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 😁

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

You are the best Plasterer on KZfaq. 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.

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

This has answered one of the questions I’ve been asking myself. I’ve been watching your videos on KZfaq 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. 👍

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.

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.

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 👍

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Superb workmanship.

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

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.

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.

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 👍

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

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

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.

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 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

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

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. 👍👍

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. ❤

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.

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

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

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

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

Wow what a great job

Absolutely beautiful work.

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

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

You my friend are a plasterer 👍

Never seen a plasterer use a level. Nice one.

I always spray bit of hardwall on my water 😂 Graight vid though pal, nice to see other ways out ther😊

There was very little or no dry lining going on 36 yrs ago when I started out as a young plasterer! Though would always agree that a solid wall is better than dry lined. When you tap dry lined it always sounds hollow! Though my point here is to say that if a wall is rough then maybe the easiest way is to just dot and dab board over it? This method is fast, and clean. You can of course then skim it but I notice that many new domestic builds, all they do is tape and feather joints out with NO SKIM? Though If this is done properly you just won't see the join! Proactivity and ease of system on site will always win over what we might prefer!

I’m so impressed! Great video! 🙏🏻😊

fantastic.

Another great job buddy

Amazing as always

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

Top job as always blaine! My only issue is!!!! If the internal skin is brick then the odds are their is no mechanical dpc installed so gypsum plaster is a no go! It will promote damp.

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

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

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

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

nice job, the wall looks great.

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

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

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

Possibly demonstrating setting out screeds using box method for beginners

Been watching your videos Have been plastering for 42 years You obviously are decent so not gonna knock you on the contrary good to watch as we never too old to learn One tip When you set or as some day skim in backing plaster I always wait till the dark spots start to come up That way You don’t get the shrinking or cracking when setting too early with your finish Hope you don’t mind Just one thing I always do Keep up the good work mate I lived up north for about 13 years And it was all rough and skim 😂 While I was float and set

Nice project, very interesting.

Excellent tutorial 👌 Excellent video ❤ Subscribed 👍

Absolute artist my man!

Excellent work thanks for sharing!

In my day we would have nailed wire lath onto the brick wall, especially the painted section. Then we would have applied a gypsum perolite brown coat to straighten the wall. Final coat would be a lime mix trowled to a smooth finish. We worked much faster using that system. As for the straight edge, we used those as well, but mostly just a darby for the base brown coat.

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

Pete the whistle top top job love to know the cost 👍🏿

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. 👍🏆

That wall looks really nice

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

Best plastering video I've seen

nice work, complements from a Canadian stucco plaster.

Amazing talent! Well done!

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

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

Always great advice and videos from you.

I agree, Hardwall is excellent stuff. Smells a little funky, But, otherwise, brilliant stuff.

Proper plastering 👍

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

wow that is amazing work

Fantastic work and a great video. Thanks.

Hardball for high suction. Sbr and waterproofer you've made it like glass that will shell off.

ohoo!! Ok, I just learned why my plaster dried so dang fast and then I couldn't work it, it was making me so angry. My walls were very dry. I needed to wet them down some before applying the plaster so it would have time to spread.

Great video. Very helpful. Only thing that would have made it more interesting would be if you did it with your shirt off so we could watch your muscles move as you worked the Morten mix. Thanks! 😎

Thank you. This is extremely helpful. I was wondering if you consult. I am in the US and virtually no one is doing traditional plaster work. I cannot find anyone to consult regarding how to deal with 2 problems in a 1910 home: 1) how to plaster over brick when the brick was originally coated with bitumen and that is now a bit brittle; 2) a wall that starts as brick and continues as a stud/lath and plaster wall that has been wallboarded. The plaster on the brick had failed after 100+ years and many in more recent times with windows not caulked an painted. I'm on a slow trip to putting the old girl back together. On the bitumin I've been advised to use "Plasterweld". I can get no advise on the brick/stud wall where I'm worried about cracking between the two parts of the wall. The stud wall wallboarded when that plaster failed and someone wire lath over the wallboard onto the plaster on brisk and then used dry wall mud over that. I'm thinking about dot and dab wallboard onto the brick and then treating the joint as any wallboard joint. I'd use wallboard used for bathrooms here. We have a product called Structolite (a gypsum scratch coat plater). We do not have gypsum drywall adhesive ... I'm thinking Structolite + PVA or cementweld. The only person I can find here to consult is an excellent conservation carpenter, but he's not a plasterer. He insisted I need to screw wiremesh to the brick walll. He also insists that I should mix lime putty with the Structoliite for my finish coat. I would be interested in learning if you do paid consulting.

Shouldn’t the SBR be made up as a slurry with cement and then left tacky to give it a real chance of binding with the plaster, as the paint can still flake off the brickwork in the future ? I would of made sure the paint was properly keyed up and then slurried to give it the best possible connection.

Hi Blain ! When I was working with an old boy plasterer many years ago he would build out with render then he would get me to mix hardwall and multi 50/50 he would build out to where it needed to be then he would trowel it up to a perfect finish ! He was amazing but moody ! Dennis Mathew's ! He must 80 odd by now ! 🤔

Back in the day using sand and cement on that painted wall we woulld have to rake out the joints and a thin scratch coat because of the weight of the mix

Hi mate. See when you went over it with water in the last part of the vids, is that a finishing trowel? Great vids by the way.

That was a prof quality job!

I'm looking to plaster my garage soon (never plastered before) so would have been good to understand the consistency of the mixes for the render & top coats.. Also how long you waited between coats, the different tools... Perhaps you've covered it elsewhere?

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

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

Lovely job mate! 👍😉

When you rule you need to move more sideways than straight up because when you get to chest height your pushing slightly harder so you get a dip in wall thats how i was taught but good job as always mate.

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.

Excellent channel and content man

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.

What do you recommend when it comes to skimming painted walls?

Master craftsman 👏

That looks hard work?.. Great job..

Great video 👌good old float and set

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