
Cheers mate. Thank you for watching 👍
Fantastic video and very well explained.
Thanks pal!!
Brilliant video 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks pal. I really appreciate that 👍
Nice job ,
Very well explained
Thanks pal!
Great informative vid, very useful for a home owner looking to get some skimming done, thanks for the insight!
The speed skim used to smooth out the first coat, could that not be used to smooth out the second coat as its this outer top layer that would be visible and all the imperfection visible once the mist coat is on?
Hi mate how's it going! Thanks for that, flag got found it useful pal. You can use it as much as you like but I just prefer using the trowel after the first flatten but everyone is different! It's all preference pal 👍
such a good teacher
Thank you mate, I really appreciate that 👍
Great instruction
Looking to start collage done had ago of plastering awhile back enjoyed it and pick it up never kept it up though sick of working out doors am 39 now an need to get a trade an stick to it brick 🧱 laying is what I have learned but can not see me doing that I joined your online course but never fully signed up. There was a email from you which was pretty personal and I could relate to what you were saying I feel now that maybe I need to get going with this and with guidance from the videos aswell am not getting any younger thanks for all help and advice 👍
Great video. Nice to see someone care about follow on trades. Most people these days couldn't care less.
Thanks mate I appreciate that!
Hi Blaine, Have you any videos on how you deal with suction as this massively varies on the makeup of the wall. Obviously I do the usual process of PVA but at times I still find some walls literally suck moisture immediately on applying the 1st coat. Recently I did two opposite walls as one hit. One wall previously painted took the usual 45 - 55 minutes to start going but the opposite wall being old plaster with no previous paint was going off straight away resulting in me racing to beat the clock. I managed to get the seconds coats on and finish the process, but under pressure which isn’t ideal. Just wondering if you have any top tips on reducing suction further other than just PVA.
Cheers
James
I like your work ....perfection :-)
Cheers mate!!
Good video Mate 👍
Thanks a lot pal!
Thank you very much
Good vid i used same process on a crap wall today , render at bottom artex one side n plasterboard on the other looks good but u got get yer first coat n 2nd coat flat on ,the sponge won’t dig u out of sxxt completely but it saves yer arm by using the flexey trowels
But good 2 see u do a similar wall like that n see how u tackle it 👍
It is good for these situations mate. I do agree! I'll try and get a video uploaded for a wall in the same condition. Cheers 👍
👍 Top video, much appreciated, will be investing in the ox skim, looks fun, shame you got to do a whole wall to use it 😜
Absolute artwork in your techniques & craftsmanship! Many thanks & I'm a lifelong subscriber today. The only problem is I'm left-handed! HA!
Thank you for your kind words mate! I really appreciate it...and there's nothing wrong with lefties! Some of the greatest minds we're left handed so don't knock it pal. You'll be fine my friend 👍
Hi Blaine. Can I ask how much time are you leaving between each section? Tried looking on the blueprint but unsure if its a different method. Cheers and look forward to your reply
I’m left handed but work right handed 😂 great video thanks I’ll subscribe. Hands down best videos I’ve found! Time to get the flat sorted. Thanks 🙏
Haha thank you mate. I appreciate that pal!
Haha thank you mate. I appreciate that pal!
I'm slowly working my way through your videos and I've got to say.... you've created some of the most informative and helpful content available on the topic! Thank you so much for your time in creating. I know this video is a bit old, but, if you see this, I'd love some help on a few questions. 1 - In general, to what degree to you believe your instruction and recommendations translate to the US? 2 - I see that the plaster you're using is brown. I'm an absolute rookie, but this surprised me. Is there a reason for brown plaster vs white plaster in this use case? Thank you in advance for any advice you can provide, @Plastering-For-Beginners!
Another good video mate 👍 I must admit admit I have done a few walls with the sponge but the jury still out on if I like it or not I like the finish but if your doing 2 walls then 2 walls your timing have to spot on or else your plastering it again
Cheers Paul, thanks for the support! Yeah it is tough with multiple walls but it does get easier with time. Just takes practice but I know what you're saying - it takes some adjustment. Thanks again and it was great hearing from you again!
I know it’s a late reply but I’m just starting out how come you get a trowel line from the back end of the trowel is it cos you put more pressure at the front or does it just naturally do it. Spot on vids by the way👍
Blaine how long do you wait or how much pull does it need before you use the sponge? I think this is why I’m getting grains so much. I might not be waiting enough or im too hard with the sponge. Im still learning and watched this 100 times lol
Good clean work
Thanks matey!
So many diy people wanting to give it a go because it looks "easy" asking how long between coats etc props for wanting a go tbh but people forget to easy its a bit of an art and not half as easy as it looks! By the time you have done buying everything that you will maybe use once you could have had a professional job done.
People want to try it for themselves, to learn a new trade. You're right, it isn't easy mate but anything worth learning isn't easy. It takes time and practice but it will pay off in the end and the ones who crack it have a trade for life! That's worth fighting for!
When you spodge float do u need to keep dipping in a bucket off water and draining it out or can you do one pass on a wall
Top man
A lot easier these days. My time as a plasterer was back when we used browning, then top coat, no plasterboards :)
I bet mate! It's 10x easier now but respect for your time as a spread. Thanks for commenting pal 👍
Same. Did my apprenticeship in 1985, 50 kg bags of browning mixed in a bath with a shovel applied to breeze block walls. Skimming was mixed with a stick and a plunger which consisted of a bicycle chain ring screwed/welded onto a wooden or metal T-bar. Trowels were a 13" marshall town or tyzak, not stainless and were like a lump of 3x2 until broken in which took about 4 months !!
These youngsters don't know they're born with all these modern tools/mixers 🤣🤣
Yes there was more to solid plastering than simply skimming on to plasterboard especially so if the walls were uneven. I would put on a band or strip of plaster across the wall as high as I could reach, - straighten or rule this out then check for plumb , then straighten again if needed . It was then a case of filling in the rest of the wall , hopefully the joiner had put on a ground rail, and ruling off using as your guide the ground rail and your strip along the top. The area at the top would be filled in and ruled off just like the bottom , using a stool to reach up. If there is no ground rail a straightened strip would have to be formed then and checked for plumb with the upper strip. In time the job was pretty straight forward.
Had a room skimmed a few weeks ago, chap turned up with a bucket, bag of multi, a stick with a drain gully attached to the bottom of it for mixing. No electric mixing. Did a great job, been in trade 30 yrs
Awesome
Is there any chance you can show a barrel ceiling please
Excellent video mate
Cheers mate 👍
I did a plastering course a few month ago, have just completed my first living room walls and ceiling. Its a pretty decent effort. When I was taught, it was to to go left to right (for right handers) but start from the bottom, and work upwards. Is there any benefit doing it top down or just as long as it goes on? Cheers
Hi, watched you using the speed skim on an earlier video, I must say I've been reluctant to try one even though the guy that taught me has suggested I try one, well, I'm ordering it today! great work, thoroughly enjoyed your videos, keep up the good work, pleasure to watch .. learning something new after doing this for 14 years!
Hi blaine , do you use the speedskim after you apply the second coat as well ?. Do you think the speedskim could be used to close the plaster in after sponge floating, instead of the trowel ?.
Going to use my ox speedskim for the first time this weekend can't wait sad I know but if it makes it easier. You ever done 3 coats say 5mm I got a Artex job to go over don't want to bond it if I can help it but I think I'm going to have to. Do you ever use a straight edge at the bottom so when the skirting board goes on its flush.Excellent video
I've done that a few times ( straight edge lightly over the skirting line), and received comment on how straight the walls were after wards.
But mostly on old houses.
Are you still using the flexi trowel straight after sponging?
ive been plastering for 15 too 16 years was a bit weary about doing this method my way of thinking was after all my hard work of 1st coat flatten 2nd coat flatten then to go through all my hard work with a sponge just couldn't get my head round it,jumped in a started with the sponge floating not looked back takes a lot of hard work out of the game plus get no tiger stripes or blistering just one uniformed finish,just want too say keep up your good work and thanks for the videos how you go through step by step, has long has you hit the plaster at the right times its a better finish and quicker result
Thank you mate! I appreciate the support and it's good to hear that the sponge float is working out for you. It's a brilliant way to plaster to be fair and it does leave an amazing finish! Great hearing from you, cheers 👍
Hi
Why don’t you use the speedskim on the second coat befor sponge. ?
Love you videos. 👍
I'm not sure to be honest ha! There's no reason you can't pal. Thank you, I really appreciate that 👍
Thanks for sharing. I need to finish the bottom of a large bulkhead. Spraying is not practical. What is an alternative to wet the plaster. Thanks.
Nice work mate , tip for boxs , use masking tape to line out the boxs , couple taps when dry and they come out a treat no skim inside , on the cables or in the screw holes , would be nice if the sparks would tidy the cables away first though ! 😁
Great tip, I'll give that a go. Cheers pal! Tell me about it - the sparks I encounter leave cables dangling up to 1 metre long! They're a nightmare sometimes!!
Do me a favor: leave me a link for those trowels that you’re using in this video. I thank you for your time, in advance.
The links in the video description below the video pal - everything you need is there 👍
Great video been doing it for few years now but last couple jobs I’ve had it were in patches the plaster tears when troweling up any ideas why
Thx
It might be too much water, dodgy batch of plaster, heat or trowelling too early??? It could be anything pal. It can go wrong sometimes, I must admit!
Hi thanks for vid. Just asking regarding sponge, does it set off plaster quicker ?👍
I think it actually gives you a bit more time but you have to be quick on the initial trowel after the sponging. That's the only part you could trip up on!
Hello, great vids explained really well. Can I ask though...why do you flatten your second coat then sponge it all back up again? Can we not just skip that flatten and get on it sooner with the sponge? Thank you in advanced
No. You have to do it that way otherwise God hates you.
Great video. Really liking your channel and have improved my plastering to no end. My father-in-law has been plastering for us and some of the latest results are... not great. The last room took me 2 days with two of us sanding the walls down. I'm now at a stage where I can plaster straighter, cleaner, smoother walls and therefore wanting to the rest myself. My question is, currently I have a bedroom where most the walls are really rough from the attempt he made to plaster them. Can I skim these straight off, or do I need to apply some form of bonding first?
Thank you my friend - it means a lot and I'm glad you're finding it useful! It's great to hear that you'll be replacing your father in laws job, (it just means you have to do it ha!) Thanks for watching and good luck with your skimming pal 👍
You get some that that put a first coat over the Scrim first, creating a sort of noughts and crosses design, is that just a personal choice thing? Cheers
That’s onecoatimg
Great video again, so do you prefer the sponge method? And would you ever sponge float a ceiling? This video will defiantly help, I’ve been using a course sponge 😂 still came out good though especially if you let the plaster dry too much. Livens it up good and proper!
Thanks mate, that means a lot to me! I like Sponge Floating but I'm always undecided on which method I prefer! I don't personally do it for ceilings though. I've never liked doing it for some strange reason but I know a lot of plasterers who do 👍
Another great video. Thank You! I have never used spatula to flatten first coat..., I use spatula after sponge floating. Something new to try. And this last plastic trowel..., I am very interested what effect it does because so far I used Regina Superflex 2 as a finish.
Hi mate! Great hearing from you again. I often use the Speedskim at the early stages because I find it gets the wall flatter from stage 1. Give it a try! Arr the Plaziflex is amazing pal - it leaves an amazing finish and they're so nice to use. I'd definately invest in one if I was you 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners I will do than ;)
How long do you wait after plasterin before you start with the sponge? You let the plaster it dry, correct? Then mist it for the sponge?
hey! do these plaster methods work with american clay? just started using it and im looking for tips :)
when you do the cross trowell at the bottom . go wickes and ask for a skirting board ladder lol. all serious now. i have only ever done this once and i seen a load of errors i made etc last year . i got my hall way to do . i will defo do this way have a happy new year pal
Haha cheers pal and good luck with that. Happy New Year to you also and thanks for watching 👍
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I like how you said at the end "were all in it together" goes a long way that does - leaving it harder for the next guy to come along causes a lot of problems and is the main reason project go over budget and take too long.
Thank you for the video I’ve been plastering a while and tried a sponge for the first time going to take some getting use to but I think the finish is better, I don’t know if you could help with some advice I did a job recently thought it was a good finish until they got there dewalt spot light and checked it at night. I was disappointed with the finish but don’t know how to replicate the light or how to get it that flat.
Hi mate. It's called sideways glancing light and it's the best way to test your work - shine a strong LED light sideways along your wall and you'll get the same effect. It's horrible sometimes because it shows all your imperfections but it's the best way to know where your faults are at the time!
All skimming looks shit if u shine a halogen light across it so take my tip and bust the bulbs !
What bonding agent did you use before the first coat so it won’t fail?
Was this lime plaster.
I plastered onto plaster board for this video mate which doesn't need any prep 👍
Great video mate well explained, just wanted to know if you are only doing a small wall lets say 4 m2, is it ok to use the same mix or do 2 small mixes. I will be using the speedskim to flatten the first coat. thanks.
Yeah mate. It's absolutely fine! I've done it loads of times 🙂
@@PlasteringForBeginners cheers mate, keep up the good work .