How to apply plaster

How to apply plaster

Now one of the integral stages at construction and repair work is putting plaster on walls. Not all owners of country houses and apartments which have started repair, know how it is correct to apply plaster. Therefore they resort to services of professional builders, thinking that it is difficult procedure. However it not so.

It is required to you

  • - plaster mix;
  • - big capacity;
  • - palette.

Instruction

1. The most important before applying plaster, it is necessary to prepare apartment walls previously. It is necessary to remove any kinds of old finishing from walls and also to clean walls from various dust, dirt and so on. Besides, if on your walls there is already old plaster, then it is necessary to check it for durability, having taped all wall sites covered with plaster. It becomes to remove old and fragile plaster.

2. Then the surface of walls of your room needs to be grounded evenly. It is the best of all to apply the strengthening primer by means of special paint brush or the roller. The roller is most often used for more uniform putting the diluted primer on surface of your walls, and the brush is applied to the most hard-to-reach spots. It is necessary to consider that if the wall surface has the good absorbing property, then it is necessary to apply several layers of primer on it at once.

3. After the surface of walls is prepared, it is necessary to begin to dissolve dry plaster mix in high-capacity. It is necessary to apply plaster only with full compliance with all safety instructions at repair works.

4. Try to apply not short dabs on walls and ceiling, and to stack plaster thorough slow movements. And focus not on amount of mix on the palette, and on quality putty of all cracks in surface of walls thin, but uniform layer. Also try to support always solution in liquid state that plaster has not begun to dry up and "otkoluplivatsya" at once. At the end of work on putting plaster you have to check the room and allow it to dry out completely.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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