Advanced Plastering Skimming Courses

Plastering course content Monday Friday Feel free to ask the instructors any questions at any time during or after the course regarding plastering etc Monday: plasterboard your ceiling in your allocated room, learn how to cut and fix boards correctly,then skim your ceiling using the typwriter method. Tuesday: Cut plasterboard and using the direct bond (Dot and Dab) fix the plasterboard to walls with optional shaped designs, then float another wall with sand and cement render creating free form corners. Wednesday: Cutting correctly thin coat beads to angles on your walls / windows, fix your beads, scrim tape all joints, 2 coat skim your walls, then crate either a barrelled ceiling, curved wall or apply stipple artex to designated wall or ceiling Thursday: Seal previous skimmed ceiling / walls, glue and re skim, 3 coat skim your artex ceiling, using trowel, float, trowel, or skim barrel as required, you will be shown how to straighten the ceiling lines with the use of a featheredge, you will 2 coat re skim the walls and these will be expected to be perfect. Friday: This will be a consolidation of your new skimming tecniques, then remove all works. What you will learn; the use of all tools required for plaster boarding and skimming, you will be required to mix your own plaster to the required consistency, you will learn the methods procedures and techniques for skimming to a very good finish Once you have completed the course you will be given 100% after care support and will be given access to our plasterers forum.