19 years of working on stilts i had my first fall yesterday. Stilts was on full height doing a 9ft ceiling. Very lucky no damage just smashed my knees which was painful.
Thanks again, Blaine. Another great job. My stilts are just as noisy as yours! Could you tell me your views on plastering over silk paint please? The paint on these walls is a cheap silk by the looks of it and after I applied the PVA, some of the paint started to blister. Should i use blue grit? I did a college course but tbh it's really basic what they teach so i still have so many questions. Thank you.
In my opinion your best bet would be to PVA, scrape any loose/bubbling paint. Let the PVA dry completely then PVA the areas you’ve scraped again, let that dry completely then skim. That should give you consistent suction control and minimal bubbling/peeling. Hope this helps 👍🏼
@@stevenprice4969 Thanks for that, Steven. Scraping did cross my mind but i was worried more paint would start to bubble if i did. I'll give it a go when i do the other walls. It's a nightmare that paint is because as i was laying on and going through the stages, (I was only doing 1 wall) inevitably we knock the adjoining walls and the paint was dragging into the plaster so it spoiled it 🤦♀️
@@TaraBryan. No problem Tara. Yeah it can be a pain, if you’re doing the entire room then I would prep all the wall first, once everything is PVA’d and sealed there’s less chance of it becoming loose and dragging if you know the adjoining wall. Or run a brush of PVA around an inch or 2 where the adjoining walls join to give you the best chance of preventing that, and just be super careful on those bits :)
@@TaraBryan. From my experience, anything that comes loose easily will do it once you start plastering. I made my mistakes and it cost me a lot of time to fix the problems, making the job last a lot longer unnecessarily. I do only plaster firm surfaces from that painful experience on. If my plaster gets compromised while I put it on (unclean bucket, tools, surface, ...), the material is basically not worth to be used, since it takes too much time to pick out the trash. I rather take it off the surface and dispose all what is spoiled. A well prepared surface where plaster can be applied is a great foundation for the rest to follow.
That is what we do in Germany. I have never seen stilts before. We try to prepare as much elevated workspace as possible and move it if we can't cover the whole room. There are also small and light scaffoldings which can easily be moved alone, if ceilings are higher. Walking through the room to your bucket is unacceptable here, the bucket needs to follow you around within a lunge distance. Otherwise you might be told that you are not being paid for taking a walk.
Hi any tips did wall that look very nices put now been painted look good in the light put when put table lamp on dark see lot of dump wave any tips wy this happen thanks great video
Hi mate. It's usually because the first coat wasn't flattened enough before some the second coat is plaster. Or it could be that you used a Flexi trowel too early. It's tough to say but try flattening a bit more and avoid using Flexi trowels too early pal 👍
@@phillipgregson7035 In the company I learned we used strong LEDs from different angles to check the walls for any "hills & valleys". Some mistakes are only visible in direct light / sunlight, especially with flat angles showing shadows.
Hi blane, ive been plastering for like 4 years now like to consider myself an experienced plasterer. Ive just taken on a job 25 apartments in an old buliding. Its all been plaster boarded, im finding that some spots on the wall is drying out ridiculously fast. Like to the point ive laid trowled once and within 5 minutes its pulled all the water out the plaster and its gone rock hard. Ive never had this before im thinking maybe poorly stored boards maybe? Do you have any other suggestions. Cracking job btw
@@chrisbutcher3280 but surely it wouldnt be patches. It would be all the board??? It only happens in patches.... its like something behind the board sucking the moisture out.
I agree with Chris mate. They could be old boards or they've got damp which can cause issues. But it's strange it is in patches though?? Ask how long the boards have been stored for and potentially think about PVAing before skimming to reduce the rate of suction. Sounds like a pain though. Sorry pal...hope you sort it my friend! ATB
@@PlasteringForBeginners cheers pal thank you tbh today i did ask. And i found out they have been there for over a year!!! Ahaha i did how evee pva them today and did seem to help tbh. And yes mate it was a pain tbh lol. Cheers for the good words and hope you are well. Again thank you.
Hi Blaine, I have a huge ceiling (6 x 4 m) that needs plastering but am worried it is too big to do in one go. What is the best way to tackle this? Can I do half the ceiling one day then the other half another day?
Hi mate! I'll be honest, I don't believe in splitting ceilings because I think you'll always see the join. I recommend asking another plasterer to help out or use a redardent like Easymix Extratime. It's Really good stuff and it does actually work!! Hope this helps my friend and good luck 👍
You said it took 30mins for the first coat applied when ever I do plastering within 20mins it's drying out and far too gone to put on a second coat. I don't get how you can get on so much and it still be fine for a second coat?
You doing something wrong m8 you should be able to work it 45 mins easy, could be too stiff, dirty water, skim out date but 20 mins should still be soft
@@Nofixedabode859 was always taught as soon as the first coat goes on the second needs to go on straight after been doin that for 15 years no waiting atall
@@silow1474 not saying that m8 he just said he can’t work it after 20 mins I said should last longer nothing to do with second coat and yeah I’ll mix up straight after flatten first coat
@@brendanosullivan3664 it really does depend on the skill of the individual and experience. you could prob give blaine any trowel and he would get a decent finish giving how long hes been behind a trowel for
Ah yes another one to add to the watch list, cheers Blaine
Hope you enjoy it my friend 👍
Another to watch Blaine! Even though I’m in the middle of a little practise on the ceiling as I’ll show in the group now 😁
Thanks Marcus! I look forward to seeing it my friend!!
Bless a grafter like my dear old Dad...rip Dad
Great to see u getting to grips with the stilts.
Been smashing the videos 👏
Cheers pal. You're a legend!
winners see the gain; losers see the pain...love your channel all the best from Ireland
Thank you so much mate! I really appreciate that 😊
19 years of working on stilts i had my first fall yesterday. Stilts was on full height doing a 9ft ceiling. Very lucky no damage just smashed my knees which was painful.
That's scary man! It definitely makes you think doesn't it...hope you're well my friend. All the best 👍
Nice work, do you ever use a spot board on a wheelie bin , saves loads of time on high ceilings
I don’t to be fair mate - I often work alone so I struggle to lift the buckets up in my own. It is faster though once it’s up there!
Hi blaine doing that big ceiling all alone did you use exra time mate?
No mate - just the standard setting times 👍
Thanks again, Blaine. Another great job.
My stilts are just as noisy as yours!
Could you tell me your views on plastering over silk paint please?
The paint on these walls is a cheap silk by the looks of it and after I applied the PVA, some of the paint started to blister. Should i use blue grit?
I did a college course but tbh it's really basic what they teach so i still have so many questions.
Thank you.
In my opinion your best bet would be to PVA, scrape any loose/bubbling paint. Let the PVA dry completely then PVA the areas you’ve scraped again, let that dry completely then skim. That should give you consistent suction control and minimal bubbling/peeling. Hope this helps 👍🏼
@@stevenprice4969 Thanks for that, Steven. Scraping did cross my mind but i was worried more paint would start to bubble if i did. I'll give it a go when i do the other walls. It's a nightmare that paint is because as i was laying on and going through the stages, (I was only doing 1 wall) inevitably we knock the adjoining walls and the paint was dragging into the plaster so it spoiled it 🤦♀️
@@TaraBryan. No problem Tara. Yeah it can be a pain, if you’re doing the entire room then I would prep all the wall first, once everything is PVA’d and sealed there’s less chance of it becoming loose and dragging if you know the adjoining wall. Or run a brush of PVA around an inch or 2 where the adjoining walls join to give you the best chance of preventing that, and just be super careful on those bits :)
@@TaraBryan. From my experience, anything that comes loose easily will do it once you start plastering. I made my mistakes and it cost me a lot of time to fix the problems, making the job last a lot longer unnecessarily.
I do only plaster firm surfaces from that painful experience on.
If my plaster gets compromised while I put it on (unclean bucket, tools, surface, ...), the material is basically not worth to be used, since it takes too much time to pick out the trash. I rather take it off the surface and dispose all what is spoiled.
A well prepared surface where plaster can be applied is a great foundation for the rest to follow.
If your a beginner use planks and trestles for ceilings, much safer.
Good idea pal 👍
That is what we do in Germany. I have never seen stilts before.
We try to prepare as much elevated workspace as possible and move it if we can't cover the whole room.
There are also small and light scaffoldings which can easily be moved alone, if ceilings are higher.
Walking through the room to your bucket is unacceptable here, the bucket needs to follow you around within a lunge distance.
Otherwise you might be told that you are not being paid for taking a walk.
Hi any tips did wall that look very nices put now been painted look good in the light put when put table lamp on dark see lot of dump wave any tips wy this happen thanks great video
Hi mate. It's usually because the first coat wasn't flattened enough before some the second coat is plaster. Or it could be that you used a Flexi trowel too early. It's tough to say but try flattening a bit more and avoid using Flexi trowels too early pal 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners ty for feedback will take that on board get back to you this video help alote thanks
@@phillipgregson7035 In the company I learned we used strong LEDs from different angles to check the walls for any "hills & valleys".
Some mistakes are only visible in direct light / sunlight, especially with flat angles showing shadows.
Hi blane, ive been plastering for like 4 years now like to consider myself an experienced plasterer. Ive just taken on a job 25 apartments in an old buliding. Its all been plaster boarded, im finding that some spots on the wall is drying out ridiculously fast. Like to the point ive laid trowled once and within 5 minutes its pulled all the water out the plaster and its gone rock hard. Ive never had this before im thinking maybe poorly stored boards maybe? Do you have any other suggestions. Cracking job btw
The boards are old old I reckon 🤔
@@chrisbutcher3280 but surely it wouldnt be patches. It would be all the board??? It only happens in patches.... its like something behind the board sucking the moisture out.
I agree with Chris mate. They could be old boards or they've got damp which can cause issues. But it's strange it is in patches though?? Ask how long the boards have been stored for and potentially think about PVAing before skimming to reduce the rate of suction.
Sounds like a pain though. Sorry pal...hope you sort it my friend! ATB
@@PlasteringForBeginners cheers pal thank you tbh today i did ask. And i found out they have been there for over a year!!! Ahaha i did how evee pva them today and did seem to help tbh. And yes mate it was a pain tbh lol. Cheers for the good words and hope you are well. Again thank you.
Hi Blaine, I have a huge ceiling (6 x 4 m) that needs plastering but am worried it is too big to do in one go. What is the best way to tackle this? Can I do half the ceiling one day then the other half another day?
Hi mate! I'll be honest, I don't believe in splitting ceilings because I think you'll always see the join. I recommend asking another plasterer to help out or use a redardent like Easymix Extratime. It's Really good stuff and it does actually work!! Hope this helps my friend and good luck 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners thanks for the reply. I'll have a look at the retardant and just plan to start earlier in the day.
Which stilts would you recommend?
The Marshalltown Skywalker's are supposed to be good pal!
You said it took 30mins for the first coat applied when ever I do plastering within 20mins it's drying out and far too gone to put on a second coat. I don't get how you can get on so much and it still be fine for a second coat?
You doing something wrong m8 you should be able to work it 45 mins easy, could be too stiff, dirty water, skim out date but 20 mins should still be soft
Your over mixing your plaster
@@Nofixedabode859 was always taught as soon as the first coat goes on the second needs to go on straight after been doin that for 15 years no waiting atall
@@silow1474 not saying that m8 he just said he can’t work it after 20 mins I said should last longer nothing to do with second coat and yeah I’ll mix up straight after flatten first coat
@@Nofixedabode859 cheers mick
Hi Blaine I don't think that is a Marshall town trowel what trowel is it another great video
nela black edition flexy i reckon
Thanks for that but I didn't think you can use a flexy doing first coat and second coat but thanks
@@brendanosullivan3664 it really does depend on the skill of the individual and experience. you could prob give blaine any trowel and he would get a decent finish giving how long hes been behind a trowel for
It’s not a flexy it’s a carbon
@@brendanosullivan3664 lay on and flatten Nela carbon, cross trowel nela flexy
Let me know when you’re getting rid of a speed skim 😆
Don’t like them?
Haha I will matey,!!
Risking your life to skim a ceiling,count me out
That's fair enough mate. Totally understandable