Not sure how I ended up here but nice to see younger gen learning the trade. I'm 54 and been in the trade to long lol. When I first started out as a labourer one job I hated was knocking up Browning/Hardwall as we didn't have a power whisk. It was done by hand in a bath mixed with a shovel and a rake. Then loaded onto a spot board. Getting shouted at all day by spreads to hurry up as they were on price work. It used to kill me. I would go home and tell my mum I hate this job and would never want to be a plasterer. The whisk came along and saved us all 😁

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Massive respect mate! It sounded so hard back then and I think todays plasterers take it for granted! It was a lot harder so fair play. And thanks for watching…I really appreciate it 👍

@liammarshman6831

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the guy I used to labour for used to spit on the spot and say " I don't want to see that f@#ker all day! " 🤣🤣

@johnnybhoy4278

Жыл бұрын

I'm a 58 yr old yank and I used to mix mud/mortar in a tub with a masons hoe. First we'd sift sand and then put 14 shovels to two bags of Portland cement. Brick masons screaming all day! Lol I hear you.

@Pinkpanter.plastering

Жыл бұрын

Don’t I know it I’m 62 and had over 45 years of it but I’m not getting much work lately probably most the people I worked for are retired or worse and trying to get some to understand that they don’t need plasterboard to stick over nice new Block work even bad uneven walls easier to plaster and with sand and cement any painted walls a splatter dash before plastering will ensure it takes to that

@paulbullock3831

Жыл бұрын

Same generation more muck or more Donald working for 2spreads but they paid me on top of my day rate they was on price on the tools by 17

I learnt the trade from my brother and was in it with him for years,but it was during the time when it was all done by hand,and yes it was very hard work.He was a very good spread and use to say that you would find many as good ashim but not many better.We were subbies.

Was virtually spot on with the first coat as he showed with the level,should have skimmed that.

You are my hero. It's great to watch a real plasterer, there are so many bodgers pretending to be plasterers.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! I really appreciate that!

I just fell over , a plasterer with a level,unheard off Great job mate

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Haha it happens 😂😂

Always great advice and videos from you.

Absolutely beautiful work.

I’m so impressed! Great video! 🙏🏻😊

Amazing talent! Well done!

I'm a bricklayer by trade but I love watching your videos, A great tradesman and teacher

Great job Blaine, fantastic video too, very informative.👍👍👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate!

Fantastic work and a great video. Thanks.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate! I really appreciate that - it means a lot!

wow that is amazing work

Talk about a pro who likes his trade and does it with perfection. Bravo. The impossible wall became possible.

Wow you really put that on thick! That's amazing!

You are the best Plasterer on KZread. I plastered my bathroom walls after watching a lot of your videos. Ceiling was really hard on my neck. Stiff for a week! Great teaching vids.

@terry4144

Жыл бұрын

he really isn't

@demukazz

6 ай бұрын

If he was, he would have scraped the damn pain off first

@gaysquirrels6915

4 ай бұрын

​@@demukazz True 😂😂😂

Great vid and superb work as always bud looking forward to the next one 👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you pal - I really appreciate that 👍

Excellent work thanks for sharing!

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!!

Another great job buddy

Wow what a great job

Great to see someone do a little bit of solid work.Top job m8 thx for sharing

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching matey!

Great video maye it has helped me a lot. Keep up the good work

fantastic.

Brilliant mate, really helping me and confidence in plastering my own place

nice job, the wall looks great.

Amazing as always

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

You are my go-to instructor. Thanks so much for this video. I have a few wonky old walls and this is exactly what I needed to know. 👍👍

Great vid👍👍👍👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

brilliant job Blaine 👍👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate!

I honestly didn't think that wall could be fixed. The shinny high gloss paint and all the highs and lows on the wall. You did some amazing work on that wall. ❤

Luckily for me Blain,I'm plastering in the day and watching your videos by night, best of both worlds cheers buddy keep em coming 👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching mate. I really appreciate it - cheers!

@shootermcgavin8793

2 жыл бұрын

Just live at work 24/7 that must be a tough life

@TheScottyb1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@shootermcgavin8793 if you enjoy what you do, you never work 👌

Great spread good to see old school plastering I've been in the trade 35 years great video well done you 😊

Absolute artist my man!

Excellent tutorial 👌 Excellent video ❤ Subscribed 👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!! Cheers mate 👍

Great and educational videos. Thanks. Not watched all of them yet but would like to see how you plaster a very high wall and level it. Please attach a link if you have already done it. Also have you got videos on fitting edge beadings and then plastering/skimming them? Thanks for your very helpful videos, please continue to make them. 👍🏆

Nice project, very interesting.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!!

Great channel , I'm a painter by trade and my brother is a plasteter, but I also enjoy plastering.. learnt a lot from you mate 👍

Really good video on how to plaster for beginners awesome video 👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you pal!!

Came out beautiful man! I had crappy ceramic tiles in the kitchen of my house in Croatia and it was all old school solid plaster aswell. I was freaking out because after i took the tiles off it was all exposed stone, and i was thinking how the hell was i going to make a wall that smooth but after watching this i think i can do just fine. Thank you for posting, this is the only video ive seen on plastering solid, everyone usually does board underneath.

thanks - very useful tips

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks very much

Thank you so much been a great help not quite up to your standards but I’m happy with it I’m a 63 year old welder thanks again

Second video I have watched and again, really well presented. Waiting to do my outside wall which is slightly similar in condition due to bricks blasting out in the winter. If I can get it done half as good as this I will be chuffed to bits. Thank you and looking forward to many more.

Lovely job mate! 👍😉

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

Lovely job and a great video to show just how much work it takes to straighten and prep a wall for the skim finish, people just dont realise.

Just found your videos and it's nice to see someone whom knows how to plaster old school. I live in a old ex MOD property from the 1930's it has lime plaster and needs some repair. I have asked around a few plasterers now and they have all said that they only know how to dot and dab plaster board with finishing coat plaster.

I love float and set take it over board any day perfect results everytime for me love it hard graft but worth it 💪🏼

I learnt a lot thanks very much. I have a load of old walls to Plaster

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank for watching my friend 👍

Excellent channel and content man

@PlasteringForBeginners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Wow, nice.

Nice work pal ! I watched a couple of your videos in preparation for plastering my staircase today for first time... I did alright, will need to get sander out when dry lol.

That was a prof quality job!

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you pal!!

Excelente trabajo 👌🏻, excelente video saludos desde chile 👍 👊

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

👌👌

So satisfying to watch a professional craftsman at his trade. Perfection as always mate

@colincharman4700

11 ай бұрын

PROFESSIONAL CRAFTSMAN??? Don’t make me laugh plasters are one step up from painters, I’ve been a joiner for over thirty years and the best plasterer I ever came across was a bricklayer by trade, the one and only time I didn’t have to scribe my boxing in to his wall because it was bang on level and plumb, and he mixed his sand and cement and finish by hand! Plus no speed skims or plastic trowels back then! Just a well worn steel ragni trowel and a level!

Nice work Nice guy

You my friend are a plasterer 👍

Master craftsman 👏

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I served my time as a wet spread in 1981.the days on the bath scarred me for life 😩 Friday used to be direct load day from British gypsum 44ton of carlite bonding/browning etc. we had to unload by hand and still keep in front of the spreads who unlike today had no mercy on apprentices. Hard times but taught me well and I went onto make a lot of money on the trowel over the years

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

That’s madness mate. Nothing but respect for that - sounds like real graft! Fair play for your time served and thanks For watching. I really appreciate it 👍

@mrwright5699

2 жыл бұрын

No fun mixing browning in a bath with the shovel is it

That wall looks really nice

Great job mate

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!!

This is so helpful! I wanted to fix a wall in a house I own in a village in Europe and this enlightened me. I am going to apply this knowledge soon and plaster a brick wall soon there.

@HutchFTW

10 ай бұрын

How did it go? I'm scared to pull down my plasterboard and try this but I really want to

Proper plastering 👍

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal!!

nice work, complements from a Canadian stucco plaster.

Never seen a plasterer use a level. Nice one.

This has answered one of the questions I’ve been asking myself. I’ve been watching your videos on KZread and just signed up to your online course. I’ve just bought a house in Scotland that need quite a bit of renovation and I’m going to attempt to do it all myself. Every room needs some plastering work, some more than others. The best bit is, I’ve never done any plastering before but I want to learn. Most rooms have been plaster-boarded (by the previous owner), haven’t been skimmed but lining paper put on, scrim tape over the joints and that’s it, it looks terrible. One big wall in the living room is original old stone with old plaster crumbling and falling off it. So this video has answered my question of what product to use before using top coat plaster. Thanks for making this video, I appreciate it. I’m new to your online course and I’m about half way through the videos. I’m going to study them time and time again before I even think about attempting to plaster. I sent you an email a few days ago with more detail than this and would love some further advice from my new found plastering guru. Thanks again. 👍

@lordracula2461

Жыл бұрын

Just bear in mind that gypsum may not be most suitable to older buildings in scotland

@user-jk1up7wh9m

11 ай бұрын

Have to consider the rising damp in old buildings, bridging the damp course (if there even is one) can be an expensive mistake....there's more to renovation that just a bit of plastering.

Excellent presentation. A true professional and sets the high standard to which an apprentice should aspire.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I really appreciate that 👍

Great video 👌good old float and set

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate!!! Hope you’re well 👍

@lewisriggs6596

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I’m good cheers stil going 9 months in to plastering can u put pva on the hardwal to help the suction or not as already damp

@lewisriggs6596

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a life saver seeing stuf in your videos being able to use them in real life 😂 but thinking of trading my suplflex for a nela flex due to sometimes makes a vibrating noice and leaves like ripples witch don’t no why

@lewisriggs6596

2 жыл бұрын

How many bags of hardwall did u use looks big wall

Love the videos Blaine, new subscriber! This reminds me why whenever I say to one of the plasterers I use, 'I wish I could do that', he always replies 'so do I' LOL

Damn Blaine, loving the upload rate! And always just when I’m hours away from work! Perfect timing 😁

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Marcus mate! I’m upping it whilst I can pal. Hope you enjoyed it my friend...all the best

@MarcusT86

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlasteringForBeginners Another world class output buddy. Damn, that was impressive. From rough bricks all over the place to like a sheet of glass at the end! Lovely!

Takes me back..it's all in the final noise. I even remember jute scrim and clouds, we'll done sir a noble art indeed

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Ha thank you my friend!! All the best

Great video can't fault your technique. Especially when you said usually you should float from right to left and using the D-float 👌🏿 that is correct.

@PlasteringForBeginners

Жыл бұрын

Thanks matey!

Any chance you could do a video for beginners on plastering artex ceilings? I have a few in my house (tested negative for asbestos) Would love to have them smooth skim

Stumbled upon this as i was getting lots of mixed msgs from tradesmen. Not only i enjoyed your video but feel maybe just maybe giving it a go myself for small wall. Noted your professionalism and dedication which i dont see much now a days. This over plasterboard anyday.

Nice to see a real plasterer coming from a 20yr veteren👍👍

Superb. Very professional. Invaluable advice. Just a few questions if you would be so kind. 1)So long as you only build 8mm at a time can you apply deeper than the 25mm it states on the bag? 2) if you have to wait between layers say next day. Is it best to apply a 1 to 5 PVA mix prior to applying next or finishing layer and apply the plaster when PVA is still wet? 3) Many thanks 👍Tony

Thankyou for such a great vid. is it ok to use this hardwall plaster straight onto wall outside? If not what is best? Thanks

Thanks so much - great videos! I have a room that I'm going to attempt to do myself. The walls are made from slate and are very uneven. I don't want to use pasteboard because you get that hollow feel not in keeping. Would Hardwall be good for this do you know - or bonding plaster? I seem to remember using Hardwall before and found that it sagged (but maybe I made the mixture too wet!). Many thanks.

Im not a professional and i learnt 37 years ago using washed sharp, my mentor taught me by letting me only do reveals, it taught me how to keep the mix on a hawk and trowel.... this year having had a big extension built and having a team of plasterers come in i realised i needed to do the plastering, watching your vids has given me a great refresher and although nervous about it im going to attempt K render.

@artobrien7784

Жыл бұрын

Pp

Great video. Makes me feel I ca give it a go! But would there have been any additional value in doing this with lime plaster to allow the bricks to breathe? Thanks

I remember a plasterer useing grey carlite bonding on a full ceiling and skimmed it

Possibly demonstrating setting out screeds using box method for beginners

Hi Blaine great video again. Could you have used screed bars (dot and screed) here?

this is the best KZread video out there. It will one day be part of KZread Hall of fame. Plastering old properties is the best. and very beautiful. Could you do one project with lime plaster? If possible.

@PlasteringForBeginners

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! There's a recent Lime Plaster video on the channel pal - check it out ;)

Great video, so clearly explained. How thick can hardwall be safely applied to bare brick?

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

12 - 15mm Is the optimum thickness but you can easily build it up to 20mm with the method I used here. Anymore than that and it might sag and fall from the wall so be careful my friend 👍

Great video. I want to plaster my cellar. Its a bit damp. What would you recommend. Old brickwork

Alright Blaine what’s your thoughts on using a serrated edge refina for floating backing coats. Would it be more work than a standard feather edge

Hi, great video… would you please recommend a ready mix? (as I’m not confident mixing the gypsum myself)

Another quality vid Blaine 👍, question for you what's? whats best going over thermalite block, rendagrip, then sand & cement? With mesh? I don't particularly want to dot & dab.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Is this internally pal?? If so then Hardwall is fine but your method works just as good 👍

@barrybruton4577

2 жыл бұрын

Trouble is with sand and cement it's always cold Hence its not used much inside houses now

lovley job spot on👍🏻 see you use sbr, can that be used before re- skimming over old plaster?? or is pva better.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal!! SBR is ok but I prefer PVA personally 👍

Thank god that an articulate professional doesn't crack stupid jokes or trivialise his work , and treats his audience with respect .

great job! how much wall of this size would cost? hardwall and skim coat work only.

Hi Blain your tutorial videos brilliant helped me to plaster like a pro and invest in some great refina tools for my house refurbishment. Question: decided to try drywalling ?? 🙄on a new gyproc wall all that rubbing down and re coating 🤔 i gave up !! can I just plaster on top of the new drywall compound now its dry or will I have to upva to seal it first cheers.

@johnwardle9667

2 жыл бұрын

I've found those drywall jointing compounds can suck a lot of moisture out of your multi-finish, and they have quite a dusty finish. I'd recommend using some PVA on the whole wall first. Like Blain explains with half exposed, half painted brick, you want to try and get the suction consistent across the whole wall, so it might not hurt to do 2 coats of PVA across the whole lot.

@philsavage858

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John for your reply and advice 👍 very much appreciated can get on with two coats of pva before plastering thanks

I have a question, on the landing of my block, a town house converted into flats , there's an old wall that's not been sorted out when the decorators did the rest of the building. You can see holes through the render (which I patched up today with polyfilla) which was an old lath and plaster method. There's some finish coat left on the wall so I want to go over the render and match it to that. What would you recommend as I'm a doing first time ever plaster

Love your videos 👌 always valuable lessons to be learnt 👍💯

If you had outward corners in a situation like this, would you lay the hardwall first, then bead on of that? Or extra thick bead from the beginning? (I'm doing a brick fireplace)

I watched this video and had a go myself lol you defo make it look a lot easier than it is! What do you do to fill the edges to the ceiling and floor and walls adjacent? What is your slurry made up of for each stage and what are the ratios? Is it all hardwall gypsum? Is it 25kg to 12litre water as bag says for each layer?

@shanoj3srd397

Жыл бұрын

And when do you apply sbr and why?

I remember plasterers onsite only doing one coat with hardwall, but this was on new blockwork.

@PlasteringForBeginners

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

A Little tip I use "thistle bond it" over paint instead of SBR gives it uniform suction and grip from the grit in the product. Bit more expensive tho

@richardharwood3082

2 жыл бұрын

Yes thistle bond it first & thistle bonding for the scratch coat over the painted side,Hardwall is most likely to come away from the paint just sayin.

I've always 1 coated hardwall and filled the vallys as I rule off using a H section refina straight edge for the ruling, because I find it easier to grip... Mind you the walls have never been that bad 😆

Before you start your 1st coat, would you usually just wet the wall down with a water sprayer or would a weak coat of pva do the job (also keeps the dust down) cheers.