Chappers72
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I'm by no means a plasterer but I enjoy doing what I've done at home and I'd like to get good enough to make it my profession how long was it for you guys until your work was good enough to charge people for
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superspread
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One day, I was a natural
Simon85
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Everyone is different, and it depends on what people are charging and speed etc. More you do it, better and quicker u will get. For me, it was site plastering, and u start labouring to a. Few plasterers then throwing on cupboards and hot presses etc until you get good enough to trowel up walls then coat bottoms then coat whole walls etc. Not sure that seems to be the way for too many these days anymore.
Danny
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Its a good foundation though
Simon85
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Certainly is, and gets u used to work as u usually have to sort out 2-4 Plasterers out before u stick a hawkful on. And get ready for next setting in between trowels. Now young ones not interested in it. Wee man out with us gets cupboards and small walls now to do, keen to learn but hard to get a chance time he's done his labouring first.
Danny
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There are no inspirations for young people now... well there are plentyu but they are inspire by T***s like TOWIE or yioutube stars...
Working hard is not likely to happen for these as they want fame and fortune where in reality it aint gonna happen
Simon85
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The new generation wants every thing handed to them. Don't want to put effort into Anything. I more than paid my dues at this game, and I'm relatively happy in wjay I do most of the time, just a shame over here is still a Bit backwards in its prices, but it does me for now.
So true. I used to teach these kids and 'mentor' them. Conversation went something like...
Me: "So what do you want to do when you leave school?"
Kid: "Be famous"
Me: "That's great, what are you going to do to get famous?"
Kid:"Nothing"
Me: "Well you've got to do something haven't you?"
Kid "No, look at that guy from Essex, he got famous and he didn't do anything"
Me: "But that's not going to happen to you is it"
Kid: "Might"
Me: "But you're a feckless dimwit with less sense than a housebrick"*
Kid: "Ow sir, stop it, HELP! HELP!"*
And I then I left teaching.
(* the last two lines only happened in my head)
Djr
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That's the way I was tought as an apprentice well put
Danny
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If you try and motivate the younger ones they dont like it
Chappers72
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Learning plastering comes easier to some than others, I think if your willing and have the graft in you, you'll do fine. Stay off the phone and just watch everything the plasterer does. Plus you always have this forum which I think has helped lots of new learners. I still learn off here now and if been in it for 15 years.
LOL. Plague of the modern world, I'm not sure why some people ever need to change their bacefook status from "f***ing around with a phone instead of working".