These Hacks Make Plastering Ceilings EASY!! (NO EXTRA SKILLS NEEDED...)

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6 ай бұрын

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Are you tired of spending endless hours plastering ceilings with painful results? You're not the only one...Ceilings can often be seen as the hardest part to plastering and many beginners struggle to get decent results.
Well, it doesn't have to be that way. Plastering Ceilings can be easier than walls...if you just know the process. And the best thing is that is doesn't actually require any more plastering skills on your part.
It's just about adjusting the process.
And getting the right tools to make your job easier!
That's what we're going to cover in todays videos. We'll show you how to efficiently plaster ceilings faster whilst giving you better results at the same time! If you like this video then please like and subscribe. And please leave a comment because we'd love to hear from you!
Thanks for watching.
We'll see you on the next one.
Cheers.
Blaine Gray,
Plastering For Beginners

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@paultant6741 6 ай бұрын

Not a plasterer but have done some including ceilings. Got a blob in my eye once eye was sore for a week. Great tips here 👍 👌

@paulhaggett3710 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant skills and informative video. Sam is lucky to have such an encouraging teacher with a sense of fun. Thankyou.

@gromitelectrical Ай бұрын

Amazing Vid, I think Sam would find it easier if he took his jumper & hat off. You just have to t-shirt on, I think that's the secret 😂

@petespencer5260 6 ай бұрын

Artex - 6 scoops of bonding per bag of multi in your first coat. No need to scrape.

@pat9859 6 ай бұрын

Fist + little finger extended is perfect height for skimming ceilings in my opinion, great vid mate

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Good tip - I'll give that a go pal. Thank you for watching my friend 👍

@halstirrup 4 ай бұрын

That’s the best video you done so far in my opinion! Sam is a legend! Keep trying mate you will get there! Stay hard brother!

@PlasteringForBeginners 4 ай бұрын

Thank you mate. really appreciate that! Sam is a legend - he's doing really well!

@tedphillips2779 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vids they have given me confidence to try my self tomorrow!! Wish me luck lol😊

@westyboywestyboy 6 ай бұрын

Great job Sam. Thanks for the company advertising 😂

@flashingmoon 6 ай бұрын

Excellent job as usual

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@donnakebabmat5413 6 ай бұрын

I have done a fair size ceiling in the past using pallets stacked and plywood top, it's a bit extra work, but the job was a good one.

@mikejackson6511 6 ай бұрын

Great video as always buddy, keep up the good work. What speedskim is better out the box between the refina and plastic blade speedskim ?

@Jellyisamazing 3 ай бұрын

Handful of bonding in with your first mix for artex, game changer

@markwatkinson4206 6 ай бұрын

Love your videos mate top notch always keep going back through them

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark - that means a lot mate. Glad you found them useful my friend!

@androot69 21 күн бұрын

I do really want to see you plaster a ceiling that goes from flat to slope at 45 with a curved transition zone, around 2inch radius

@BigSteveFairchild 6 ай бұрын

Good video My shoulders are absolutely smashed took three years out to go into management had a go at a a ceiling two weeks ago spent the following day in bed 😂😂

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Ha they are evil if you've not plastered them in a while. I must admit, I had a shoulder burn after my month off pal 🤣

@deanryan8533 5 ай бұрын

I bought a full face visor and it works a treat! Don't need to worry where head is in relation to the loaded up trowel above. Look a bit silly but rather that than partially blinded for a few week

@ToroPichu 5 күн бұрын

Amazing content!!!!! Can I get some advice on ceiling please? I was trying to follow your video using gyproc skimcoat, but my first coat got hard when I was at the middle of my ceiling 😂. Could be the lack of water in the mix, or because I used a drill to mix? Also, should I use PVA if I left my first coat to dry? And is it ok to add 2 more coats on the top of my first dried one? I'll appreciate any answer on this, thanks so much!!!!

@pawelmieczkowski1432 6 ай бұрын

Hi lovley job. What about different design on artex are you still use same method??

@callyk5678 6 ай бұрын

30 years in the trade and never known anyone go to hospital with plaster in the eye lol

@robinford4037 26 күн бұрын

Nasty when it happens, I'm a labourer and work for my cousin, he's a jack of all trades (kitchens, bathrooms, attic conversion etc) can do anything, if it doesn't need signed off on. Has a top electrician and a plumber for that. Plastering at the end of a job is the worst part for him. back and shoulder takes a beating but plaster got in his eye a couple of times and it screws up an hour or two, said it felt like powdered glass... also saw it on nick Knowles DIY SOS, one of the boys got a huge dollop in one eye, white of the eye completely turned bright pinky red, couldn't stop blinking, rinsed out in hospital and wore an eyepatch for the rest of the episode.

@paulnaylor6035 6 ай бұрын

Bang on exactly how I've been doing it for years the only thing I've found recently the big three bag refina buckets is buy two mix up flip the first one upside down and then sit the second on top everything at height on stilts and learn to pick up toes when walking especially on dust sheets...

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

That's the one mate - the buckets are strong enough (but I do sometimes worry if the bottom one was to explode ha)

@terrypincott9955 6 ай бұрын

Your videos are great for everyone. Learning some of the ways you plaster has made it easier and more enjoyable. Is your x skim plastic or steel? I like using the ox speedskim but rafina have the better grips

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Thank you mate - really appreciate that! Plastic...I really like it. I'll be doing a review comparing this and the Speedskim soon 😉

@terrypincott9955 6 ай бұрын

Both are great but I feel refina just pips ox just because of the rounded grip

@kalyanlimo09 4 ай бұрын

Start using link for the products. Would have used them if you have. Thank you for great info. 👍

@leegorman3329 6 ай бұрын

i had the exact same stilts you have for 8 years, i upgraded to surpro double braced magnesium stilts, there unreal!!!! if i knew they was going to be that good i would of bought them years ago. massive difference!

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Oh I'll look into them. Are they good - never heard of them to be fair. Love new tools ha!

@leegorman3329 6 ай бұрын

@@PlasteringForBeginners i can’t believe how much better they are! no leg aches or fatigue after big ceilings, and with the extra brace on the inside of the leg the stability is brilliant! effortless to use

@Drunk3nMonk3y72 6 ай бұрын

That's a different pole attachment to the Refina one I have, Mine fits straight to the speedskim, no swan neck. must be a new design.

@TaraBryan. 6 ай бұрын

Hi Blaine. Hope you're all well. Which one do you think is better out the box, the x-skim or speedskim?

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

I'll do a full review soon - you'll have to wait for the verdict 😉 lovely hearing from you again Tara, hope you're well!

@chrismoore7569 Ай бұрын

Is it possible to skim a large ceiling or wall with a rolling gauge i.e half a bucket at a time in sections until the whole wall is done. I ask this as I will be on my own, mixing and laying on and have some large areas to do. I am not a professional. I have an uncle who uses this method but have never seen it mentioned anywhere.

@DawidKliszewski Ай бұрын

iteresting subject, what about i.e. 50m2 ceiling or wall? Could be done in parts? It will be 5 bags of plaster, cant't be done same time.

@RC-oi1gg 6 ай бұрын

If the ceiling is large, can you finish one half and then the next day finish the other half, blending into the first half? In an ideal world not, but if you are on your own can it be done. Great work Blaine 👍

@lewisriggs6596 6 ай бұрын

U can I’ve done it before

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

You can but it would be my last option. I'd think about Extratime first to extent the mix time and then think about maybe getting another plasterer to help. Blending would be my last port of call.

@ChristopherCotter1 6 ай бұрын

What stilts you got mate?

@natashafarrell4526 4 ай бұрын

Any tips for safely plastering a two story open stair wall? At least it has a nice big window 😅

@nigelsmith1198 6 ай бұрын

I have a 25m2 ceiling that needs plastering asap if you’re interested.? Been let down by another plasterer.

@jonesconrad1 6 ай бұрын

Stilts are great once you get used to them. I tried them a few times (without actually plastering) and they freaked me out , once i had the trowel in my hand and had to concentrate on the plastering I forgot I was on stilts and it felt normal and was easy

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

So true - clear the floor and get on with it. Very scary at first but like anything, it gets easier once the mind gets used to it. Well said pal

@gavinhay6627 6 ай бұрын

I'm still trying to figure out why British plaster is brown and here in Croatia it's off white /cream. Same for Germany.

@pcno2832 5 ай бұрын

It's also white in the USA. I've heard that there is so much iron in the clay soils of the UK that the gypsum deposits that are mined there also have some iron. That's also why they have so many red bricks.

@gavinhay6627 5 ай бұрын

@@pcno2832 hmm, we have red bricks in Croatia. I think there is maybe just less clay and more gypsum in the mix. I'm curious if knauf plaster products in UK are white or brown.

@tobyadams7206 6 ай бұрын

I’m 53 not 23 any more there is no way I’m trying stilts

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Ha good point. I can't blame you mate.

@tobyadams7206 6 ай бұрын

@@PlasteringForBeginners speed skims are a definite game changer 👍🏻👍🏻

@headleshydra 16 күн бұрын

6:11 - "LeverGAE"!?

@chrisheath786 5 ай бұрын

Great tips but, please drop the music in volume when you're talking. Thanks!

@hewoguys2506 6 ай бұрын

take it tip to meant to say leverage

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Ha yeah. My spelling has been so bad during the editing...I'm so focussed on everything else and totally forget to double check my grammar. Not good, (but you know what I mean 🤣)

@tylersable 6 ай бұрын

Lids all day especially bedrooms then you can throw em all on at same time

@michaelburns5967 6 ай бұрын

Stilts weren't designed for plasterers they were for suspended ceiling fixers. Plasterers will drop plaster and water during the process of doing a ceiling. Those two combined with stilts are a recipe for disaster. If you haven't fallen while working on stilts believe me it's a game changer.

@PlasteringForBeginners 6 ай бұрын

Fair point...but I stil love them. But saying that, I've never fell so that could probably change my mindset on them 🤣