Plaster with Sand Texture

Frankawitz

Whitey,
It sounds like you need to be in the class room, I spell like I talk lol!
I never really cared for school, have you ever listend to some black folks talk, I bet you couldn't understand them even if you have a guide book, Hey you got to remember I'm just outside Detroit and they talk E Bontix or something like Dat! ha ha

Whitey97

It's all good, I just enjoy busting on you guys. However, just because we're tapers doesn't mean we can't hold ourselves to a higher level, right? oh, believe me minneapolis has plenty of the "folks" that speak ebonics. We're not too far from eachother, we have similar circumstances. Hell, I was in the ghetto yesterday checking on an ext. house paint that I won't be doing due to the condition of the neighborhood!

*remember, teachers get paid less than const. workers. That wouldn't be a good fit for me, plus I hate other peoples kids.

jamiedolan

HI;

Yep, the folks on WC (as well as a gentlemen on the doityourself forum) have been very helpful with the plaster work. I did run into a few difficulties with getting things set before they dried out. However, I got my hands on a few accelerating agents now, and that should take care of the problem.

Hopefully I will have alot more to show off in the next couple days.

Do any of you guys do the veneer plasters on a regular basis? They seem like a great system without a whole lot of extra cost.

Jamie

jamiedolan

I don't think I did, I will have to check the magazine out.
Thanks
Jamie

Muddauber

Whitey,
Should'nt the o in oh, be a capital O?

Sorry dude,but we just can't let that slide.

Whitey97

you are correct, see... I said in one of my past posts that I was only human, I don't get them all correct!

Frankawitz

Jamie,
They will send your magazine to you for free, cause your in the trade, just fill out the form and they will get you on the list to send you the magazine on a monthly bases. some good reading, if your doing a lot of new construction, they have some good info on new products that come out. I don't go to the site that much cause they get into the politics hot and heavy at times. I get sick of reading some of the stuff, They don't talk about the trade as much as they use to. I was glad to find this site, here they talk about the trades.



www.frankawitz.net

R.E. Plaster

I realize that in referring to the original question I a little late ( a new member ) but repairing plaster isn't to hard you just need to make sure you have the right materials.
first any time you are going over existing plaster you sould use a plaster weld ( glue) if you can't find anything like that go to Home Depot and get some concrete glue same thing.
Then when you apply your base cote you will want to make sure you have a bucket of water with a good cellulose sponge to feather out your edges.
For your finish coat finish plaster is lime, sand ,& keenes cement
1 part lime
2 part sand
use keenes which makes the finish hard
After you apply your finish cote you will use your sponge again to float out your edges, but also you use it to bring out the sand in the finish which gives you your design ( use hot water and wear rubber gloves when you do this as it will make your life eaiser)
You can check out our site and look at some of the things we've repaired
www.replasteringinc.com
any questions let us know

JCardoza

I've used the plaster veneer on a few jobs. It can be a challenge. Use two (accurate) teaspoons of cream of tarter to give yourself a longer working time. In the past I would just patch plaster with hotset, then prime it with silica sand mixed into USG first coat... Never quite matched perfectly. But I could get it close if I worked it.

Last summer, we did two floors of an old commercial building with the veneer. (USG bonder, full coverage EFIS mesh, USG veneer base coat, then smooth veneer finish.) By the end of the job the owner had us switch to drywall mud for our finish coat to save money. The plaster veneer finish coat was tough to keep on top of... I had a large crew on the job for about month I think. It was beautiful when we were done though.