Plaster Repair Series

Friday, December 6, 2013
The Final Steps to Perfect Skim Coating
Posted by Alex
Today we're bringing you the final installment in our plaster repair/skim coating series. It's been a long time coming, but wrapping up any significant finish project like this is actually one of the more tedious aspects of the overall project. And like the many steps before it, this step involved...
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Are you ready!? We've got another absolutely thrilling post surrounding the tremendously suspenseful endeavor of plaster repair and a major skim coat undertaking. Woah, watch out, I hope that fall you just took out of your chair after I told you our post topic for the day didn't hurt too...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
DIY Plaster Repair: We Finally Put the Skim in Skim Coat
Posted by Alex
Up until this point in our plaster repair/skim coating series, the joint compound we've been applying to the walls has felt a whole lot thicker than the term "skim" implies. This is all normal since we've been building up the base and structure of the plaster with new material, but...
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Friday, November 8, 2013
How To Fix Plaster Like a Boss: Sand Baby Sand
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We left off on our in-depth "how to fix plaster and skim coat like a boss" series of blog posts after having applied the initial rough coat of joint compound over top of the screen/scratch coat we had applied in the previous steps. And while any wall or ceiling that...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Plaster Repair Part 2: Laying a New Brown Coat
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Last week we began outlining the somewhat long but very effective process we use to ensure our home's original plaster walls are both able to remain intact and assume a look more becoming of typical walls and ceilings. You know, smooth, without cracks, and not attempting to fall to the...
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