Did the City and Guilds course nearly 20 years ago. Used one good trowel back then.

Good videos keep them coming. Confiming all my do' and dont's.

Great vid fella 👍 recently picked up nela premium 14" absolutely superb bit of kit 👌 follow the same pattern as you with troweling all the way with the nela premium, then flex right at death to polish up 👍

You’re right I know loads of guys who’ve had work pulled on site because of using super flex trowels too early, I use always have a standard 14 inch carbon steel marshalltown for scratching on and laying in, use a speed skim for flattening off after each coat, my first trowel though I use a Nela mediflex I’ve always thought it’s stiff enough for the job, only ever use a Refina Superflex when skims gone for a polish. I’ve also got one of those Plaziflex from Nela only for polishing but seldom use it. Most guys use the thin trowels because they give less wrist and arm fatigue. And I think timing when the plaster is going enough to use different trowels is key, get it wrong and it’ll look like a ploughed field when painted. And the best angle trowel I’ve ever used and had is a Ragni, your angles are mint.

bang on mate, these flexs and plastic trowels have there place but at the very end of the gauge, im pretty much marshall town all the way through apart from the speedskims to flatten in 👍

Absolutely bang on

Nicely explained cheers.

Brilliant video again pal. Very informative for a bodging beginner like myself 👍👍"is that 6 inch"🤣🤣🤣

Nice video, well explained. Can you do a vid showing more of your trowel work, laying on and polishing up. Thanks.

Got every flex going, speedskims, the lot. But like many other spreads, I've reverted back to the good old MT carbon, can't beat them 👌🏻

I’ve switched to a plastic hand board love it

What’s happening nowadays mate is we’re surrounded by people who don’t want to try and want to be gods gift instantly. Iv been on the trowel 30 year, been a teacher at a school 20 years, and they all say the same thing Joel. Can I get good in a few days if I use a speed skim and flexi trowel? You should see the look on there faces when I tell them no, it’ll take years and you have to use a stiff Marshalltown to learn. Love your videos mate, keep up the good work. 💪🏻💪🏻

What trowel would you use for rubbing thin coat silicone.Will it have a rough face in order rub into the wall.

Love the videos mate keep them coming. What's ur view on a speedskim?

Good video again mate, I ordered the 16 inch super flex 3 rose gold edition but they gave me the 18 inch is it worth sending it back? I know everyone goes on about it being bad for your joints but it looks lovely haha

When you stay “standard size” hawk. What do you regard as “standard”? And what size hawk do you use?

Good video well explained 👍💪🏻 ive got the nela premium 14 but struggling to get it broke in dont do alot of rendering, so keep having to get the mt out to flatten after the nela, any ideas or just gotta keep persevering

Remember you when you worked for John Rodregez mate I worked for Connaught with Tim Whitehead hope your doing ok pal

Isn’t the 16” more strainious on the wrist and arms ?

Hi Joel, taken the liberty of plugging your channel on mine, Keep up the good work mate

The midget one is a German brand schwan is the name I have one as well but my one is 16 " ,same handle

ey up pal , i never had a nela but altho marshalltown is the don of plastering of course 😁 i have a ox trowel have u tried them ? which i always seem to reach for more often than not i just think it sits better in my hand altho it seems to be a bit more rigid than the marshalltown i use it the most and well said of flexis only good for flattening and odd awkward stuff all is well till the light hits it . atb simon

Hello mate I’ve been plastering now for 25 years and I’m a little confused???? I only Polish plaster to a mirror finish when I don’t like or don’t get on with the decorator, it seems to me that most plasterers nowadays put a glass finish on plaster.

Haven't used a 16' trowel in a while

Joel do you sponge the walls and flatten with a plaziflex

Does the nela premium take much breaking in ?

Don't 16 inch trowels over time do your arms in or something? Let me know please :)

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