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Been doing this stuff for years, but have a ?
Doing a restoration house, and we need to repair the old plaster walls.
They have very smooth OLD plaster on them, and need help! The minor cracks need taped, etc., need smoothed out due to scraping old paint and wall-paper off.
What is best to be sure a proper bond to the old plaster? Should I just use bucket mud, hot mud, sand first (not going to do much good), apply a bonding agent then mud, or prime with a "gripper primer" then mud?
I have done a few small repair like this in the past with just hot mud, with no issue, BUT have a few walls to do and don't want problems!
Thanks for any and all input on this.
Dave
Doing a restoration house, and we need to repair the old plaster walls.
They have very smooth OLD plaster on them, and need help! The minor cracks need taped, etc., need smoothed out due to scraping old paint and wall-paper off.
What is best to be sure a proper bond to the old plaster? Should I just use bucket mud, hot mud, sand first (not going to do much good), apply a bonding agent then mud, or prime with a "gripper primer" then mud?
I have done a few small repair like this in the past with just hot mud, with no issue, BUT have a few walls to do and don't want problems!
Thanks for any and all input on this.
Dave