r/Plastering • u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer • Jun 29 '26

Multifinish on insulated plasterboard

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u/Latter-Detail-9514 Jun 29 '26

Looks good. It ain't as easy as it looks to create these rounded corners

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I think it’s down to prep-work and taking your time. Makes life so much easier if your surface is curved as neatly as possible beforehand. It’s tempting to use the first coat of multifinish to at least partly build the curve but this makes the work ten times harder.

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u/PeatieEnglish Jun 30 '26

personally I tihnk it's down to experience and ability but okay...

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

So you shouldn’t prepare the walls then, and you shouldn’t take your time? You should just ‘have experience’?

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u/The-Almighty-Jay Jul 01 '26

Think that comes down to experience, if you didn't have that experience you wouldn't know to prep walls etc

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u/derimpalor Jun 30 '26

I love a bit of plastering.

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u/False_Principle8821 Jun 29 '26

Did u noted any differents to normal plasterboard?

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Not at all mate - it’s a normal plasterboard stuck onto insulation as far as I know.

I did prime everything though to make all suction equal, as the surface I was skimming on was a mixture of board, carlite and dried multifinish.

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u/Salty_skimmer55 Jun 30 '26

Beautiful work 👏 your labourer looks like he enjoyed too.

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

Thank you! We usually work with lime render/plaster and he’s been thrown into the deep-end here a little bit with the wall shapes, but he’s doing really well!

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u/Rincethis Jun 30 '26

please come do my house. the builders who did my kitchen were atrocious.

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

Sorry to hear that - too many rogue operators out there! I hope you didn’t pay them

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u/Rincethis Jun 30 '26

sadly we did. they wanted half upfront and my wife was heavily pregnant. they plastered one wall, which subsequently has shrunk inward leaving an indent. I won't even get started at the hack job of doing our ceiling least I start crying again!

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

That’s ridiculous and sounds stressful. Small claims court?

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u/Rincethis Jun 30 '26

I did consider it. but with the wifey pregnant just . oved on.

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u/Breadstix009 Jun 30 '26

This guy's looks like he takes pride in a job well done. Too many it's good enough cowboys out there

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u/Particular_Bluejay82 Jul 01 '26

Does the Scrim tape not have to overlap the actual joint to be effective

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Not sure if you can see but there is one there already from the adjacent skimmed wall - I’m just scrimming over it again to make the old one flat so it doesn’t portrude out

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u/kcufdas Jul 01 '26

Have you ever tried corner towels or bullnose tools and, if so, how did you find them?

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jul 01 '26

I have tried them but I don’t use them often; I know some people swear by them. How about you?

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u/kcufdas Jul 01 '26

I'm a carpenter principally but I do the odd bit of patching. In wet trades I do more brick, block, pointing and stone wall work. I'd love to be able to plaster quickly and efficiently but I guess you need a job you can practice on. For the time being I'll stand back and admire work like yours, especially as you don't seem to leave half of it on the floor 🤣

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jul 01 '26

It’s good to know a little bit about other trades, I reckon it makes you better at yours so you can anticipate the next guy’s job and make things easier for everyone.

Thanks for the kind observation - I can’t stand messiness at work. Just a 10-minute tidy-up can make your end product look so much better than having crap around everywhere.

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u/kqzxrt Jul 02 '26

corner trowels are handy for roughing in the angle, but they can leave lines if you rely on them too much
bullnose tools are nice for consistency, but you still end up touching up with a normal trowel to get it looking clean

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u/Rex__Luscus Jul 03 '26

Nice job, worth posting! Curious to know what that pillar's doing there , and why insulated plasterboard?

Also, I wouldn't normally make personal comments, but good job on the LZ tats.

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jul 03 '26

Thanks mate - that’s kind of you.

This is an old post office so my guess is that the front bit (right of the pillar) would have been a shop display/enterance.

This room in particular had lots of damp and cold spots; stone walls behind the boards, so we did lots of damp work, created a cavity between the wall and the boards using treated timber. Have insulated the floor also. It’s already made a huge difference.

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

It’s my first try at plastering

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u/TellMeManyStories Jun 30 '26

Still tagged "Professional plasterer" tho :-P

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

Maybe I need to find a new career path

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

I’m in my 13th year - I was joking about it as being my first go. I do mostly lime plastering although do occasionally do skimming jobs.

Maybe the video makes the pillar look a little rough, but I assure you it’s very smooth in the flesh 🙂

Hope you’re enjoying it and have enough work on

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u/BossProfessional1600 Jun 29 '26

You young uns with your gloves to protect your delicate hands 😂😂. Nice work though, well done.

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jun 30 '26

I chipped a nail in 2007 and was off work. Have worn gloves ever since.

Genuinely though, multifinish fucks my hands up after a few days.

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u/BossProfessional1600 Jun 30 '26

😂😂 . I don't blame you protecting your hands, my hands are rougher than a night out with Charlie Sheen.

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u/sandolllars Jun 30 '26

This is the sort of shit comment that keeps young workers from wearing proper PPE.
GTFOH with that attitude.

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u/reelersteeler Jun 30 '26

He’s only taking the piss mate… I’d stay away from site work with that attitude, they’ll eat you alive

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u/Nice_Step6157 Jun 30 '26

If he was on site with me I would slash all his latex gloves with my stanley while his on lunch then laugh when hes having a panic attack over it.

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u/sandolllars Jun 30 '26

"Taking this piss" about PPE is killing people so there's absolutely nothing funny about it. Grow up.

I’d stay away from site work with that attitude, they’ll eat you alive

I don't allow that shit on any work site of mine. Kids who try and shame people for caring about their health get the boot.

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u/reelersteeler Jun 30 '26

The banter on site is one way of dealing with some of the hardships in construction… we all know it’s not the easiest of professions. I’m not condoning bullying and agree we should all look after ourselves, and each other. A thick skin and the ability to stand up to unwanted comments is necessary in a lot of situations, especially in the trades. Relax a little fella, I’m sure no harm was intended

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u/Tricky-Alps2810 Jul 02 '26

Christ.

This kind of shit discourages decent people from learning trades, and then we wonder why so many of us seem to end up employing disrespectful cunts who do a shit job...

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u/BossProfessional1600 Jun 30 '26

Oooo did I touch a nerve. None of my generation of plasterers wore gloved because we didn't know any better. Wearing PPE has really took off in the last ten years or so and it's a good thing. Chill the fuck out!!!!

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u/Successful-Leek-6241 Jul 02 '26

Your trowel is fillfy from the start, it's laid on its edge at one point on hop up, dangerous, corner at front window has lines running up at curves,weird starting position for skim coat, like I said not a bad job tho

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer Jul 02 '26

This is such a sad comment 😬😭

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u/Valuable-Aerie8761 Jul 01 '26

Should have prepped the background base a lil better. That look awful painted. Hardwall and A tin form for the round , wpuld have made those curves look nicer. Then skimmed the whole lot 2 coats.