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@user_unknown148810 ай бұрын
Kirk.. not content with just training his apprentice to be a great plasterer but also wants his apprentice to be a top class documentary maker too for when his elbows have had enough! haha 😊
@dave1973milo10 ай бұрын
Not plastered for 15 years yours vids helping me out... awesome 👍🏽
@andreipopa26279 ай бұрын
You are very skilled, I’ve done a bit of tape and joint, but I’m just looking how effortless you move the trowel and spread the multi finish to perfection you can see years of experience and craftsmanship keep up the good work
@user-ou6fe7bs9k10 ай бұрын
Love the way he says why would ya work like a crazy man doing 7am starts…. After he has the house paid off…😂 great videos and a top Man, Master Craftsman 💯
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
Cheers mate. Just to clear up any confusion. I earn more now doubt private work than I ever did on site 🙂
@ashleyhorgan10510 ай бұрын
Yet again another great vid Kirk . I had a sagging problem few months ago on a curved ceiling fortunately I figured it out seeing you do it how you just did just shows me I did it rite 👌🏻
@RifRafBifАй бұрын
Another good one kirk👍🏻. Good to watch ✌🏻🏴
@cal674710 ай бұрын
Top tips, end off. Excellent to watch and you Sir are without doubt a character with the patter / banter and a total Plastering Professional approach, dam good to watch.
@joeglabus725510 ай бұрын
I recently done my mates loft extension he had some wide orange scrim was mint to use always great content kirk 👍
@paultowns988010 ай бұрын
Great video Kirk. Plenty of useful tips and humour. Walk with a purpose lad, class!!!
@alistairbooth550910 ай бұрын
Like how Kieron flipped Kirk the bird 🤣🤣🤣
@TrevorTurner-bc8zf8 ай бұрын
Loving your videos Kirk, tip of the day so you still have the energy to play with your son when you get home buy more of them adjustable hop-ups, I have the same ones as you they are great and don't squeak like the cheaper ones, I line them up the length of the room for longer rooms just add a scaffold board in between them, it saves all that up and down and because the hop ups are wide the plastering bucket fits on them so that saves more up and downs, and when trowling up you can trowel the full length of the room, if Kieiren is not busy on his phone sorting out his nightlife :) he might even move them forward and back in front of you, i have to move my own lol but as long as i have my radio and tea i am happy, keep smiling and making hard work look easy Kirk 🍺🍵
@RAINE____4 ай бұрын
Never plastered in my life but for some reason watched hours of this guy's videos. Seems like a top bloke. And a good teacher for the lad too.
@Onthetrowel4 ай бұрын
Cheers mate, I hope you enjoy my latest video, it's just dropped now🙂👍
@DangerousDaveSlater10 ай бұрын
Another great video Kirk, Thank you! Couldn’t stop lookin at that bogey in the last part of the vid 😂 keep them coming mate… vids not bogeys 😂😂😂😂
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
🤣🤣😋
@paulnewman174010 ай бұрын
Hey Kirk great videos mate , I’ve been a general builder for the last 26 years and do my fair share of plastering but because I’m not doing it everyday I’m not the quickest and I can’t do wet angles to save my life , any chance of a good video on this .. 53 years old and still keen to learn . Cheers man keep up the good work .. Paul , North Devon .
@jamiejosh967 ай бұрын
Assume you have an internal trowl mate? If so run it in one motion, if leaving a mark wait until the second trowl so you won’t leave lines… push progressively harder keeping the internal wet. If you need to fill put the plaster at the tip of the internal place in the hole and run again
@Lee1978R5 ай бұрын
This is the 6th video I’ve watched in a row.. love it.
@DannyArbuckle10 ай бұрын
Great video mate 👌
@user_unknown148810 ай бұрын
'I've never met him, but i like him' that statement is a real truth when following other tradesmen/diyers work, i have had many moments of appreciating the consideration of the people preparing work for me, and you dont want to know the way i describe the people who leave a nightmare for me follow on from, LOL
@user-fj7wo8pv8z9 ай бұрын
Yea I agree with you big man , been a plaster roughcaster for about 35 year , I prefer board finish
@Zoltar181110 ай бұрын
I’ve often said this about bags of finish. Much better back in the day. I’m old 👴🏻
@dandorrington307010 ай бұрын
The scrim drop is a killer 😂
@digitalali65505 ай бұрын
love all your videos
@yakupgeckin777710 ай бұрын
Hi master have a good work.
@colinhamilton72046 ай бұрын
Hi Kirk watched quite few of your vids now I honestly say you are a top bloke & exceptionally skilled at your trade wish you was close to cleethorpes I would book you for couple of jobs because quality job done and great fella
@Onthetrowel6 ай бұрын
Thanks mate
@duncanemery430310 ай бұрын
That’s 1 good job
@ronniebarker7910 ай бұрын
I bet that customer is a spark captin lol 🤣 thout a dogdy bag would hold you back spot on as always m8 and the wild 1
@calvinjones213610 ай бұрын
Quite often get a gritty multi. Boardy much better. 💪🏽
@keiftaff82449 ай бұрын
Another top video where do you get your paddle brushes mate
@jonfenwick620010 ай бұрын
Great tip video pal . Love these. Have you seen/heard about the shamfering tool for p/board? Looks like a plane, I might try it out...
@lukevickery437910 ай бұрын
Your neley as good as me at it pal
@leewalsh394510 ай бұрын
Yeah the stuff at the moment is shit great vid pal
@nigelstout508010 ай бұрын
Get ur self a nice plaziflex for roundies mate
@mikedevlin588810 ай бұрын
Love it boys. Great work.
@RC-oi1gg10 ай бұрын
Hi Kirk, another great vid. Can you advise please. I have artex ceilings in my house which was built in 1983 ish. The ceilings themselves are in good nick and solid. I have been advised by a plasterer that all my downstairs ceilings need re-boarding before plastering to stop them from cracking when someone walks upstairs. Seems like BS to me?
@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot9 ай бұрын
Bs in the sense of them cracking from walking from above, but i always advise over boarding over artex, belt and braces
@Rureal4210 ай бұрын
I was no 1.😁
@John-gg7ud10 ай бұрын
Staple gun the scrim where it’s curved never fall out again 😉
@jasongentle644610 ай бұрын
Old school I’m the same with my son every thing clean when skimming hate back of trowels full shit makes it heavy 😂😂 to use and your walls will be better no fat marks 👍👍👍
@lewisriggs65969 ай бұрын
Lime wash is that known as distemper what stabiliser do u need to use
@stephennorris79246 ай бұрын
Should HAVE!!
@ianthompson62888 ай бұрын
I find multi when it's old goes sorr of like perished and dead slippy .horrible to use when it's like that .do like it when it's got plenty of months left on the bag tho
@jimmysbuildingservices728810 ай бұрын
Why ain't we getting any shorts uploaded Kirk enjoy them little videos mate we need more.
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
Had a nightmare recently with a customer trying to rip me off so head has been in kill mode. All sorted now though 🙂
@jimmysbuildingservices728810 ай бұрын
Oh shit mate I had the same last year November only got the money of them 2 weeks ago I know you're pain
@treyvongardner69102 ай бұрын
So I got a plaster on site with me and I find myself telling him to take a little bit and go in neat 😂
@alistairbooth550910 ай бұрын
Fab video. Nice see Kieron doing some plastering 👍🏻😁. Does he get to fair bit or does he do more filming??
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
Both, he hates filming 🤣
@alistairbooth550910 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@diablosdilemmas57433 ай бұрын
kirk ive just come across a patch of limewash on stairwell wall what do you stabilise it with?? does that go with distemper aswel? i thought i had to sugar soap it scrape it then stabilize then sbr
@Onthetrowel3 ай бұрын
Stabilising solutmatw. You can get it fro screwfix pal
@ianturner845910 ай бұрын
Always thought that the fiber tape could do with being abit wider than standard especially for when scrimming internal angles.
@ljones39610 ай бұрын
I always buy 100mm tape now, it's much nicer to use, and as you say, plenty of flange (love that word) on internal angles.
@nigelhaines79008 ай бұрын
Hi Kirk, i think they put to many chemicals with these presant day powder form plaster they do the same with febmix not the same as it used to be if its not broke leave it alone thats my motto
@james0002110 ай бұрын
I always wear a baseball cap or beenie hat in winter, just incase I drop any on my hair. Otherwise it wrecks like hell pulling it out😱
@james0002110 ай бұрын
When doing ceilings that is
@alistairbooth550910 ай бұрын
Good tip 👍🏻😁
@skatergirl766310 ай бұрын
GR8 vid as always Kirk! Can you recommend a good waterproofer for sand and cement render on an internal wall? Thankyou.
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
They will alm be fine but I personally buy cementone integral waterproofer.
@skatergirl766310 ай бұрын
@@Onthetrowel thanks so much.... Now go to bed! Lol!
@williamsharp72248 ай бұрын
you have got so much to learn about plaster your only young another 20 years first before recommendation
@Whixxkid110 ай бұрын
Hi looking for some help please. I plastered my bathroom ceiling today and the plaster dried out well to quick I couldn't keep up so in the end I gave up. Should I leave it to dry out before attemping again or can I try again tomorrow? Also will I need to SBR again if so? Thank you
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
Send me your details mate. Let's jump on a call Mrkirkjohnstone@gmail.com
@daveblank194610 ай бұрын
Great videos. I have watched the majority of your videos which have helped me no end! I have a problem with a boarded ceiling which I skimmed during the hot weather 😢 with a window open It has crazed all over. Can I sbr and reskim on a cooler day? Could I
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
As long as its well adhered then yes, give it a scrape first and see if it just scrapes off mate
@daveblank194610 ай бұрын
@@Onthetrowel thanks and keep up the good work. 👍
@leegibson78589 ай бұрын
Hey Kirk great vid,could you tell us what the stabilise solution you use to go over them lime washed walls would be, thanks m8
@ertaszorlu47567 ай бұрын
Great vids kirk... how many times is ideal to flatten ceiling plaster??
@Onthetrowel7 ай бұрын
I personally give it 2 coats and then trowel over it 4 tines 1st coat 2nd coat Flattening trowel Wet trowel #1 Wet trowel #2 Polish (no water)
@gamehack635910 ай бұрын
Hey Kirk spark here we live not a million miles away. Never experienced a plasterer cleaning out any socket or switch. Would like to share some of my knowledge with you to share to the diy plasterers and socket, switch, lights. Some tips and tricks, ... Turning off power to lights when having a crack at a ceiling, sockets on walls. Cheap easy ways to prevent damage to cables. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and all that. Most issues are pretty obvious that said wouldn't want to be the one paying hundreds of hours to find problem. A tiny amount of damage cost many thousands of ££££.
@PlasteringSWales9410 ай бұрын
How long have you had that carbon steel trowel looks well used budd, just bought one myself looking forward to using it All the best liam plasterer South Wales
@michaeldix815110 ай бұрын
U on a live tonight kirk?
@alistairbooth550910 ай бұрын
Kirk..a total novice I’m going have go at plastering a wall..multi finish or board finish..what would a master tradesman suggest best for me use?? 😁👍🏻
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
Multi mate
@alistairbooth550910 ай бұрын
Cheers for that. Also do you put Skrim on 1st then sbr after?? 👍🏻
@justinwalker52379 ай бұрын
@alistairbooth5509 it doesn't really matter
@N4015810 ай бұрын
Hi I’ve got a ceiling which is the old lath and plaster and some has fell off how do I patch it up
@justinwalker52379 ай бұрын
Bonding or Plasterboard
@m3dus4556 ай бұрын
theres only one scouser kirky theres only one scouser kirky !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@MrRdt197010 ай бұрын
Hi bud can you show how to do 60, or two 45 degree degree inside bends
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
Check my videos mate, there are a few in there
@marknicholson365510 ай бұрын
Hi Kirk, why is it you prefer board Finnish?
@John-gg7ud10 ай бұрын
Sets quicker
@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot10 ай бұрын
He literally explains why in the video
@petespencer526010 ай бұрын
Hey Kirk, been trying to think what it reminds me of when you do the voice overs and it's just come to me.... Ringo Star on Thomas the tank engine! 😂
@danieltror10 ай бұрын
I seen/heard a lot of people in the trade using paper tape instead of mesh tape. Is there a specific reason you're not using paper tape?
@Stctom110 ай бұрын
Paper tape is old fashioned and for tape and jointing not skimming
@MarcusT8610 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning work as always Kirk. A true master. Another new tip with the taking the plaster off the back corner of the hawk. Sorry I haven't been able to watch as many of your vids lately. Been so busy working on my garden outside of my job 😆 And the more skimming vids the merrier. I'll never complain about how many you make. Just wish I could lend you my GoPro and chest mount so you could record your point of view in 4K for true extreme close up of how it's done!
@michaelkelly634517 күн бұрын
Get your knee checked out 👍
@gavinwilliams224010 ай бұрын
Remember when I seen you down new brighton mate made me laugh that your family's face when I said I kmow who you are from KZbin dad's a celebrity
@Onthetrowel10 ай бұрын
🤣👌 yes mate, was lovely to meet you pal.
@axxeman20027 ай бұрын
Should HAVE - there's no such thing as "should of". Get a proof reader FFS.
@noahandnellyxlbullys355010 ай бұрын
What’s your opinion on one coating with a sponge my mate at work gets them curves mint that way. I can’t one coat.
@user_unknown148810 ай бұрын
i tried the one coat route after people telling me how good their results were, unfortunately i just left some jobs that i was less than happy with, especially when going over old walls with alot of deviation, i imagine if your cracking out metres of plasterboard on site, it makes alot of sense but in domestic conditions the walls are all mostly in need of 2 coats from historical DIY etc.