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Hello my name is Rex. I live in the states. I have done construction for about 25 years; mostly remodeling. My wife and I just bought an old Victorian style home. I have never done plaster before. This house has wood lath plaster. I have fixed two rooms, from a botched sand swirl, prior Owner did. Plastering is defiantly an art. I have lots of questions. I should have joined before I started. Well just wanted to give a bit of info and say hello. I hope it OK to join for instructions. Its hard to find good advise. I had local plasters tell me to drywall, or use hot mud.
 
welcome along musick :RpS_thumbsup: always nice to have a visitor from over the pond on here.
 
Hello and welcome along Musick, advise in abundance here and luckily we have a seattle based plasterer on the forum called @Loren and i'm sure he will be able to offer best advise for US materials etc.
 
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welcome music. sounds great. love victorian houses. theres quite a few vids on youtube in regard to it. you'll be looking for local materials so ask @Loren and look at stucco / kirk giordino on youtube. my wife uses hot mud on her face
 
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musick said:
Hello my name is Rex. I live in the states. I have done construction for about 25 years; mostly remodeling. My wife and I just bought an old Victorian style home. I have never done plaster before. This house has wood lath plaster. I have fixed two rooms, from a botched sand swirl, prior Owner did. Plastering is defiantly an art. I have lots of questions. I should have joined before I started. Well just wanted to give a bit of info and say hello. I hope it OK to join for instructions. Its hard to find good advise. I had local plasters tell me to drywall, or use hot mud.
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Hi Rex,
Old wood lath & plaster restoration is my specialty, I just finished replacing a water damaged keenes cement/lime & sand ceiling today.
 
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Hello my name is Rex. I live in the states. I have done construction for about 25 years; mostly remodeling. My wife and I just bought an old Victorian style home. I have never done plaster before. This house has wood lath plaster. I have fixed two rooms, from a botched sand swirl, prior Owner did. Plastering is defiantly an art. I have lots of questions. I should have joined before I started. Well just wanted to give a bit of info and say hello. I hope it OK to join for instructions. Its hard to find good advise. I had local plasters tell me to drywall, or use hot mud.
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hands across the water my friend:RpS_thumbsup:
 
welcome along where in virginia are you from ive been to the blue ridge mountains a couple of times its a beautiful part of the world
 
Hello laser. I now live in Portsmouth. I have lived all over va. I grew up in southwest parts of the blue ridge. I miss it, it is beautiful, just no work there.
 
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Welcome friend! :RpS_thumbup:

Hot mud??
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it a powder mix here in the states. I guess it is like a mix of plaster & drywall mud. It sets in a short time, but it is sandable. They have different setting times. 5 min to 90 min. It is really called easy sand (then time limit 5, 20, 45, 90). I wouldn't use it to plaster a wall, but I use it for plaster filler.
 
I do contracting, remodeling. I am not a full time plasterer. But here in the states plaster is not used much. Drywall and mud. Some of the higher class and older homes use plaster. I have an older home. :RpS_laugh:.
 
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