DIY Plaster a wall like a Pro | In depth guide with timings and touch tests
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- How to plaster walls in the real world.
Included in this video is the touch test at each stage.
Also timings and a few tips and hints along the way.
There are loads of videos on how to plaster a nice flat wall but that's not what you will be up against 90%of the time.
This video leaves nothing out, it's a long video so get comfy and grab some popcorn.
enjoy.
I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did making it.
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I have decided to plaster a room after binge watching few of your videos, to make it interesting, it is a small toilet under the stairs, with odd corners, sink and some pipes in place. Got all the stuff, SBR of course, even bought myself a proper Marshaltown 14' stainless, that thing is lovley. Now, I have skimmed in the UK once before, with a friend, and we only did one room, no ceiling, had some plaster starting to bubble and fall off(presume PVA issue, high suction wall), but that was probably 2-3yrs ago now. I do have lots of experience with european type of plaser, rendering base coat and finish coat in EWI etc, so have held trowel in my hand before. It came out beautifull, straight and almost glass like, still some minor imperfections due to odd corners and pipes,but 95% there I'd say. BUT it took me almost 4 hours for that little space, plaster is odd(maybe need to mix it better/thicker or thiner), and I probably fiddle with it too much for the first 2 coats due to learned techinques with european one, not to mention how much stuff ended on the floor. How Kirk is so tidy with it is a mystery to me...This trade takes years to perfect, is hard on the body and hats off to all the expert tradesman there. When they charge what they charge, whatever that is these days, it is fully deserved and fair. Thank you Kirk for all the info and tips you give freely on the channel, hope people understand how much value there is. All the best
Thankyou for this comment, I genuinely enjoyed reading it and appreciate youbkind words mate
Feel honoured this skillful guy is sharing his skill with us 🙌
I feel good that you guys enjoy the content and get something from it mate
I’m in bed watching this at 5 in the morning. Wait a minute…you may have help me overcome my porn habit. Cheers mate! Ever thought of renaming your series “Plastering Porn”?
Never in all my years has a plasterer ever cleaned out an electrical outlet.
"You might be tempted to skip parts"... I ain't skipping shit! I'm about to settle down and watch the lot. Only thing I regret is not having popcorn! Thank you so much for this man!
Cheers Marcus, I would of loved to edit it more and make it more interesting but my phone kept crashing because of the size of the file 🤣
@UC3%F0%9F%98%85UXYglhqKXo3lSRukIz55w That'll come with time mate. Depending how far you want to take your channel, you could even do a POV guide in future with a head-mounted GoPro if you don't mind looking a bit silly with a camera and torch on your head 😅
Have I ever plastered? No. Am I likely ever going to? No. Can I stop watching this guy with an incredible talent from teaching us common folk (DIYers) on how to plaster a wall? Absolutely not. Keel it up 👌🏼🎊
Award for best comment goes to this guy
Kirk is a very good plasterer ,what makes this video even better is there. Is no appearance of bodger frisby the plumber, apparently he is away doing a new video on how to fly a jumbo jet in a day if i can do it then you can do it so he says 😅
I qualified as a plasterer nearly 30 years ago but sadly give it in 2009. Watching your videos has brought good memories back and at a ripe old age of 56, I'm slowly getting back into it thanks to you mate 👍
The comment at 17:37 is funny… but bang on, real
World. This video is long but is quality!
The other TH-camrs are flapping I think!
Keep it going mate, we’re so lucky to have exposure like this from someone so seasoned like yourself.
I'm only a small fish on youtube mate but it's you guys in the comments that keep me going, I'm genuinely having fun and just enjoying making videos of the stuff I do daily. I've got some big plans that I think will be unveiled over the next month or so all going to plan 😉🤫
Had to give up the trade i loved.
57 yrs old involved since I was 16 . Back and knees. Miss the banter the comradery and winders . Flat stuff for apprentices lol. Best trade in the world . Magicians , ceilings we defy gravity . Come on the spreads
Proper old school.
Thanks for the lovely comment mate
You made me laugh a few things . A few things. Ceiling with your mate you done the curves he done the flat around the lights pack lunch he don't eat. Head down arse up! Lath hammer and a small tool and a french tickler or fanny brush in your tool kit your a spread . Being a plasterer is like a brotherhood the magic circle if you will. Don't tell mere mortals all our secrets. Keep up the good work mate 👍👍👍
I wish I found this video before I plastered the whole kitchen and bathroom for the first time. The only video I've found that gives time and drying explanations. Thanks man
Just watched from start to finish - great stuff and thanks a lot.
And the winner of the Oscar for best plastering video is??????? On The Trowel
Cheers Chris, appreciate that 🍻👍👍
Without a doubt probably the most informative and detailed plastering video I've watched on TH-cam so far. Channels flying mate 💯🎯 Roll on the next video. I'm hooked 🤣
Cheers Danny mate. Was looking forward to you commenting pal👍
Mate this video was a nightmare, I wanted to edit it so much more but because it was so long it kept freezing my phone up making it impossible...
Think I'll be sticking to 20 min vids going forward 🤣
@@Onthetrowel I bet it was kirk mate. In fact it's the only thing putting me off starting my channel as I barely have any time as it is. Started boxing training again ain't I. Determined to get this blubber off 🤣🤣🤣 definitely on the cards soon though, I've even got a tripod for my phone which I ain't even opened yet 🤣🤣🤣
I am a painter and decorator, and have just asked my work supervisor who is very good on the trowel, if he can teach me. I love watching your video's and picking up some great tips. Thanks mate👍
Another belter Kirk. One thing I'd really like to see is how to roll plaster into a nice even curve - for example on a vaulted ceiling rather than trying to form straight lines at wall/ceiling junctions where they meet at an angle rather than 90 degrees.
I've been looking forward to doing a video on one of these myself mate but I just need a customer to call me for one 🤣
I seem to get 10 in a month and then non for 6 months... like busses mate
Omg an hour 😃 brilliant, saves me looking in different videos for what I need to do
Cheers Liam, if there's anything I didn't explain then let me know and I'll have another stab at it mate
Great videos. I may even have a go myself after this :). Must say that experts can make anything look "do-able". So much is eperience and muscle memory. Comes so natural after many years. Best plastering tutorials I have come across though. Thanks so much!
thanks for the close up of the plaster, as some videos people do are too far back and hard to see the details. Top video
Spot on m8 the customer will be over the moon with it hats of buddy
Cheers Ron. I just replied to your comment on my TH-cam short asking if you'd seen my longer videos... and here you are.
Nice on mate 😉👍👍
Kirk these videos are boss mate 👌 luv this channel I'm 48 now I'm starting the plastering again next month I've been out the game 12 years had a change of jobs but getting back out there can wait your videos have given be the bug again nice one fella 👍
Spot on paul, nice to have you back in the game.
Cheers for the comment mate
Hi Kirk, you're quickly gathering a loyal following, myself included. Another belter of a vid, you knocked it out the park 👍 Quality! 😀
Rich you Don't know how much I appreciate comments like this, spot on mate. 🍻
@@Onthetrowel Completely deserved mate. Hope you're havin a cold one 🍺
Nice to see someone skim a real wall with rad brackets and sockets so close together.....none of this 2 full board flat un obstructed nonsense we normally see 👍
100% Mike, this was the aim of the video, give people a real life situation and how to get around it.
Thanks for the support
@@Onthetrowel I’m actually still watching it now. On 32 minutes. I already know how to plaster and i’m not too shabby but i still enjoy watching to see if there anything i missed or if there is anything i can improve on. I’ll keep watching pal 👍👍
Hi Buddy i love watching you TH-cam vids , Also thanks for showing us your Skills tips n tricks , i really appreciate it , am soon to be doing a wall , cheers buddy and keep up the Great work ,, oh i certainly wont be sleeping with my trowel too its a 13 incher lol 😮
Really well presented and covered the most important thing that most plastering videos miss - The time between coats, how to know when it's ready for the next coat, the next trowel etc. I did plaster my own bathroom and bedroom ceiling, but honestly I had to do some repairs and it took me ages. I got a pro to do the rest. I do feel a bit more confident to try & do some more now, cheers. 👍
Great video mate lots info detail can’t wait see the rest learnings alote
Thanks Phill, it's abit longer than I usually like to do but I wanted to cover everything for the people that really want to see every stage of the process
Brilliant video one of the best detailed start to Finnish I have seen some great tips for a novice like me thank you👍
Glad it was helpful!
Been plastering for about a year now, please keep the videos coming… anything to do with how to get a better finish would be great!👊
Tha ks Craig for all you videos...your words on mental health are very meaningful.
🙏
Been looking forward to something like this. Proper in depth all the way through. Timings, touch abd techniques all covered. You've defo got something unique with your videos. The real world vibe is something I've not seen too much on other videos. Well in again
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant video, thank you! Trying plastering for the first time this weekend and your channel is super helpful!
Great to hear!
Hope your subscribed Ben
And thank you, I appreciate it mate 🍻😉
@@Onthetrowel Very welcome! Quick question - Lets say you're doing a big ceiling and run out of plaster...what do you do? Mix up more and carry on w/ 2 different setting times? Thanks for your thoughts :)
@@BenjiBooty yes mate that's exactly it. This is how plasterers get bigger hits because it gives you more time
I’ve decided im gonna give it a go in summer house iv built for the kids - will be following this ! Wish me luck 😂 cheers geezer
Cool as a cucumber... You should have seen me DIYing my bathroom wall the other day!!!! 😂😮😂
I did a couple of walls and a ceiling about 7 years ago myself, with average results mainly due to preparation. I will be doing another ceiling (bathroom - only small) tomorrow and feel much better prepared than before after watching these videos. Little things like how the plaster adheres to the hand-board and how PVA is quite poor. I had it in my mind the last time that water with a bit of PVA would be fine, which it wasn't.
Now I feel that if I get the first coat on in 10-15 minutes I should be fine and a lot less stressed than the last time. Why I put myself through it I'm not quite sure, but mainly because I don't want to wait until a plasterer is available. By the next time I need to do it I will have forgotten and will be looking up Kirk's videos again.
Anyway, keep up the good work.
Hope all goes well. Remember... DONT PANIC. slow is smooth, smooth is fast
Thank you for helping me with diy plastering ..👍👍
It's a pleasure mate
superb demo on the real world of plastering walls that are a pain is what you need to see being done not flat easy walls with no obstructions to through the flow top job
Wow, what an absolutely fantastic video Kirk. Thanks so much again!
I can see now where I've gone wrong when using water. I thought you weren't supposed to get any residue build up and fat, and always leave white milky like smears over the wall, but I can see you were scraping them away with your trowel at a steep angle! I wouldn't have known that because if there's any movement of the plaster I'm too scared to open the trowel up, thus keep it flat, therefore not removing the water marks.
Looking forward to more amazing vids from you. One of the few things that still stump me is when putting on the second coat. I struggle to see where I'm adding the second coat to the first, as it all seems to blend into one!
It comes with experience mate, I can see the difference by how much neater my second coat is compared to the first.
Thanks for the great comment mate
@@Onthetrowel ahhh is that why you don't flatten the first coat? So it has more lines to see where the second coat goes over?
Watched this again at work btw. Great video! Can't wait to see future videos!
I like so much you job that very useful for me I want learn how to Palstering my home
Great method there Kirk I’ve always used the speedy to flatten just shows if u get it flat on first coat or close enough as long u go over with the 2nd when it’s ready no need to be rushing around flattening first
My ceiling lines have come thru much better with little effort
aswell
Let the trowel do the work not your elbow 👍👍
Excellent excellent, long format, I watched over 2 days, looks much more realistic than a polished 2 min video, great for learning, thank you!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much for this explanation, that was informative, just what I needed. 🙂
Wow you make it look so easy !!
Nice video mate, thank you.
My pleasure!
what a great human being...welldone Sir
Love this very honest and genuine great work
Love your vids Kirk your energy and enthusiasm is infectious I’m only a diy er but watching your vids gives me and I guess many other people the confidence to try a bit of plastering 😊😊
Thank you so much Sir for all you good content, love and care! You have a home in NL if you want couchsurfing!
Great video again real world plastering
Great video Kirk, thanks for sharing, plastering really is a useful skill to have. A little suggestion from a sparky in the trade for 40 yrs. Regarding any sockets you have to work around. Just carry a couple of strips of 30A connectors, so you can remove the socket and tuck the cables in the back of the box. A 5 min job, less clean up and the circuit is still energised for any occupants in the house to use. Keep up the great work👍
Thanks so much for making this tutorial!!!
Absolutely love these videos… I’m new to plastering . Love it
Well worth watching. Thanks matey
Lovely work nice Plasterering just one thing I do my ceilings first
Cheers John, I usually do myself but I was having a lazy day, also I wanted to make this video so needs must 🤣
Thanks for the nice comment mate 😉
This video is immensely helpful. I want to finish a media wall and wanted to know if plastering would be do-able, feel like I'm ready to give it a crack now! Thank you.
Made my day by not taking off those radiator brackets also never covered them with plaster
Thanks
hi great videos keep them coming when I started out plastring I was told to plaster celing first I see youdont eney reson for that cheers
Great video, lovely finish at the end. Thanks for sharing 👍🏿
Absolutely top video mate.. keep em coming :)
Bloody good show 💥💥💥
Cheers Andy
But nice clean work like the shelves and cubby for the TV good work fella
Thanks Jimmy, appreciate it mate 👍
Another brilliant tutorial mate you plaster same way as I used to before i had to retire early through ill health was one marshaltown trowel all the way
Not that I'm knocking speedskims flexes ect it's whatever suits the individual
Looking forward to next one cheers
Thanks Soapy. Sorry to hear about your health mate, thanks for commenting. Hope you're doing OK
Good video Kirk.
Brilliant video mate.
Great job and Explanation
very good indepth video !
Thank you!
Fantastic advice ,
Thank you
Top tradesman.
Fair play butt 👏. Wish I worked with you when I left school you got a brilliant way of putting things across that make it easy to understand. Anybody who's lucky enough to have an apprenticeship with you is on a winner. Keep it up I'm an experienced plasterer/bricklayer and watch you're videos among others because we never know it all and always good to see how other boys do they're work. Ps rendering video with the dubbing of the wall with sand cement b4 k rend with use of the Darby was good 👍
nice one sam, glad you enjoyed it mate.
plenty more to come
Excellent video Kirk. Your videos are definitely the best, most informative and most enjoyable on TH-cam. Got loads of tips from this, the touch tests helped a lot. Any tips for stopping the trowel juddering when running the trowel against an adjoining wall, or is it just practice....
Cheers
Mate!
Hey Chris. When you run up the wall the trowel judder is because the toe of the trowel or the heel is running flat end on to the other wall. Try tilting the trowel down abit or up slightly just so it isn't 90° to the adjoining wall.
Tell you what, it's hard to explain on text, I'll make a video for you tomorrow mate 👍
@@Onthetrowel Hi Kirk, that makes perfect sense actually, yeah a video on it though would be fab 👌. Literally got in to plastering just before Christmas, so that I can do my house.....previously been taping and jointing cus I was too scared to try plastering 🤣. Your videos have helped no end thank you
Your awesome buddy fair really knowledgeable
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@Onthetrowel
Top info buddy 😎
Little trick for brackets..... remove em, then screw a screw into the wall plugs flush into the wall. Mark a vertical line of floor where the screws are in line then plaster over em. Once finished, mark the vertical line back onto the wall using the mark on the floor then get a magnet..... the magnet will stick to the screws.... dig em, then take em out. Its easier than plaasteing around the brackets and even easier than plastering arpubd sticking out screws.... not a tip for the likes of Kirk, but deffo easier for us mortals..
You’re defo right with real worId did a set today with with 4 wires coming. Out of the wall and they was the ones with 3 thick cooper inside each one 🤦🏼♂️
Not fun when you lick the end of one mate ⚡️🤣
Great videos, really helpful 👍
Good vid mate thanks. 👍🏻
Brilliant
Brilliant video. Nice work too
Thank you! Cheers!
Hey, I am a drywall finisher, and I was just wondering if you ever worked with drywall mud? How different is the application technique? I never worked with plaster and wondered how well my skills would translate over from drywall.
Has an absolute beginner about to start a journey into becoming a plasterer,do have a video or can you advise on what tools i should equip my self with to begin.... many thanks J
Thank you
great video thanks
Like nice editing for a minute i thought you were going to put the stuff on in Time with the classical music 😂😂 would of been good to see... 🎶🎶🤔🎶🎶🎶👆👌
Great video. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Great video again Kirk. Really enjoy watching you work. You never seem in a rush and the area around you stays so clean. One question when you do the final trowel(the one after you put some beading up) do you still have a few fine lines in the plaster. i have always tried to make sure I have no dips or lines by this stage but maybe I dont need to worry about the small lines. Thanks again Paul
So when you have given it the flattening in then you give it the first trowel and then the second, by this point it should be fairly spot on. Then when you polish it is just a polish but occasionally I still sort a few bits on a polish.
Sometimes I've had to give the whole lot an extra trowel sk don't worry about it.
I think when I first started I used to trowel over the walls about 6 times.
Now it's all about conserving energy and maximise productivity so its a flatten and two trowels and a polish. This is the minimum I can do to get a mint job.
Some fellas will flatten in between the 1st and 2nd coat but I find it faster to just put it on neater and not have to flatten it 👍
Great stuff.
Cheers Den
GrP with you, I get to FRPX where they talk so one gets it, IYU.
Really good videos and thanks for the top tips …..really informative knowledge you have to share with us
Can I ask do you not flatten off after the first lay on, do you wait till the second
I don't bother personally. I just put it on nest but if your just beginning then it won't do any harm
Hi m8 great start to finish detail the only thing you could add to a video like that is how to avoid tiger stripes cus I bet u not all these newbies self taught are gonna experience including myself when I first started then it’s hard to rectify it as habit as set in but I see it so much on jobs, was gonna ask you m8 do you use spats I’ve never bothered i do use flexy though?
Hey mick, I've got spats, speedskims, and flexi trowels and also plastic trowels. I've tried them all but 95% of the time I just use my carbon steel trowel. I sometimes use the speedskim on a pole for big ceilings just to save me hopping up and down like a nutter.
If you can bare with me I'll do a video on tiger stripes for you mate 👍
Great work big fella..quick question do you water down your SBR or put on neat 👍
Neat mate, I've got a video on sbr mate, scroll through my vids, I think you'll like it
I watch your amazing videos and I always have one question... how much pressure do you put on when you're trowelling?
Wirklich meisterhaft.
Hi Kirk, I feel like i have been plastering all day and all evening now, a bit of tape overhanging the live socket to stop any SBR or plaster from touching the live wires and reminds you not to touch with your metal trowel, on the rad brackets if you are working on a screeded floor with the pipes coming up its best to leave the brackets on because the plumber will struggle to reconnect the fittings as the rad will be out of line, on wooden floors it doesn't matter because there will be movement in the pipes. I have been plastering for 48 years now ( and am just starting to get the hang of it :) )and still going strong doing my own labouring as well, my tip would be treat yourself to a good hot tub I use mine every night summer and winter, it will take away any body and mind problems :) I have found it best to side trowel after the second trowel, on ceilings after the first trowel set your adjustable hopups up put them in a straight line then just trowel in one long sweep from one end of the cieling to the other end sometimes it will be necessary to do one cross trowel, we all have our own ways but I do find this really works well Kirk 👍
This is gold. Thanks for taking the time to write all of this out Trevor
Your welcome Kirk, useing a plastic trowel @@Onthetrowel around electric sockets will reduce the risk of a shock and can also leave a better job as the nose of the plastic trowel is not curved like the metal ones, you might have to push down on the curve of the plastic trowel with your fingers to make sure its flat and to fill any holes. On the ceiling trowling in straight lines will give the look of a flexi trowel but will still look good when in the sun or with lights are shinning on it Kirk putting the hop ups in place so you can trowel the length of the ceiling without having to get up and down also saving your legs 🦵🦵
Hi mate, just subscribed, when it comes to prepping the wall, and id normally go 3/1 pva, would it be the same for the sbr? Never used it before, im a dryliner by trade and decided to go full out and get on the trowel. Thank you for making the content. it helps us all out tons.
Hey mate, I use sbr neat
@Onthetrowel because of the background suction right, you mentioned it, would you normally use it for normal new walls thou or would you use the 3.1 pva?
I know you basically use what ever you need to slow down the setting time, allowing yourself to do more, so the sbr allows you that bit more, but is it over kill on anything else?
@SYOTOS1807 hey mate, so I basically sbr anything that I skim apart from plaster board or damp basecoat plaster (bonding/ hardwall) that has just set
No bull shit... Great content...10/10 lad... its a hawk and I'm a Manc 😄
Cheers Merv...
Only up the road from me
Canadian viewer here. In a new home what is the backer or base you plaster over the first time. We rarely plaster here anymore but there are older houses with lathe backer and sometime Sheetrock. Just wondering.
Can you do a video of how to plaster over a plasterboard that doesn't run in line with the wall so basically a board that's covered a hole and doesn't sit flush ie 10/20mm back from main wall thanks
amazing work but why your not using small knives like 15 cm knife or smaller in those tiny places ? and why you dont clean your trowel from extra mud you dont need in flattering step
Top video again mate 👍 you mentioned SBR.. have you used it on an artex ceiling before?
There's a video of him doing that on his channel 👍☺
Yes I have mate.
Always make sure the artex is well stuck, I'd hate for one to pull away and come down. Had it myself, Always gets you when you don't test it 🤣
Cool videos dude. I didn't think it would be that interesting in all honesty. Plastering definately isn't the most glamorous of trades... But hey you sure as hell make it look easy.
It's not. Don't be fooled whoever reads this comment.
Walls are difficult.. ceilings are next level..
If I could just get away with doing a wall here and there . I'll be ok with that. I've literally done 4 ceilings in 2 weeks.. I'm not a plasterer... I don't enjoy it - I get it and I can do it smooth enough. Nothing like a pro will do but for my customers.. it will do. 😅 Hahaha
However. If you want a beautifully made table and chairs.. I can do that 🤠😂
Your a brave man not covering up those oak vineer doors. Or you dont drop anything
I am confident 🤪👍
It's called a hawk because you hold it the same way you would hold a hawk (bird)
What do you call a real hawk 😳🤣🦅