Every Painters Worst Nightmare Poor Plaster

No matter how good a Decorator you are there is always a customer with a limited amount of money to spend that can only go so far with the job they need doing ,its frustrating at times but thats life i suppose .Those walls should be taken back to brick and replastered or at least over boarded but you can only work within the budget available at the time .Common problem i see every week so you just have to switch off your desire to do a nice job and move on to the next one .

Nice recovery mate, As a decorator for 50 years (now retired) I came up against These problems all of the time, & like i said nice Recovery. Baz.

Wow! ...as always - thank you for walking us through what's going on here!

When u put pva on before painting what mixture do u put on. Also do u then mist coat after or full coats of paint

Fair play mate! You’ve managed a silk purse out of a sows ear haha!! And your right when you say white hides a multitude of things. I’m sure your customer will be chuffed! Take care! Marc

Great job looks amazing what's a good roller sleeve for a 9 inch and a 4 inch roller

Man, times I've come across this, even over wallpaper. The mind boggles.

Great video nice job stay safe 🇬🇧👍🏻

How long does the undercoat plaster take to dry mate? Got a job that needs to be done in 2 days got a deep hole. Cheers

Top job, ya did well to rescue this mess mate. Nice 1.

It looked great when done!

WOW! amazing finish worth the hard work TFS

What make of emulsion are you using and why.

What brand plaster did you use?

Would this not have been a good candidate for using Zinsser Gardz instead of diluted PVA? Or did the budget not allow for it?

Great video again mate 👍

This channel is great. So many handy tips.

Do you have to dilute paint before painting and by how much? Total noob here (well made a mess of bathroom by slapping on Matt paint and steam made it all peel off)

Should you always pva over the polyfiller to seal it stronger for when you roll it?

Amazing transformation!

I sympathise. I'm a spread, my best mate is a deccy like you. I'd wind him up by over poloshing on final trowel, you know the score! But that's brutal mate tbh! You did sound depressed in this video lol. I do like to look after the decs, just for personal pride in my work let alone reputation on a serious note. Subscribed.👍🏻Good job.

I was happy on ur work and it supposed help me to solve problems;thank u! But one thing like to ask u is the chemical or material u used sell is what was it? Writing u please

Cracking job. I have a similar problem (less filling) but the customer has had it previously painted with a very shiny paint, not gloss, assuming vinyl silk. I have to paint over this, do I need to sand it first and then apply vinyl silk again? (I'm new to decorating and its a massive learning curve) - thanks if you find the time to reply. Keep up the great work :)

Nice job..may I ask about the pva though ..on a number of forums incl trade it seems to be seen as a bad idea to emulsion over pva . Is that only in relation to neat pva and what's the max strength dilution you'd be happy to use then emulsion on top?. Many thanks, Bill in Devon

good stuff.

Great video as usual 👌 what undercoat filler did you use,

Hi, I am starting off my DIY career in my new house, can't get enough of your videos. But this one leaves me confused, most places I look it says not to PVA before painting. When and where is this rule applicable?

I've had that at the house we moved into. Looked good but over time plaster chalked away. Have to sand it and redo. Case of mask it for the sale i think

Excellent video. I have been following your channel for some time now. Using the products you use. One thing I keeping struggling with is the filler shows through the paint. Even after multiple coats. I think you call this flash back. Not sure. Any pointers on this please. Thank you

Yes the painter saves the day, yet again 👍👍👍👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The end result looks fabulous. While I was repainting my shower room, a piece of plaster fell off, exposing the pinkish unfinished wall underneath. How can I fix this problem? Should I sand it and then apply some dilute PVA? I have some wood glue at home and it says it's PVA, do you think this would be suitable? I'd very much appreciate your advice.

As a professional painting contractor, I have worked on walls just like this unfortunately, and they are always a lot of work and very time-consuming to restore.

Amazed how you made all that lot come good. Assume that was ready mix Polly filler over the undercoat plaster.

Proper Job !!

Can you link the thin card tool that you was using to scrape the paint off

What an amazing transformation. Does that long pile sleeve smooth out Ok?

Great transformation. What was the treatment for the plaster? You used something before PVA?

Hi, love your video, cracking result! I've got a cheeky question... I understand if you don't have the time to answer. I've recently moved into an old house after years in rented accommodation, so my DIY skills are scanty. I've filled some cracks in my plasterboard ceiling, but have over-filled it I think, so lots of rubbing down! Ceiling is slightly textured (textured paint I think, not Artex or anything like that), but the rubbed- down areas are now obviously smooth; it will look horrible when I paint over it. Short of sanding the whole ceiling flat 😬, I was thinking of rollering the smooth bits with textured paint and trying to blend it in, and then painting over whole ceiling with emulsion. I do want a good result though, so do you think this will work? or can you suggest anything else please? Kind regards, Mike

Was wondering what emulsion you use, been using ordinary dulux and the coverage is rubish

Like night and day - another great job!! I am about to tackle a room, with cracks running down the internal corners. Do you tape them before filling, or do you rake out, PVA and then fill?

Why the coat of diluted PVA glue over the powdered filler ? Won’t a mist coat do the same .. it’s just to even the absorbency right ..

Cool 😎

Seems to always happen on a Monday morning or even worse Friday morning with a new job starting Monday 😡😡

Good question

Not wallpaper, but if paint has aderhered to the plaster good, and isn’t flaking or cracking, no loose parts, and it’s still decent plaster under the paint, like and old wall with browning or something if you scour with Stanley and pva, it will be a good finish on paint. I don’t know what’s happened here

Used Zinser Peel Stop on a wall a bit like that, have to say well impressed with the hassle it saved me.

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Great job , can I ask how long I took , cheers

I would scrape that wall then get a cementitious product to do a first coat (durarock 90 in Canada) and try to not sand it, then scim coat over all of that

Hello mate what roller is that you were using?

But why was it skimmed in the first place, won't the underlying problem still be there?

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..Saturday tea time tutorial: 👏Thanks!

Who’s white emulsion is that , cos it’s got good covering power?

I hate when that happens

Such a shame.

When do you stop scraping paint off?

The !@#$ wal, got more layers then a onion

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Why do you use polyfilla after plaster? I thought plaster can be painted on after a mist coat.

more proof paint isn't a good key for plaster

Newsflash - plaster doesn't stick to paint. Had the same problem at my house - skim everywhere, over wallpaper, over poor plaster (cracked to buggery) and over paint. On the topside of one window reveal it was only the outer layer of (horrible grey) vinyl silk holding it up... What can we learn? Skimming doesn't solve anything apart from a plasterer's cash flow problems.

that is so easy to fix with hawk and trowel. But most painters can't plaster.

The plaster was hard enough to get off sure u didn't just make a big job out off it

So you can polish a turd... well done, looks top.

Tiles are covered in paint

Efflorescence

Did you use a bathroom paint for that I guess like you said will never be perfect.

to be honest the problem is not with the plasterers because they would have to stay 2 days to clean 1 square metre of paint , problem is the owner he should paid more to do all the walls with plasteboard or just to shut the mouth not to complain , it's funny when you get phone calls I want it really cheap and perfect quality , is like to say i want the shit to smell like flower which it means they don't come together

This doesn't surprise me. Not one bit.

your no decorator

That plaster er should of used PVA. Bond it. Skim it. Quick razzle with my mirka abracadabra. Mist coat. 2X acrylic eggshell.