Finishing a new wall or room with plaster or joint compound takes practice. If you have no experience with plaster or its near relative, joint compound, don’t learn in your living room. Experiment ...
You say you’ve stopped napping on the sofa because of that ominous-looking crack in the ceiling? You can’t take down that 20-year-old paint-by-number sunset in the dining room because of the gaping ...
Plaster sags from ceilings or bulges from walls when the plaster keys embedded around the wood lath break loose. To repair plaster walls, you’ve got two choices. You can break out all the loose stuff ...
Repairing a plaster ceiling with plaster is the best way to maintain an older home’s integrity. Step 1: Plastering is a messy job. Prepare the work space by removing furniture and covering everything ...
Spackling is a generic term used to describe patching compounds typically made from gypsum plaster and adhesive. There are so many variations on the Muralo Company’s trademarked product “Spackle” on ...
Before you do any plaster patching, rid the rooms of any residual lead. If you try to vacuum up chips or dust, you must use a special HEPA filter-equipped vacuum cleaner. Some tool rental stores rent ...