how do you plaster a wall?

Answer 1

Plastering a wall is a procedure that requires many hours of experience...Don't get me wrong I think a DIYs should try almost anything on their own; but what you have proposed requires a skill and technique that not even I would try.

For example I was tying to remove invasive vines from a fence and everybody said buy Vine x ($19.95 for 16 ozs). and I said there has to be a better way.

I waxed and waned nigh after night and a light lite up. I borrowed a welder from my friend..waited for a hot spell..watered the wines and put the hot side of the welder on the wine.....I electrocuted the damn thing...So I am not one afraid to experiment.

The problem with plastering is if one does not have the technique down one is going to wind up with a bumpy wall of dried plaster..then what does one do?

Find a good plasterer and pay him to plaster and teach you how
I'd say a smart person who picks up tasks easily could be plastering on their own in 3 days or so.

First you have to put down whats called a scratch coat ...
Then over that comes the finish plaster.....and getting it smooth is a *****.....and finishing a ceiling is 3 times as difficult.
I can do almost anything but gave up on plastering when i refurbished a townhouse in Boston...
Best plasterers Irish, French Canadians , and Peuto Ricans
I hired a crew of Pueto Ricans and they were fast and very good and Mucho El Cheapo!

What the answerer below is referring to with wire mesh is stucco. Stucco is applied to the exterior of a structure. One does no need wire mesh for interior walls unless plastering over badly damaged walls.

Good luck
Master Quark

Answer 2

there is definately an "art" to plastering to get that smooth flat finish. The meat and potatoes of it is: you need a reinforcing mesh on the wall for the plaster to adhere to like chiken wire on the lowest end to a wire mesh on the best end. Plaster goes on in multiple coats for the best end result. A scratch coat and a finish coat. Make your plaster in a CLEAN bucket each time and make small batches as you need them. Moisture in your mix is critical if it dries out too quickly its gonna turn out bad. If you are really wanting to do it yourself I would get the technique down before you start on your walls, otherwise it may be worth it to hire a pro.

Answer 3

Whisky or Burbon.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you asked how to get plastered on a wall.

Answer 4

sure, plaster partitions are commonly drywalled over. commonly 3/8 drywall, thinnest, to maximise last thickness of your timber molding around doors, residing house windows, and baseboard. based upon on the baseboard you have, you additionally can drywall as much because it without eliminating. make particular it extremely is what you desire to do. there's no longer something incorrect with plaster, cracks and holes can definitely ber fastened with drywall dirt. to restoration a crack good, you will possibly desire to first make the crack bigger, to get dirt into and at the back of it. the suitable gadget to apply for this crack widening is a "church key", it extremely is the paint can opener regularly gained out of your paint broking for prying open cans of paint. It has a bottle opener on the choice end. Take the hook end of the church key and scrap the crack to make a trough, eliminating the back component of th e plaster with the hook. this might supply hollow area to hold the drywall dirt. Sand gentle and the crack is long previous perpetually.

Answer 5

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