Thread: Let's face it my plastering is....

Maybe I was visited by the plastering gypsies as a baby as I've only attempted plastering once on a 3 ft by 9ft wall in my kitchen and got it right first time with very nice results.

As for the council bloke THATS THEFT! Like council tax...

Originally Posted by GordonBrown

Get a professional to do it you tight git!

Where are you? I can recommend an excellent plaster at mates rates if you are close.

Wot e said. Otherwise it could end up looking like this:

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Fuck plastering. Just tile the whole lot. Simpler, smarter and you can't fuck it up.

My house was built long before they invented the right angle. There are bodges on top of bodges... So the one thing I don't skimp on is the plastering. We had an excellent bloke in recently and it is indeed an art form - the plaster was glass smooth by the time he'd finished. It looks great and he was very good value.

Well there you go, note to self - read what you've posted before attempting any DIY.

I used the smooth over stuff and it looked crap. The roller that comes with it chucked more on me and the floor that it did on the wall and the smoothing tool was rubbish.

So I dug out my trowel and hawk from my plastering course and did it the old fashion way. It also helped using a wet paint brush to gently blend in the crap bits. All I had to do then was to lightly sand out any remaining brush stroke and hey presto - smooth wall, ready for painting.

The bottom part looks crap but I don't care 'cos I'm going to clad it with tongue and groove stuff.

My advice for this stuff is as others have said - don't bother, just use plaster. If you are going to use it don't bother using the roller and smoothing tool - use a trowel and wet paint brush to smooth out any abnormalities

Well, we did all warn you Bangalore..........

If it just cracking between the plasterboard you don't need to skim. Just tape the joint with Gyproc jointing tape and fill. Job is a good 'un.

The problem with using that Polycell stuff is that you still need to be pretty good at plastering in the first place. It's good for a quick skim over a small area, but that's about it. Anything bigger than a couple of square metres needs the proper stuff.

There's no easy way to plaster, just practice but most of all - patience. Most people who have a go at plastering try and get it as smooth as possible on the first application. Get the stuff on the wall, don't worry too much about the tram lines, let it set a bit, wet paintbrush, smooth over with the trowl and float. Once you have done an entire house, hey presto, you can hire out your services.

PS. I would never be a professional plasterer. Firstly, it's completely and utterly tedious and secondly, it's too much like hard work.