Thanks Calvin, appreciate the comment 👍

Cheers Neil, thanks for subscribing and watching 👍

Thanks Jack👍👍

😆 Thanks Jez that's great! Yeah, most people wreck a wall and end up in a right old mess when their first attempt is to get any trowel skills with a bag of finish. I hope the videos do help and they dont get too boring, really appreciate you subscribing! Always happy to answer any plastering related questions. Good Luck! Eric the plasterer👍

I've started learning welding from KZfaq, that can come in very handy as well

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Thanks Lee, Enjoy 👍

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Nice one, thanks, yeah keep me posted 👍

Good luck on all counts😀

Get plenty of practice in with the lime and mortar mix, you know you can put bonding and finish on top of it and then hack it off again? Best to do that first before you start wacking it on your house walls

Thank you so much. Excited to give it a go!! All advice taken.

Thanks for that, yeah practicing trowel technique with that mix is definitely the best way to start in my opinion, the fact the gear stays usable all day, and can be knocked off even when bone dry is what makes it great for practicing, you can also practice with bonding and finish on top of it, then easily knock the whole lot off, that way you wont wreck any of your walls,👍its the way I was taught 35 years ago. A big thanks for subscribing! Eric the plasterer

I've started learning welding from KZfaq, that can come in very handy as well

@@ThePlasterer Thanks Eric, good luck with the welding, something else I'd like to give a go lol. House first. I feel there is a renaissance in skills learning owing to the lack of skills colleges. I have loads of time to get the basics - plus plenty of water damage repair work to test my newly learned skill. I like to call myself a gifted amateur 😉others like to use colourful words to describe my efforts. Cheers, stay safe. Iain

@@iains9405 I'm sure you are a gifted amateur Iain👍I get a few of those colourful comments from time to time 😆think you might be right about a renaissance. Enjoy the learning journey mate, let me know how you get on

@@ThePlasterer will do Eric, thanks again😇

Hadn't thought of that Dazza, yeah, good idea👍

You could but it's not essencial, if your going to skim it after I'd suggest putting water proofer in the render, then you'll have no suction issues when it comes to applying the finish, you need to let the render dry for at least 24 hours. Make sure theres not too much suction in your walls before you render them or it will dry to quick, and crack

Proberbly 4-1 when I'm working in an empty property in the winter with no heating I often up the cement quantity to help it go off quicker, I also mix a bit of soft sand with fine sharp, which seems to be back on the shops, unlike bonding or finish

Hi Lee thanks for comment and subscribing, the sand and lime practice mix wont really stick to a plastered finish, ideally it needs to be some bricks or blocks, if there isn't some old brickwork in the house, you could do as I've done in that video which is buy 6 breeze blocks and just stack them on top of each other against a wall and practice on those, one of my other subscribers practiced with the lime mortar and said when he then came to using the real plaster the job went really well! The good thing about the lime mortar is when you're finished, and its dry, its easy to knock off so you can use the wall to keep practicing. Regarding sponge floating I will do that on a rendered wall, but dont really like doing it on finish, if your not used to doing it you can end up in a right old mess, and it takes longer and in my professional opinion it's not really required, most plasterers that work on site dont use a sponge float on their finish. Hope this helps, thanks again. Eric

Hi Lee, if its any kind of PVA then your right not to add it 👍

Ok Lee, few things, when your knocking up your practice mix, to kill the suction you need to add some waterproofer, the one I use is a plasticiser and waterproofer combined, it's a false economy not to buy it, the render you put on your wall needs to be between at least a quarter of an inch thick, maybe half inch even, it's best to let the area you want to put skim over dry over night you can PVA it then too, but with waterproofer in it you shouldn't have to. When you mix the finish make sure your adding powder to water, then get it on the wall, DON'T mess with it AT ALL, just get it on! if you have waterproofer in the render, then once the finish is on, you should be able to touch it with your finger and it will still be wet, it's only as starts to dry can you begin to get it smooth, dont skim to big an area while you're learning, 1 square meter only, mabey 2. You wont get it smooth in one go, if it's too wet leave it alone! And keep touching it with your finger to see if it's getting drier, if, and only if your trowel starts to drag the finish, only then can you splash or spray a little water on it so the trowel slides, DON'T over do the water. Let me know how you get on👍

It's great your getting stuck in,👍👍 you might want to add a little bit more plasticiser and or lime to the mix to make it a bit more spreadable, I've just got in from work so glancing at your ps I dont quite understand your question, but might be coz I'm tired, will take another look at it this evening. Keep up the good work!

Ps make sure your wall isnt to dry before you start

Hi Eric. Thanks for the reply. I think I didn't add enough lime then as I tried the 5 to 1 ratio. I didn't put any plasticiser in as someone did comment the lime worked well as a plasticiser. When I remix the stuff tomorrow I shall add a bit more lime to it. I used plastering sand, would that make a difference to the mix by any chance? I think I worked a little too hard today as I have a saw wrist. Looking forward for another day of practice tomorrow. Thanks again for the videos and advice. I really appreciate it.

@@leeedwards3783 if theres no plasticiser then you definately need more lime, but do yourself a favour and get some plasticiser and use half building sand, and half plastering sand and lime, it'll spread like butter and put less strain on your Wrist, it'll probably still be soft enough to use again the following day if you still have it in a bucket. Keep me posted👍if your wrist aches badly, rest it for a day

Not really any reason there all good, my finishing trowel is an Ox ultra flex not a refina, my electric whisk is a refina, there the best, used by all the hire shops because they are well made and practically last forever 😀

And in the future, if you ever buy stilts, you want Dura stilts, an American company I've had mine at least 25 years

Hi, you don't add any other beads, you set up to the render bead

Hi KF, it should be in the video description

Hi Hazqil, like most things, some people learn faster or slower than others, the only way you know when your ready to do it for money for someone else is when you feel confident enough to do so, and how good and faster you become is only developed over time, if you learn to do a whole wall well but it takes you a whole day, then it is not wise to offer to do a whole room, including ceiling, for a customer who will probably expect the whole job finished within 2 days, 3 maximum. Good luck, let me know how you get on

Yes, you can practice brick laying as well! and still pull them apart when you're done, you'll need to have the mix slightly thicker though

Marshalltown internal corner trowel, 600mm speedskim, a heavy duty plaster whisk, ( not a drill with a paddle) straight sprung tin snips, hammer, small tool. Impact screwdriver for screwing up plasterboard.That's about it, the rest is material and maybe some specialist tools later on, but there not essencial

Oh, small plastic float and a scratcher

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@@ThePlasterer thank you for this, do you actually run a course where you physically teach?

@@dcp6513 no problem🙂 sadly no

Hi robevs, yes, waterproofer and plasticiser combo👍

Learnt it from the wife!🤣

@@ThePlasterer Not you I think your vids are mint a meant the lecturer saying if ya cant master this within a week it might be time to re think

@@duncanemery4303 He was a great bloke, very old or dead by now I would imagine, he was always very straight with you, no BS 👍

If you're gonna use it and want it to be permanent, especially outside you should add cement

@@ThePlasterer But cement is the Devil's work according to Peter Ward.

duck lime mortar is more flexible, if you're working on an old building that has original lime render then you shouldn't repair with cement render

I tend to use 2 sharp to 1 soft and plasticiser if there's no lime in the mix

Not forgetting the cement 🤣

Of course if your talking about the practice mix, I've never tried making it without lime

Lime is safe if you handle it respectfully, you just need to be careful, and safety goggles are always a wise decision, whatever your mixing

@@ThePlasterer yeah for practice mix I tried the local hardware stores and they don't seem to have It

Thanks Mate

@@ThePlasterer your certainly no plasterer mate what makes you think you can teach?

You gotta ignor the haters if you want to run a youtube channel😁 If I dont like anyones particular video I cant be arsed to comment, because I'm normal 😆. Thanks Terry 👍

Although I'm using a bucket trowel for this small batch, for "practicing" it was still 5_1, yes I do know that lime is a plasticiser, when dashing, if you have enough water proofer in your scratch coat you dont need to wet or PVA the first coat. They didn't do crash courses 35 years ago, apprenticeships yes

Should you be tutoring?