How to repair plaster coving, cornice quick, simple and cheaply. The complete DIY guide

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

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[@graysonelias8334]

I know I'm quite off topic but does anybody know of a good site to watch new movies online?

[@hayley_michelle21]

It seems so simple when you know how. I thought this would cost a fortune and require specialist tradesmen! Thanks for showing us how!

[@marybywater9212]

Great tutorial, and a great finish to a tricky cornice, explained clear and easy to follow, with no noisy background music. Thank you so much. I'm going to give it a try.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Thanks for the great comments. Glad you found my video useful and let me know how you get on with your coving. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe 👍🏼

[@mickydub3]

" TOP CLASS " JOB I repaired some coving in the hall ................. it was addictive ......" Great vid "

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Micky Dub thanks for your comment and thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@twotanks6427]

Good job. I've done a few of these and if you take your time it turns out well. I was quoted £250 for someone to cut out the old bit of coving and to make a replacement, when all it needed was a repair like this.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Twotanks to get tradesmen in can be very expensive that's why I make these videos and share my knowledge so others can save money the way I did. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@D3Fs7]

Awesome guide, it's helping me to patch a couple holes in my bathroom cornice from mice now they've been evicted 🥴

[@marygrace7003]

Brilliant..very helpful...I like no frills videos where you can see what the person is actually doing up close!

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Glad you found my video helpful. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@steveonpoint1109]

Good job pal. I find a old bank card works well to fill sometimes good flex to it. What a job tho.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

steve onpoint that's a great tip, I have used my current bank card before now because I couldn't find anything else 🙈 thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@Dreareoxo]

You're a true master! The right fella is key ;)

[@rodgerq]

Looked great in the end up especially with the addition of the new trim.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Rodger Quinn Thanks for your comment, I was pleased with how it turned out! Thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@froggerabc]

great job. wish i'd gone for plaster over polystyrene coving. paiting over the caulk I used to fill the gaps has left it cracked and messy looking.

[@juderobinson6326]

Perfect - now I have the confidence to make a repair

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Glad you found my video useful. Let me know how you get on with your coving repairs. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@ratchriat1716]

simple fixe great finish enjoyed the video.

[@seamuswarren]

I need to fill a finger sized gap where two ends of cornice/cove butt up against each other. I also need to apply maybe a thirty centimetre taper where the two sections of cornice meet to hide a glaring half centimetre difference in thickness where old and new cornice meet. The older segment seems thinner despite its equivalent ninety centimetre overall dimensions. I intend to apply a taper to the old segment building it up to meet the new segment. (The concrete ceiling itself is probably wonky as the apartment building presumably settled since construction in 1967.) As I have both plaster of paris and cornice cement on hand I am wondering what might be some pros and cons of mending cracked cornice with plaster of paris alone or adding in some cornice cement? Is cornice cement also known as "mud"? I saw a couple videos advise incorporating a premixed cornice cement (they called "mud") into plaster of paris to extend paris' set-up time. Minus the mud, plaster or paris quickly starts setting only minutes after reaching that ideal spreadable "frosting-like" texture. Quickly turns un-spreadable and irredeemable because I cannot water it down to extend it's "working life". This cornice cement / mud apparently extends the working life of plaster of paris when it is at the point of "frosting" texture" - not unlike the frosting we might thickly spread or butter on a sponge cake. :) I need to go back and find the videos describing the method and see if only the pre-mixed form of "mud" is acceptable. My cornice cement is in the dry powdered form and as it understand it, set-up time is less than a "mud" premix. Hoping to buy more time when applying plaster of paris, I tried watering it down. A total disaster. Adding water seems to create gravel and when it eventually sets and cures, a powdery mess like talc is the result. Has to be removed. Turns the site into a dust bowl. EDIT: I love this bloke's accent and overall demeanour. So mellow. Thank you. :)

[@kathshayler5931]

Really helpful video! Thanks

[@TEPBen]

Brilliant mate, thanks for the great tips.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed my video. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like and subscribe to help me out 👍🏼

[@chrislarkin9138]

Good job. Thanks for the vid. I'm gonna give this a go

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Glad you enjoyed my video, let me know how you get on with your coving. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like and subscribe to help me out 👍🏼

[@sameemtak]

that was an excellent video. Well done and thank you

[@Billy_Bull_Sheeter]

Can you use bonding plaster or cement?

[@dilligaf2386]

I need to repair some coving does it crack after a while

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

roy ratcliff there's no cracks in any of the repairs I have done. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@datheat2854]

Lovely job

[@ingunaskinner1242]

Loved your video and smart job. How about filling a totally missing segment where the chunk was cut out for built in wardrobe, for example. Thanks a million!

[@kylieharrison3782]

I want to know too.

[@TomTomTomTom538]

"all these teeools I use for plastering, I've got the speed skim, the marshaltown, the rafina black". Lol thumbs up if you know what I'm on about

[@brummiecrf250l5]

Brilliant work!!!

[@dfvid]

Great video - thanks. I'm off to give my cornice sojme TLC

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Good luck with your cornice. Let me know how you get on. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@MrSuchasoorma]

Best vid on this

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

A S glad you think so! Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@marygrace7003]

Agree!

[@hansiesma16]

That was really good to watch. I never knew you could get it so precise with that trowls (the rounded tips is so obvious but I've never thought to use them for filling!) Very interesting to watch you watering down as you moulded the shape so precisely. How much sanding was required once it had dried? Beautiful finish.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

I try to fill as close as I can to minimise sanding. Hate all the dust. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@TonysFrontRow]

Hi, great and very impressed. I may have missed this bit, but what adhesive do you use - recommend? Many thanks, cheers

[@M6JKW]

Nice job mate 👍

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Rogue Prepper Thanks and thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@DaveTecho]

Good video, thanks. to the point, detailed.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

No need for waffle. Glad you enjoyed my video. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe 👍🏼

[@denisconor648]

Great stuff.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼

[@sketchstudiosfunart7228]

Great video! What do you recommend to fill gaps from window and architrave surrounding it?

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

YGJ Artworx thank you. If the gaps are only small you could use decorators caulk. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@julietwalsh1089]

Hi, quick question. I was wondering if the contour gauges can be used to sculpt larger areas of missing ornate coving. If so a demo would be brilliant.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

You can make a pull from thin metal cut to the contour and build it up. Some screws in the wall will give it some support 👍🏼

[@garvielloken3929]

Phenominal job!

[@bladelba]

Awesome guide, thank you!

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed my video. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@Zelda2774]

Nicely done

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Mark Newman Thanks for your comment. Be sure to like, share and subscribe to help the channel out. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@engincaglarofficial]

My 2 budgie birds been eating our plaster coving , but its more then this damage, any idea to fix please !!!

[@jaysonenfeld2321]

Very helpful 👍

[@DTGuitarTech]

Top skills!

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏼

[@gaborkristof2453]

Thanks man!

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

You're very welcome 👍🏼

[@moeenahmed6853]

What paint did you use for the coving pal...

[@snufbox]

White

[@littlefish4270]

Great video.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Little Fish thank you. Glad you enjoyed my video. Be sure to check out my other videos and like, share and subscribe to help the channel out. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@tashytill264]

Hi mate great job I know it’s been a while since this was posted but do you remember the place you got the wooden moulding from? Cheers

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Thanks for your comment. I actually made these mouldings myself. I'm sure there will be a website that sells similar. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@CrowbarBallad]

Cheers mate!

[@vanderpant2116]

Great job mate, can i use this technique if the coving has been chased for electrical purposes ?

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

vanderpant2116 thanks for your comment. If you can get capping over the cables first that would be better but yes you can do this for electrical chases. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@PeterHodson-bl1gn]

As an old Plasterer tradie, I get very frustrated ( no, I also don't always agree with their methods) at the number of demonstrators who can't be bothered to clean their tools. Tradesmen I learned from would have kicked my bum if my tools looked like that.

[@robertgemmell1485]

Cheers

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Robert Gemmell Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@danieldaly2326]

could you not have let it set and sanded after ?

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Yes I could have but that creates a lot of dust. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@mervynhardy3693]

Has this man never heard of a joint rule?

[@hanafi0]

The final coving does not look like the one you repaired! It has more layers

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Well spotted. The coving was too plain for my liking so I added timber mouldings to the top and bottom of the coving to make it look more ornate. I assure you that it is the same coving. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼

[@strongstories3183]

If that's plaster cornice you don't need to use dab/plasterboard adhesive you need plaster of paris. This is a bodge

[@strongstories3183]

@JJ Willywinkle you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe you you that rough work in America, we have coving/cornice older than your whole country In Europe I think I will stick with the way we have been doing it for 300+ years. Considering they are made out of plaster of Paris I think that is the right material to repair it

[@strongstories3183]

@JJ Willywinkle go onto plaster ceiling roses ytube channel and see there plaster coving install video for the correct way to do it mate 👍🏻 used to make, fit and repair genuine plaster coving for years and can tell you that that's how the pros fo it professionals do it.

[@IdemRedd]

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[@brownpride788]

This does not look what you so called patch lol SMH.......noooooooooooooooo

[@brownpride788]

For one.....wrong tools...... second this takes mins to dry.....and when it does to sand it.....this little party shouldn't of took you more than 30 mins......smh