I just bought an old house and this has saved my life! I have no idea what I'm doing.

Quick, to the point and simple! Thank you Ron & Jill!

Thanks for this video, Ron! I watched this over two years ago right before I moved into my grandpa's 1870 farm house. I used the tips you gave in this video to make minor repairs to the plaster walls (even had to scrape off some 1880s wallpaper to get to some of the plaster!). You explained things well enough for me to follow and your strategies worked well for getting the job done. Now, two years later, the repairs are still looking good.

Thank you for this! I tore down old panelling in my dining room and my walls look EXACTLY like this and I love doing stuff myself. I am confident that I will be able to now!

This guy is amazing, lovely smile and friendly approach, his name Ron reminds me of Ron Swanson, but a less intimidating version.

Thank you so much for this. You've just made me feel a whole lot better and more confident about fixing the wall I have just created huge holes in!

Awesome. The condition of the walls in this video and my new knowledge of how to fix them, gives me confidence to tackle my own.

This is an absolutely wonderful video. I very much appreciate how thoroughly you covered the topic. Your instructions are very easy to follow. Thank you!

Perfect tutorial !!! I had no idea how,,,,but now do !! Thank you Sir for taking the time to post this !!!!!

Fab thanks, after removing wallpaper I discovered deep holes around my windows and crumbling plaster but after watching this I'm going to do it myself. Love the photos at the end showing the finished project - it looks awesome :)

Great info, I've been working on my old house for 30 years and its still a work in progress. Your video is easy to follow and covers everything from start to finish thank you so much Shirley J

Very clear instructions. Much appreciated. I’m not so anxious about patching my ceiling now. You’ve explained so many existing problems I have to repair.

Thank you for sharing a very informative video! We love your approach and the very clear description of the process, not to mention the video quality was great! We hope to learn from your other videos. - John & Terry

Brilliant, very helpful. I could watch this kind of thing all day long, very envious of your skill.

wish I would have found you years ago, saved me a lot of money on shady contractors, I could have done myself with your knowledge. Thank you for detailed instructions

Great instructional video, well done, clear instructions. Scraped popcorn from the ceilings in our 1937 lath & plaster home. Discovered why they used the acoustic, to cover all the cracks! Just finished final paint, the ceilings look great…not perfect, but that is part of the character of an older home, it’s imperfections. Your video was very helpful. And before anyone comments, yes, I had the acoustic tested for asbestos before scraping.

Thank you kindly for the clear instruction. As a landlord, this is very helpful with minor repairs in my units.

Well Ron, thank you. I will now stop procrastinating on the rest of the incredible work needed on my big old house. You helped break down a huge job with your clear and precise instructions. I was once married to a drywall plaster guy and he always made it harder for me to follow his way of doing this or any type of work. God bless you... I can do this!

Thank you Ron . Very helpful . I was hesitant.

Great little video, Very helpful! Love the little personal reel at the end too.

Thank you great video and very informative. We have a listed building and have been let down by a really bad builder. I think you have just given me the confidence to do some of the repair work myself.

This video has helped me out so much!!!! I cannot say thank you enough!

I'm currently doing this to my own home and my brother recommended watching your videos. Great tips and thank you!

thank you because i have the same type of project going on as we speak and i was kind of stuck on how to repair the same type of holes. i have my list of materials i need and now i can get to finishing up this project

I have just done some extensive wallpaper removal and discovered plaster walls! Lots of chipping and cracking in the corners. This video is literally the only one I found that answered my questions! Thank you for making this.

Love all these old homes up to the late forties the dimensions the materials the skills

This was VERY helpful!! Thank you for all of your efforts!

You are a lifesaver ❗️ Thank you for your video and all the great tips !!!

Just moved into a house with plaster walls, and I've been wondering how to go about fixing the numerous little holes from previous wall mountings and pictures, as well as fixing the pantry. This is a good guide, I think I can attempt some of them with confidence now.

I am excited to strip the wall paper and patch the plaster walls in a room very similar as the room here. Thanks Ron.

Wonderful! Thank you, Ron. This 115 year old house has lots of places to patch.

Excellently done and explained. Thank you so much!

Great info Ron I've been restoring an old thirteen century British farm house plenty of laths and lime plaster with the horse hair in it, both on walls and ceilings, it's been a real learning curve as I'm a brick layer, a real nightmare at times as lime plaster can take a while to dry, had to use the lime because of keeping the breathability in the buildings structure.

This was the best video of its kind. Very helpful. Thank you very much.

Thank you thank you. This is just the kind of video I've been trying to find!

Thank you. Very helpful and informative and has given me the confidence to do the work myself.

This is a great tutorial!!! I have plaster walls so this may come handy some time Thank you!

Thank you. Planning my wall repairs and your video is very helpful

thanks for the help. im now ready to fix my old walls! thanks!

Great video filled with useful tips. Thanks!

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing this!

You are very charismatic and it's so encouraging, I'm subscribing

Hey, use a few of the methods on the video. Worked a treat to fix a few holes and issues i had. Thanks alot for the video and tips throughout. great works. Thumbs up.

THE BEST!!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!

Brilliant I am in the process of stripping my living room walls and also found this very informative will be looking at more of your videos you make it look so simple...;Thanks!!!

Awesome information! ...have watched this multiple times! Thank you for sharing honey!

Thanks Ron! We live in Phila. and our house was built in the late 1930's! Our darling children have made a few holes in the plaster ;o) so here I am. Looking forward to pretty walls again! Yay! an excuse to repaint!

Thank You! Just what I needed to give me the confidence to do this project. AND you have a basset hound? I 100% trust you now!

An informative and charming video. Thank you, and good luck with your projects too :)

Thank you , from my old house! It’s just the vid I’ve been looking for.

Nice work!

love this, thank you so much for this!!!

Great technique for the "Adobe" finish, here in So Cal we call that a mission finish, I've tried to match that texture with taping knives. Next time I will try the hawk and swimming pool trowel. Thanks

Great demo and well explained, Ron. :-)

Great Video. Will be using some of your techniques on a portion of our 160 year old hotel.

London calling: excellent stuff. Making good chasing work. Feel oodles more confident!

Super helpful! Beautiful end result.

Thank you; My front door ceiling found some rain. roof concrete shingles got covered with leaves over many years. the drip actually ate through the 5/8 sheet rock/ exposed the sanded finish layer. Still drying out the roof plywood

This video was very helpful. I feel like I'm ready to tackle the whole in the wall of my Hallway. Thanks for sharing!!

Thank yooouuu for going through all these knotty problems for us!! I had been searching & searching for this type of vid.

Thanks for a great tutorial. I am struggling to find an available plasterer here in Devon, UK but your video has given me confidence to make the repairs myself (unless you fancy doing it for me :) ?

I was able ro use ur technique and it worked out super well! Tx for your help...my client was very pleased

Thank you for this demonstratioon, very useful

Thank you kind Sir! Extremely helpful to repair my walls in my old home.

Ron, this video is awesome! It was super helpful to me, first timer, because you set up the expectations by giving a list of materials needed first thing, then you showed step by step and I got it right! So thank you! The water spray really makes a difference....can you please show a video on how to restore a very old stair railing handle?

Thanks! I took out a hideous faux-rock fireplace and am plastering the wall above the firebox. Made a few holes, I'm afraid. The spray bottle is a great tip. I don't have lath. I used some old ceramic fiber blanket ( made my own raku kiln as well) to fill in the bigger dents on the drywall since it was near the chimney.

Thanks for the tip

Amazing work. Thanks!

Thank you House Love!!

Great job. I was worried about doing this kind of work. Thanks

Ron- Good presentation. Thanks, helps alot.

Thanks Ron! Fantastic tips! My wife and I just bought a Victorian house (late 1800s) here in England that has this type of plaster, it seems to be called "Horse hair, lyme and batton" here. Some other Amercian vs English too we call 'sheet Rock' 'plaster board' 😁🤓👍 it all reads across and makes sense though. Great info Thank you! 🤓👍

I watch your video on how to fix wall in a old house. and i was very surprize that you did the same walls i have? Iam doing a room that all it had was wall paper under paint .O.M.G. what a mess, now I have the same wall you show on your video.what Iam trying to say is your video was very helpful to me because Iam doing this work all by myself.and I know it will come out the same way you did your wall. and also I like fixing, learning and painting. and I do A Good job !

thank you for posting this video. I found it very helpful

You are awesome, thanks for sharing

Thanks for posting this video. It is very helpful.

Excellent video. So very helpful

Thankyou! I did a great job after watching this.

fantastic video

love the video. Great work

PROFESSIONAL!!! also a very good VENTRILOQUIST.....hear the taking/explaining, but never seen your mouth move..lol. good job!

Great video ! I have holes in plaster in a home we just purchased but the wall have many layers of paint on them as oppose to the wall you have on video. Should I prep the wall surrounding the hole with a bounding agent. Thanks

That helped me tremendously

Thanks for the excellent tutorial

Thank you very much You are the best

I wish to thank you so very much!!

thanks mate that looks more real than a lot of stuff i seen where they are working to perfection...the house im working at the moment is messy and lots of jagged holes...i was going to cut perfect but not worth it too many holes in ceiling about 40...so im gonna do like you did...and use jagged pieces and just get them filled ....one question can i use bonding coat instead of joint compound ..is it the same thing..im from the uk

Thank you very much!

Thanks! This will save me a lot of time!

Great instructions 👍

sir, you are an angel sent. God bless you, kind sir! this is exactly all the tutorial I needed!

Hey great video, depending on how you mix 20 min mud you can recoat in about 15-30 mins, the drier the mix is the quicker it will dry. Too dry and it will fall out of the patch. I've been working with the stuff for a long time now. Plasterer/painter with years of experience.

Thank you for making this super easy to understand and accomplish Ron! We just bought an old Victorian and it has wallpaper on nearly ever wall. If you have an tips for wallpaper removal, I'd be so grateful!

what a great video!

Very helpful! thank you!

Ron, thank you, thank you!! I'm trying to repair a hole in my kitchen and it's not drywall but this type of plaster. It even has the metal grids in between all those layers. I was so stuck!!🤦🏾‍♀️ After watching your video, I feel confident in making that repair. Quick question though...since this is in my kitchen over my sink, should I use the water /mold resistance drywall for the repair instead of regular drywall? Thanks for sharing the video 😁

Great video tutorial. Thanks

It's till recommended to tape your seams, and what you finished with is actually taping mud. That stuff doesn't sand easily and doesn't take paint as well, in my opinion. Finish with blue lid mud. Softer easier to sand and takes paint well.

Valuable info,Thanx

Hi, Linda: I thought I had answered your question but it seems I didn't. So: it's unusual that your house has no topcoat on its plaster walls. You can plaster over that with either the pre-mix (in thin coats) or the bagged plaster (which can go on with thicker coats). Regardless you have to do it in layers. You just have to make sure you give the new plaster time to dry before you cover over it. I do not recommend plastering over wallpaper because the paper will come up eventually. You've got to get that paper off. Also: you can plaster over a primed wall but not a wall painted with topcoat. Andrea: this applies to your job too: all you need to do to prep a painted wall is to prime it with a heavy duty primer like Kilz. Good luck with your projects!