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How To Plaster A Brick Wall (Float & Set Plastering For Beginners)

Plastering For Beginners
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If you want to learn the basics to plastering and learn how to plaster your own walls then join The Plastering For Beginners welcome Course. It's a free plastering course ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to plaster: https://plasterersblueprint.clickfunn... In this video, I’m going to show you how to plaster a brick wall. In this example where plastering onto concrete blocks and In the world of plastering, this is often called Float and Set. This is the basic term for applying plaster onto any masonry backgrounds. It’s a very traditional form of plastering and often regarded as the "right" way to do it. It has 3 main stages: 1. Applying the base coat to the brickwork (in this example we’ll use British Gypsum Hardball 2. Float whilst providing a key with a devil float 3. Apply the finish coat of plaster a few hours later. This is the basic outline for plastering a brick wall! We’ll delve into the subject in greater detail but that’s t …...more
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How To Plaster A Brick Wall (Float & Set Plastering For Beginners)
1.6KLikes
115,965Views
2019Sep 10
If you want to learn the basics to plastering and learn how to plaster your own walls then join The Plastering For Beginners welcome Course. It's a free plastering course ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to plaster: https://plasterersblueprint.clickfunn... In this video, I’m going to show you how to plaster a brick wall. In this example where plastering onto concrete blocks and In the world of plastering, this is often called Float and Set. This is the basic term for applying plaster onto any masonry backgrounds. It’s a very traditional form of plastering and often regarded as the "right" way to do it. It has 3 main stages: 1. Applying the base coat to the brickwork (in this example we’ll use British Gypsum Hardball 2. Float whilst providing a key with a devil float 3. Apply the finish coat of plaster a few hours later. This is the basic outline for plastering a brick wall! We’ll delve into the subject in greater detail but that’s the foundation to this method of plastering. You will need:
  • 1.8m Featheredge
  • Trowel
  • Hawk
  • Mixing bucket
  • Mixer
  • Water
  • British Gypsum Hardwall plaster
  • British Gypsum Multi-Finish plaster
  • Devil Float
  • Water Brush
  • Water Buckets
This tutorial is ideal for complete beginners because we’ll show you the full process in detail. For more information visit our website at https://plasteringforbeginners.co.uk and if you like this video please like and subscribe to our channel. We’d really appreciate it if you could get involved with our work over at Plastering For Beginners. Thanks for watching.

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Plastering For Beginners

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