We are very much of the mindset that you can learn pretty much anything given patience, will power and enthusiasm! Oh and youtube of course!! In our case there's a fair amount of desperation thrown in there too as we have BIG plans on a very small budget!
Now having never done this before and having been told by several very experienced tradesmen that it is a 'highly skilled' job you would think that you would listen to the advice given and get out a 'professional'! But no somehow completely unfazed by this, topped to the brim with tea and with my trusty partner in crime MrW cheering me on (literally) I somewhat naively stepped up to our next challenge - plastering!!
First hurdle - Mixing up the muck. Thank goodness for youtube!
The consistency of icing to form stiff peaks - yes youtube lets talk baking...I can do baking!
Here we go!!
And here it is! One chimney breast before, during and after! 2 layers of PVA glue, 3 layers of plaster and 4 smoothing finishes later! There are no words to describe how tired I was after doing this!! I must admit that MrW did have to hold the hawk (the thing that holds the muck on) for the final layer 'cos I only have little arms and it did take 3 hours!! I don't think I'll be hiring out my plastering services just yet! Now I can wake up every morning and look at our nice flat (ish) wall!! Thats quite enough for one day! Lx |