The construction of lath and plaster walls involves laying out a series of wooden strips horizontally across the wall.Ī series of vertical studs called laths connect the strips together. However, before starting, it’s important to understand what lath and plaster walls are. You can check out our site and look at some of the things we've repairedHanging shelves on a lath and plaster wall may seem daunting, but with the right instructions, it can be surprisingly easy. Then when you apply your base cote you will want to make sure you have a bucket of water with a good cellulose sponge to feather out your edges.įor your finish coat finish plaster is lime, sand ,& keenes cementĪfter you apply your finish cote you will use your sponge again to float out your edges, but also you use it to bring out the sand in the finish which gives you your design ( use hot water and wear rubber gloves when you do this as it will make your life eaiser) I realize that in referring to the original question I a little late ( a new member ) but repairing plaster isn't to hard you just need to make sure you have the right materials.įirst any time you are going over existing plaster you sould use a plaster weld ( glue) if you can't find anything like that go to Home Depot and get some concrete glue same thing. Thanks very much to everyone for the assistance I am going to do some more texting on my mixes proboly later tonight. It seems like I am fairly close to getting the plaster to work out and be the correct texture. If I can't get it to turn out right, I may have to plaster bond the whole ceiling, and do a skim coat over the whole thing as we had discussed here earlier. I also purchased a rotozip, that should help clean up the edges a bit as well. I have plaster bond also for around the edges. I read that Durrabond isn't hard enough to go over with Keens cement. So my plan was to bring that hole back just shy of flush with a hard gypsum plaster, then to skim in the top to the edges with the keeens mixture. I am not positive that Keens is the best choice for the base coat. Plain old plaster is not that easy to find these days. I am try to find some plain old gypsum plaster, something harder than durrabond for a basecoat. I did a text spot, and I got a look that is pretty close to my original walls / ceilings. I have been playing with a Mixture of Keens Cement, Hydrated Lime, and Screened sand. I have been doing some experimenting to see if I could end up matching it without having to skim coat and use a new texture on the whole area. I realize there is going to be a learning cure for use here since we have done very little plaster work (beyond small patching as mentioned), but had done a lot of regular sheet rock.Īny suggestions are welcome. But am not positive how this will bond to the existing plaster. We normally use durrabond, & plus 3, to patch (mainly durrabond to patch plaster), and can end up getting a pretty close match to the orig finish in most cases, but we are not getting any results comparable to the fine sand finish in my walls.ĭo I need to find some fine silica sand to add to the durrabond or can you suggest a better product? I was thinking of trying to use USG's vener plaster system. The damage is in areas that will be noticeable, so it is important that we come up with something that is close. In this house I have plaster walls over 18"x8' blueboard, its traditional plaster over blueboard, not veneer, from the early 1960's. Now we have several areas of significant size that need to be patched and we want to match the texture that was there. Something we have done a number of times before. We are doing a gut and remodel in the kitchen. The particular project that we have gotten stuck on is actually my own home. but we also work on some remodel type of projects like kitchen remodels, bath remodel, finishing basements, and have managed some new construction (and did alot of the work ourselves). My dad does alot of fine woodworking, custom cabinets, etc. My dad and I have worked together on small remodel and some new construction jobs for a number of years, and my dad has been in the construction business since the early 80's.
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