Help fixing holes/cracks in lathe and plaster
The walls in my house are lathe and plaster and I would like to paint them. The yellow walls, have some sort of heavy wallpaper over them that was previous painted. Other than a few rough areas, they are in decent condition. There is one crack and a couple of spots that look like they were previously patched over. My goal is to fix the crack and and then use a heavy nap roller (since it will provide a slight texture) to go over all of it so the fixed spots are not noticeable. From my research it looks like Durabond 90 is a popular product for fixing plaster. For small cracks it doesnt seem like I need to worry about reattaching the lathe boards to the plaster and I would just need to score the crack and then put the Durabond in it, sand and then paint over it. For the green wall, There is an actual chunk of plaster that is missing so I am wondering if I can just clean it out and pack some Durabond in there, or if it would be better to replace the missing section with a pice of dry wall and then put Durabond around the edges where it meets the plaster. I know that ripping out the plaster and putting up new drywall would be the preferable thing to do, but since I am in the military I have to have this house ready to sell in about 1.5 years so I need to work with what I've got due to the limited amount of time I have. I am looking for improved/good enough not perfect. submitted by /u/Legitimate_Gap_3613 [link] [comments]
| | The walls in my house are lathe and plaster and I would like to paint them. The yellow walls, have some sort of heavy wallpaper over them that was previous painted. Other than a few rough areas, they are in decent condition. There is one crack and a couple of spots that look like they were previously patched over. My goal is to fix the crack and and then use a heavy nap roller (since it will provide a slight texture) to go over all of it so the fixed spots are not noticeable. From my research it looks like Durabond 90 is a popular product for fixing plaster. For small cracks it doesnt seem like I need to worry about reattaching the lathe boards to the plaster and I would just need to score the crack and then put the Durabond in it, sand and then paint over it. For the green wall, There is an actual chunk of plaster that is missing so I am wondering if I can just clean it out and pack some Durabond in there, or if it would be better to replace the missing section with a pice of dry wall and then put Durabond around the edges where it meets the plaster. I know that ripping out the plaster and putting up new drywall would be the preferable thing to do, but since I am in the military I have to have this house ready to sell in about 1.5 years so I need to work with what I've got due to the limited amount of time I have. I am looking for improved/good enough not perfect. [link] [comments] |
