Recent content by iamonstage

My arm is fine thank you, full time plasterers must have one arm larger than the other, s**t that was hard work. It also wasn't helped by the plaster setting in the bucket 3/4 way through! The ceiling is about 3.5m x 3.5m. I did try and tackle it all at the same time, as oppose to working in...

Because no one would ever learn how to plaster without making a mistake, learning from it, and carry on practising plastering. Surely there is someone here who knows how best to prepare a plastered ceiling for re-skimming?

No. Just looking to find out how to have another attempt at skimming a ceiling. How is best to prepare the ceiling described above?

Preparing a wall properly for plastering is crucial to the success of plastering a wall or ceiling. I recently skimmed a plasterboard ceiling but unfortunately the 2nd coat didn't go so well (as my arm was falling off) and I need to do it again as there are too many holes. 1) How should I prep...

We are currently renovating our little daughters room which use to have lath and plaster that was badly blow out and we decided to take it down and board and plaster the walls. We discovered that the brick chimney breast is in good condition and would like to keep it exposed but I am not 100%...