dont expect to go on a course for a few weeks and suddenly become the worlds neatest plasterer, if it were that easy everyone would be at it and we wouldnt be charging upwards of 2-300 quid a day for our labour!
Practice, then more practice, then still more
then when you think youve cracked it go and stick 30m on a couple of artex ceilings in the middle of summer over someones brand new carpet with no dust sheets
no dont really
reality is that most of us can stick a couple of walls on without dropping much on a monday morning but when it gets to friday night and youve got 3 walls on, had no dinner or breakfast and you need to be somewhere else in 1/2 an hour it gets a bit messy...
most people starting to plaster are funny to watch, theyll load the trowel, start to lay it on the wall and completely forget they got a hawk full of plaster in their other hand, specially when reaching for an awkward bit..
if im only doing 2 walls ill mix up quite thick, hardly drop a thing
if ive got anything upwards of 25m i tend to mix a bit thinner (prolly not good practice but it saves the arm)
just keep at it mate, in a few months youll feel like an old hand if youve done the practice...and invest in a floor scraper from wickes, bout a tenner
good luck
