Plaster And Lathe

fast pasquale

Just fixing a large hole 4x3 on a rental of mine.. I removed all the loose plaster. Then I used Pl 400 to glue the surrounding plaster back to the lathe, around the edges. I then did a structolite coat. Followed by a "brown bag" coat (sorry.. you know the stuff that dries like concete that's in the brown bag next to the white 20 minute bags.. Then top coat with topping (light blue). How do you guys like my procedure?

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Chris Frate
Pasquale Floors

mdshunk

Did it work?

Rentals are good for experiments that don't cost much. Most guys would have probably put in a piece of 3/8" rock and floated over that.

Rx8

topping is fun to sand eh? i reccomend lightweight joint compound for your finish coat for the easiest sand. topping is mainly for texturing and some taping

trptman

thats what I would have done.
It sounds like what you did will probably be fine, but probably more work than really necessary.

Frankawitz

Did you renail the wood lath? Cause if you didn't the patch will crack at some point, as for what you did I would have left out the stucolite just use all Durabond 90. and Topping is the best way to go when patching like this cause it will sand allot easier then joint compounds that's what it is designed for


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fast pasquale

The light weight was my final coat and it as we all know, sands the easiest. Yes I re nailed all the exposed lathe back to the structure. I/ve cut out the dry wall and patched it that way.. just can be a pit sometimes.. looking for new techniques. When I applied the structolite. i made sure it wasn't proud of the existing walls because i didn't want to sand that.. Same with the brown coat..i tried to level it up with the light blue light weight compound.. It came out real nice..Never thought of using the 90 directly on the lathe?.. seems too ez to crack. but what do i know I sand floors all day long I really appreciate the feedback!MD.. you missed me right?

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Chris Frate
Pasquale Floors

Frankawitz

when you mix up Durabond make it like soft serve ice cream, it will follow between the lath easier, then let it set up, about 1/2" thick then hit it again bring it up to the putty coat of plaster then finish off with topping, then sand smooth

fast pasquale

Intresting Frankawitz... seems like the structolite would be a better base on the lathe, than durabond though.. no? Just seems to have more aggregate/meshing in it... Is this true .... is the Durabond base coat a "short cut"? Thanks

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Chris Frate
Pasquale Floors

Frankawitz

No, it's just harder then stucolite, and will not let water in. that's why I use it, cause I deal with allot of water damage. but no it's no Short Cut


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