Plastering Skills Video

Basic Plastering Skills - Hawk & Trowel

The essential, but basic skill for successful plastering. How to load your trowel with the correct amount of plaster without dropping it on the floor. Once you can confidently get the right amount of plaster on your trowel then plastering becomes much easier. Also, learn how to keep small amounts of plaster on your trowel without it falling off - no matter what way up you hold it.

This is a very quick explanation of basic plastering skills.

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About The Trowel important to ensure your trowel is worn in

Trowel Technique & Control Only the trowel is used to apply and finish the skim coat. There is no magic to skimming – it is the combination of firm pressure combined with the correct angle of your trowel.

Full How to Plaster Video (Run Time: 1 hour 15 minutes)

The Video Includes:

General Plastering Knowledge

What materials to use

Hawk & trowel control

How to prepare your wall and control the suction

Backing Coat

When a backing coat is needed

Purpose of a backing coat

How to apply backing coat

How to obtain a perfectly flat backing coat

Corners

How to fix angle beads

Skimming

This finish coat should be 2-3 mm thick. There are approximately 6 stages to complete but knowing when to move from one stage to the next is important. If you see no improvement from the previous stage, and you feel you're going round in circles, then the plaster may need to firm up a bit more.

How to apply a skim finish and keep it flat

Learn the process of skimming

Explains the 6 stages of skimming

The skills needed to obtain a clean slightly polished surface

How to obtain perfectly formed corners

Plus

Access to a plasterer

- to help you plaster successfully. Call or email your questions.

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