Can You REALLY Fix a PLASTER Disaster This Bad?

Roger gets Kirk Johnstone from ‪@Onthetrowel‬ to look at a monocouche K Rend job gone wrong.
Struggling with plastering challenges? Roger and Kirk dive deep into the common issues faced during render repairs, focusing on problems like cracking, discolouration, and texture mismatches.
We discuss the notorious difficulties of working with monocouche render like K Rend and how to navigate the minefield of patching up imperfections. Learn why colours like grey make blending harder and why beginners might find white a better choice for smoother finishes.
The video emphasizes the importance of preparation, detailing steps such as removing obstacles, applying the right bead sizes, and using essential tools like eye bars for scraping. It also explores advanced techniques to avoid visible texture mismatches and ensure seamless blending, even for tough jobs. The insights shared here will elevate your plastering skills, whether it's about brushing or pressure-washing walls to clean off dust or addressing the proper curing time for scraping renders.
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[@MarcusT86]

Kirk is the man!

[@SkillBuilder]

He sure is, we love him.

[@davesmith3562]

Nice to see a good collaboration between the both of you

[@nickhickson8738]

What a lovely, honest bloke and there's Roger as well.

[@therabman_5606]

Great collaboration really have a lot of respect for both of yous 👍🏻

[@geoffcampbell7846]

It's a pleasure to listen to two people who know their stuff and are able to explain with clarity the in's and out's of a job, and are just nice blokes. Cheers. 👋🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇪

[@DPJOINERY]

Great video chaps, really looking forward to the stroll. Both of you have a great sense of humour, just like the good ole days. Have a lovely Christmas chaps.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks 👍and you too

[@riptiz]

Good pairing, two great guys.

[@s.wilson5675]

Very entertaining as usual Roger. Kirk, I'm sure you'd tackle that job well, even if your dad didn't agree with how you'd do it. Also, good luck with the knee mate and take a look at Ben Patrick, the knees over toes guy for some knee rehab. Thank you both for all your content.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks 👍

[@rorypower544]

a top man Kirk!

[@anthonybroom]

Great tips.

[@madintheheid]

Top tradesmen and blokes.

[@Whitehouse262]

We spent a nearly a decade fixing bad K-rend for a couple of developers over in Baisingstoke, things have clearly improved since then. We did spray them, solid looking finish with little risk of making things worse. We had the advantage of doing whole houses most of the time though.

[@SkillBuilder]

Did you rebead them?

[@davesmith3562]

This is the best uve ever seen kirk dress 😂 he is always in his work clothes.

[@Onthetrowel]

Wife is always complaining about it mate but it's how I feel most comfortable 😂

[@davesmith3562]

@Onthetrowel I with you mate I'm always in my plastering clothes dropping pieces of plaster all around the house wife goes nuts but hey it's what we enjoy and what brings in the dough

[@TheSockWomble]

Kirk was probably out on a Christmas party looking smart Kirk 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Great chat there chaps 🙌🏽🧱👍🏼

[@andrewhead6267]

We had external insulation which was covered (I think) in one coat silicone render. Ten years on, I wonder how long the material will last without a bit of refurbishment. A small accident has chipped the material by a door, there are rainwater stains. It seems that it’s a difficult surface to refresh. Not sure if you can clean it easily or paint over it. What happens when you need to replace windows or say a flat roof and need patching around the edges? There must be demand for repairs and renewals to these materials. They seem far less forgiving than the old rough cast and pebbledash. As they become more common, will there be money just go serve maintenance needs of these modern renders?

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

In theory they're easier to repair no? AS they're usually panels that you could in theory remove and replace the whole panel.

[@stevem60]

Pneumonia! Sorry to hear Kirk, I was just thinking I've never seen you looking so well...nice shirt!

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

This is why I’ll keep my pebble dash looks ugly but can be fixed easily

[@BleachDemon99]

Ye but the patch up stands out like a sore thumb for a few years until it discolours like the rest

[@davidharding3058]

Well you got to good tradesmen having a chat as regards to someone inability to do a proper job.... this just highlights each trade to there own stuff. But you can go out to Ireland to k rend and have the day's or weeks experience in on how to. 😅

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Strip back and replace with external insulation.

[@nigelhaines7900]

Render finish always the best if you can find a plasterer who knows how to apply it

[@chadgun4135]

Might be plastered tomorrow

[@brianp7022]

Patch it then paint it.. Only solution

[@johnbowkett80]

You can fix anything ...... With your mouth . 🤣

[@boyasaka]

I'm pretty sure If you put a long.spirit level against a wall that's been rendered it won't be flat ,it will have high spots and low spots

[@SkillBuilder]

It shouldn't if it is ruled off and if you watch Kirk's channel you will see how he gets it spot on. As he said "Get it flat".

[@TRIEDZIIDONO]

Lime. Lime render, lime wash, lime soda. they call us limeys for some reason.

[@lksf9820]

Title needs an edit Roger, that ain't plaster 😉 Have a good Christmas break 👍

[@SkillBuilder]

The word render is recent term, that is now confusingly also used in video editing. If you read technical literature you will see the terms stucco and plaster used to refer to external plastering treatment. It is something carried out by plasterers, even if they do nothing but external sand and cement work they are still plasterers. If you don't believe me ask Susie Dent.

[@lksf9820]

@@SkillBuilder Title should have read 'Kirk the render mender' 😃 I clicked on thinking it was plaster, only watched a bit as I have no interest in this stuff, what Kirk says makes a lot of sense though. Maybe it's geographical. To me Stucco is foreign, maybe American? Also plaster is inside only, render both, but mainly outside. Render was and still is a coarse mix with lime or cement, a two coat internal used to be known as 'render and set'. Don't go asking Susie about building terminology 🤣

[@jinxit]

do you plan to have some pro-reform stickers appear on your videos? Sorry in case that Trump 2020 sticker is some kind of an internal joke.

[@paul756uk2]

You mean the sticker in the background of the guy that Roger is interviewing?

[@jinxit]

@@paul756uk2 yes that one, I think it's not outrageous to ask guests on a diy/trades show to stay apolitical.

[@paul756uk2]

​@@jinxityeh but to be fair it's barely visible and I think it's more of a memento from somewhere he's been rather than a political statement.

[@littleoleking3952]

Are you ok​? He probably didn't think someone would cry about a sticker. @@jinxit

[@jinxit]

@@paul756uk2 if it is then I'm honestly sorry to have brought it up. But tbh I haven't yet seen anyone displaying Trump stickers ironically or as a souvenir...