I help out at my Churches Men’s workday twice a month and I need to repair the hard coat on a ceiling in one of the classrooms. The area is about 4’x4′. I’ve done a lot of dry wall finishing but never attempted plaster. Any help would be great. I pulled all the loose stuff down…. so it looks like I need to skim coat the area. Any special prep? Products? Techniques?
THanks for your help.
~Mike~
MJC Woodworks
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Plaster Weld + fiber glass mesh + Easy Sand 90 (or equivalent)
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
- Fyodor Dostoyevski
I've never used Plaster Weld, but I've heard good things about it. I just use a regular primer (usually acrylic, but oil is better) and then the Easy Sand. Usually the 20-minute stuff gives me plenty of working time.
For an area that size, I would use drywall to bring it almost flush.
Edited 2/20/2008 6:09 pm ET by DonCanDo