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"Recipe" for home-made SmoothOver?
Pre mixed joint compound, ( UK vendor) either a low dust mix or a topping compound, is a LOT cheaper than a tube spackle. One 'recipe' is to add a bit of water to make it creamy, like your Polycell p …
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How should I neutralize restored plaster walls?
This thread at Contractor Talk regarding priming/painting new lime plaster has multiple good tips:
Wait 2-3 mos (until plaster is fully white), neutralize (vinegar in water was mentioned) and prime with …
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What's the fastest way to remove/dissolve plaster from brick?
Sandblasting would be the fastest, but it's not a easy DIY project.
Muratic acid, properly used, vented, masked (organic cartridges), gloved, goggled. A 10:1 water:acid mix is a good place to start. …
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How can I tell if the sagging in my plaster ceiling is getting worse?
A story pole: You cut a piece of molding to just fit at the spot in question. Very accurate in a differential sense.
Used in brick laying, tiling, kitchen cabinets, when ever repetitive measureme …
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What should I do to make good on some lightly water damaged plaster?
The residue should be scrubbed with a damp sponge with a mild detergent, rinsed with several damp sponges and allowed to dry.
Stains should have an appropriate stain blocking primer:
for water, you s …
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How can I figure out what material my row home's interior and party walls are made out of?
This evolved to doing a skim coat of plaster and finally , to just using joint compound.
Older drywall may crumble similar to plaster. …
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How do I tape a joint between drywall and plaster?
AFA plaster cracking, there are large size mesh rolls meant for skimcoating and repairing plaster. One I know of is 36" by 150' by FibaTape …
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What considerations do I need to make when mounting heavy objects on plaster walls?
Electronic versions of stud finders abound, plaster is difficult for most of them. I have a 1/2 dozen of them.. I keep hoping. The problem with plaster is the lath used to support it. … the plaster with fewer cracks. …
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Will plaster on basement walls and ceiling provide insulation?
That's the problem with using plaster, it is very similar to concrete, AFA thermal transfer goes. Plus, that much plaster won't hang on the wall by itself, it would need a lath sub structure. …
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