Lath and plaster wall section Patch#

Joint Compound (linking my favorite brand) or Plaster of Paris.The formula works for many applications, including plaster. Construction adhesive – My favorite brand is Loctite Power Grab.Plastic syringes or a spray bottle – Syringes work best.PVA glue – I use plain old Elmer’s school glue.

Lath and plaster wall section Patch#

4″ putty knife, or your preference of tools for spreading wall patch.My apologies for not providing the very best information, and thank you to John from Phoenix Restoration for helping me learn. However, I will be adding some lime plaster from to my basement supply shelves. To be honest, I mostly use joint compound for small repairs. Because I now know better, I wouldn’t recommend Plaster of Paris for any sort of large job–maybe a nail hole or two. It will simply wash away if water becomes an issue, whereas lime plaster holds up. Gypsum plaster does not function the same way as old-fashioned lime plaster. When I wrote this post, I didn’t really pay attention to the fact that Plaster of Paris is a gypsum plaster vs. This how-to post should get you started off on the right foot, whether you want to use my hybrid approach or stick to only traditional materials.Įdited 6/24/20 – I had a great conversation with Phoenix Restoration. I mentioned it on Instagram, and there were several requests to share the plaster repair process. Last month, I started painting the living room bookshelves, and I found a few damaged plaster sections. Since that is the case, I’ve been using a hybrid approach to repair plaster. Of all the problems we have in BHH, happily damaged plaster has not been one of the major ones. Then, we did have a wee cave-in of the ceiling in the living room in 2015, but overall, we hit the old house lottery in this department. In 2014, when we moved into the house, the walls in the boys’ rooms were a mess, and fixing plaster cracks was pretty much our very first DIY job here.