As i am renevating my first property i am obviously wanting to do everthing myself, new floor boards,ceilings,trimings and fixings etc are no prob but i have never had a bash at plastering walls.

Been told the nak is leaving it just the right amount of time before smoothing off?

Suppose its one of those things you either can or cant do so any tips would be great

 

I'm a plasterer what info do you want?

 

General tips on doing the job mate, most rooms just need a skim

 

We have renovated a Bungalow and despite no skills, we have done most stuff ourselves. The line is drawn at Bricklaying, Plastering and Worktop cutting.

These are, in my opinion, jobs for the Pro's.

 

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ARTEX

 

radiant red

id stick to fixing cars if i was you pete

 

And you stick to eating burgers

Thought id have a bash i have plenty of walls to practice on, ill see how it goes

 

you will be same size as me if you keep eating them kfc's

well if you need a hand doing owt gizz a buzz

 

Presume your going to be applying mulitfinish onto plasterboards if thats the case you want to get yourself a roller & apply a pva to the boards a mix of 3parts 1 to 1 part pva. Wait until its tacky then you can apply the plaster, this stops the gypsum in the board sucking the moisture out your plaster when your applying it.

Keep your tools clean & use a good float with not scratchs in it if you want a damn good finish, make sure when you mix your plaster you get it to a good consistency like chocolate mouse

When your putting the plaster on the wall load up the float with plenty of plaster then start at the top & come down halfway dont close up the float too soon or you'll end up with bubbles in the plaster & too much in 1 area. Only do a small area at a time then work from the bottom & not very bottom about 2inchs from bottom should do then do same as you did the top but when you get halfway dont keep dragging up turn the trowl & swipe across.

Once you got a small area done start floating it from the side to level it out, once your done them 3 steps until all your plasters on the wall. Leave it for about 5-10 minutes using the time to clean up your tools.

Don't worry it the 1st coat is a bit crap the 2nd coat will hide the imperfections. Get a bottle with a trigger head & spray the wall with clean water not too much then using a clean damp flaot just wet trowl the wall this is called "polishing" DO NOT WIPE OFF ANY PLASTER YOU PICK UP this can be used to fill any little bits you missed, work downwards. After that use a dry float with no water.

Get your 2nd cat on doing the same thing again.

Also get yourself a soft 1inch paintbrush & using the trigget bottle wet it & plaster & you can blend in the corners with it known as the "magic wand"

lol think i covered most of it. hth

 

sounds a lot easier than it is. you forgot to mention getting a bionic arm too i've done a few bits and pieces when needed,i think i'll stick to carpentry

 

Have a bash by all means, but youll find it hard to get it right even if you practice on all the walls. Without being shown how to do it youll struggle. Why not do a little course before having a go?

 

oh and youll need a good used float new ones are crap for getting a finish on skim, they need to be nice n sharp. Plasterers normally use new ones on hardwalling etc first, wear it in so to speak

 

I beg to differ you can buy floats that are already broken in there not cheap though & saves time having to break it in.

 

Brookesy

Your a star mate


I'll post some pics up when im done

 

Yeah just give us a shout if you need anymore info.

 

Brookesy
you forgot to add you will need the number of a good plasterer to come and put it all right when you've got fucked off with i going wrong

 

Plastering, one of the few trades where there are no good amatuers!!

 

Hey the pro's start somewhere dont they, work on a lot of plasterers/builders vans so i have back up.

 

Rubbish. I've plastered my whole house, walls, ceilings, the lot. And then had a platerer ask me who done it, coz it was a really good job.

And the only plastering experience I've had was when I cut my finger.

One thing that hasn;t been mentioned - dont try too hard to make bits smooth to begin with. The more you work it, the worse it gets.

 

get em to show you mate youll pick it up a lot quicker

 

Will do mate

Oh and i have moved on from kfc's i cant stop eating subways

 

i'm not saying dont have ago your self but dont get to pissed off with your self if you do end up calling in help

 

All plasterers have to start somewhere, best thing to do is go on a intense course you'll pick up most of the basics then just keep at it till you start to build up experince.

Oh & with this cold weather we're having don't get putting your central heating on to try & dry out the plaster quicker as it will just crack.

 

u carnt beat a good subway mate subway melt