pick a room, experiment. I know the theory and have watched a few plasterers so I would be willing to have a crack as long as you are prepared to very likely have to chip it all off again.
although, on my last labouring job, I thought exactly the same about brick laying and gave up after the first trowel of mortar missed the course entirely. handed the trowel back to the brickie, picked up my shovel and fucked off back to the hole I was digging with my tail firmly between my legs.
pick a room, experiment. I know the theory and have watched a few plasterers so I would be willing to have a crack as long as you are prepared to very likely have to chip it all off again.
although, on my last labouring job, I thought exactly the same about brick laying and gave up after the first trowel of mortar missed the course entirely. handed the trowel back to the brickie, picked up my shovel and fucked off back to the hole I was digging with my tail firmly between my legs.