Plastering is my work!

This is a plaster repair that I did with metal lathe and three coats.

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• plaster
• drywall
• repair

[lilyla2000]

wheres the scrim around the patch(1 inch of existing plaster scraped back to board )no doubt wlii crack at some stage in future

[justusservices]

@lilyla2000 Thanks for commenting. I didn't use scrim because the substrate is expanded metal mesh. The new metal I added was tied in very tight. There is an inch of special sand-less plaster. and then a half inch of lime plaster. the edges of the existing plaster was bonded. every thing was pre wetted. it has been three years and no cracks. In the old days no one ever used scrim, maybe metal,horse hair or paper. I did this repair as requested.

[gorringeman]

I think you would be better off putting the plaster on with a bass guitar

[justusservices]

Thats funny! Wish I could just play bass and do plaster on the side. Play a plaster bass. bass coat!

[PESTAAKAPEZ]

Why didnt you just rip the lot down re-board then skim the lot?looks like theres loads of patches that you need to skim

[justusservices]

The home owner Only wanted me to repair an area that had been repair before. He wanted certain pipes checked by a plumber to be sure they where in good shape. also the ceiling was about 16x24 foot so the cost just to cut out and haul away the rubbish would have been twice the cost of patching. When I do a patch one can not tell where it is. Money well spent.

[denpunk666mitsos]

Plastering is my work too and I hate it. I have arthritis in my hands and my elbows and shoulders are fucked. My knees are buggered too. Pays the bills I guess, but I'll be dead before I'm 50. Should'a been a tree surgeon.

[piotrszym1]

good work!

[zombiekiller09DF]

Could of filled both p/board patches with bonding with a bit of cement as an accellerator and reskimmed full ceiling,job done in 4hours.Everyone does it different so fair play to you.

[588158]

I am curious, do you use an retarder in your finish coat? I use a mix of 3 parts lime putty to 1 part guageing plaster for the finish coat. I dont add retarder and I find that I can only mix small batches.

I do lots of repairs on wood lath and find that the reason for cracks are loose lath. I use a narow crown stapler to renail the lath. then make a slurry mix of structolite and paint it on the lath and margins to promote better bond and eleminate shrinkage. then lay up the scratch and brown

[AmericanTravelers]

@lilyla2000 yeah he floated it out well but forgot to use drywall paper or mesh tape....what a bone head

[paintchambers]

Wheres the scrim,he should of got a large snow plale,knock up a load of plaster,and in one hit,lanched it above his head at high speed..............its 10inchs thick,when that drys out,prob- in a years time,it could kill someone if it falls out the ceiling.

[peedutt]

Every so called plasterer on here is a fucking critic, stop fucking bitching girls.

[atiluya1]

creo q tenia q usar maya de nylon primero y despues usar una regla y despues pulirlo pero bueno todos trabajamos diferente

[JordanTranmereLad]

clean that trowell, feeling sorry for it

[POWABERRY]

FISHER PRICE MY FIRST PLASTERING KIT. JUST FLOAT AND SET IT WITH CARLITE AND THISTLE.WHATS THAT YOURE USING? AIRLESS PLASTER?? MACHINE PLASTER AINT IT.