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“The New Revolutionary Flexible Rule for Plastering & Rendering”
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Plastering Books
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The PVC blade is uniquely balanced giving adequate rigidity, but also flexibility where you need it. When using the Speedskim it glides over the plaster effortlessly leaving the surface extremely flat and nicely closed in.
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Published June 29th, 2013 3:27 PM
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Feb 27, 2014Jodi, Plastering is the old school method of doing walls. It was used for many years before drywall came into the picture where we simply spackle the spaces between each board. Most of the old homes still have plaster walls. These are often those with the small boards, (lath) nailed with the gaps. A first bonding coat goes on and adheres between each space. Once dry another scratch coat goes on that levels the surface followed by the finish coat I which these tools are designed for. There were also methods of using smaller sections of a drywall type product that was used on the walls to save the time of installing the lath and bonding coat, but the rest of the process remained the same. Plastering is considered a dying art in the US, but still remains strong in many other countries as access, I assume to drywall is difficult to obtain. Many high end contractors still retain companies that do plastering work, while much more expensive then drywall and much more labor intensive, if properly done, the finish of plaster work is much smoother and looks better then most drywall jobs. Also many of the fancy ceiling trims are done using plaster and not wood. As many years ago the tools simply were not available to cut wood into the shapes we have around today.
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Plastering Books on Mar 02, 2014view this website http://www.naplwebsite.com/index.html for a good insight into the plastering trade , also http://www.plasteringbooks.com/book-of-the-month.html for books and ebooks on plastering
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