Gave it my first shot today. Far worse than I hoped but also better than expected. Massive respect to you you guys and I'm excited to learn

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I'm all up for anyone having a go at abit of DIY to save a few quid,but to plaster a full house isn't DIY and I'm afraid these 1 month courses your looking at just ain't gunna cut the mustard,if you are going to be living in the house then I would just save up till you got the money to pay or get a loan and have nice walls and ceilings no stress no buying tools and other s**t either, hope it all goes well anyway if you stick to doing it yourself
 
Stewie03 said:
I'm all up for anyone having a go at abit of DIY to save a few quid,but to plaster a full house isn't DIY and I'm afraid these 1 month courses your looking at just ain't gunna cut the mustard,if you are going to be living in the house then I would just save up till you got the money to pay or get a loan and have nice walls and ceilings no stress no buying tools and other s**t either, hope it all goes well anyway if you stick to doing it yourself
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Not going to even look at ceilings. Probs get someone in to do the main room and master bedroom. Etc. Had to give it a pop.
 
Best tip I give is less is more try one coat one trowel

Gave it my first shot today. Far worse than I hoped but also better than expected. Massive respect to you you guys and I'm excited to learn
 
Thickslick said:
Pretty much what the title says.

Just been quoted 7k to get my house done. Figured I can either balls up a wall, book myself onto a week course for a few hundred and save some cash or... Pay one of you to do it and learn the basics whilst at it.

Turns out I'm s**t, who knew? You did. Correct.

Think for the other DIYers here my biggest mistake was over thinking the mix. Spending 10 mins mixing up and being scared of a sloppy top so to speak. Turns out once you get the hand of the trowel/hawk action you can get away with a lot.

Meant my first coat was dragging bytime I'd coated I'd fully layed the wall.

Second coat was a lot better but as we know, it can't fix a messed up first run.

Also don't use 50p end of batch, even if it is only a day out of date.... View attachment 65589
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That’s really not bad for a first go!

Do another wall

Pain is weakness leaving the body!!
 
JessThePlasterer said:
That’s really not bad for a first go!

Do another wall

Pain is weakness leaving the body!!
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Cheers. Yeah worse than I was hopping but a lot better than expected. You to do a smaller wall, with better mixed and not out of date plaster...

Biggest thing is to get a platform and not use a stool to get the tops. I kept leaning and rushing which obviously results in a shyte job.

Going to do it again whilst my lerning is fresh in my mind.
 
Thickslick said:
Cheers. Yeah worse than I was hopping but a lot better than expected. You to do a smaller wall, with better mixed and not out of date plaster...

Biggest thing is to get a platform and not use a stool to get the tops. I kept leaning and rushing which obviously results in a shyte job.

Going to do it again whilst my lerning is fresh in my mind.
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JessThePlasterer said:
That’s really not bad for a first go!

Do another wall

Pain is weakness leaving the body!!
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seriously thickslick, jessica is right , your plastering for a first attempt is okay, seen a lot worse,
but get rid of that chair ,thats an accident waiting to happen,
and take your time, tempting i know but keep away from out of date plaster,
 
Yeah got a bag of 50p shyte left so might just mix it up for practice consitency and trowel handling.

Sad but yeah
hector said:
seriously thickslick, jessica is right , your plastering for a first attempt is okay, seen a lot worse,
but get rid of that chair ,thats an accident waiting to happen,
and take your time, tempting i know but keep away from out of date plaster,
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