Thursday, September 15, 2011

Glencroft - Day 10

Day 10 is something I haven't attempted before, plasterwork.  I picked up Poly spackling compound and thinned it out with white latex paint, it mixes to about the consistency of oatmeal and not much smoother than that it seems.  I started out dabbing it on with a brush but I really really hate stucco.  after doing two walls in bumpy stucco I decided "to hell with this" and grabbed a discard piece of wood, loaded it up, and started smooshing the plaster on to the wall.

The photo is the first coat, I will put a second on, sand lightly, seal, and add timbering trim / beams.  Plastering is actually a helluva lot of fun, I have to say it's been my favourite wall effect to date.

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