If your home has a wall with some faults or damages, you’d like to plaster the wall. A damaged wall can not only cause any accidents if you have children in the home, but it also reduces the beauty of your home. However; before you, proceed to get more details, you should have basic knowledge of plastering a wall.

Basic Tools For Plastering
The essential requirement for plastering a wall is that you should have all of the tools for plastering. Some of the items which are essential for plastering are bucket trowel, Plasterers Float, Corner trowel, Hawk, two buckets, mixing stick, plaster, clean water, sandpaper, stilts, and flat mask. Now, I want to share further details which will provide you with information about step by step tips for plastering a wall.

Learn The Plastering Process
In the beginning, it will be a little challenge to use trowel and Hawk correctly. You will have to face this challenge frequently if you are not familiar with Hawk and trowel. So, first of all, you need to familiarise yourself these tools.

First of all, you need to make sure that your wall is clean. Remove existing plaster, dust or any wallpaper so you can have a smooth surface. Further; also check the surface of your structure, so it is not too porous. In case the material is porous, it will absorb the moisture out of plaster, and its efficiency will reduce.

Experts suggest using mist spray gun so you can avoid reaching towards your brush again. This procedure will not only keep your walls wet, so they don’t absorb the moisture back, but it will also help you in not re-wetting your brush. You need to apply water to such level that water starts dripping. It is an indication that the suction level is under control.

Now, you are ready for plastering. Before applying plaster on your walls, you should mix plaster and water. A formula regarding mixing plaster and water is that both of the materials should be in fifty % quantity. It means that half a bucket of waters will make full bucket plaster.

When you are mixing plaster and water, you need to check the quality of plaster. A plaster should have a creamy and thick consistency, and there should be no lumps. You should try to make a heap on the top of the water.

An important point to note is that you should add dry plaster in a bucket of clean water. Now try to mix the plaster slowly by using a mixing stick or unique paddle. While plastering, you should avoid plastering the two walls which are touching each other.

This procedure can increase the risk of damaging one wall while plastering the other one. A fact about the whole system is that the radiators of the room should not work while you are plastering.

If you are a beginner, start from the corner of one all and select a specific area of the wall. This limited application of plaster will help you in getting yourself familiar with brush strokes. Make a horizontal line at the edges of the wall and move your strokes from right to left. Don’t worry about an empty spot; you can always get a smooth surface during the finishing.