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[Keith B <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:


> I've done paneling; I've done sheetrocking; I've done stuccoing. I 
> have not done plastering except for patchwork in an old house and for 
> that I used sheetrock compound. I expect plastering a wall to be very 
> much like stuccoing. When the time comes I will research it and 
> decide on the plaster formula. I have lots of various trowels.



I always subbed out the plastering but watched it being done so thought 
it was an easy job until I tried to do the ceiling area of our shower. I 
couldn't make it smooth for the life of me. I talked our son (the 
artist) into painting a sky mural over it to hide the roughness. It 
turned out better than I'd hoped for.