Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Day 104 an 105: Exterior plastering

Monday we had the day off because of rain. On Tuesday, we applied the 2nd of 3 coats of lime plaster to the exterior of the east and west walls. This is called the straightening coat because the plasterers try to straighten out imperfections in the wall in preparation for the finish coat. I worked until 8:30 PM on this coat, so I didn't post Tuesday.

On Wednesday, we applied the 2nd of 3 coats of lime plaster to the exterior of the north wall. The final step is to scratch the coat to provide a mechanical key for the finish coat to latch onto. Here is a pic of the southwest corner of the home. Notice the difference between the horizontal scratched lines on the west wall (left) and the bumpy texture of the scratch coat on the south wall (right).

I’ll close with a pic of me in front of the west wall near the end of day 105. Thanks for reading. Please feel free to leave a comment.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hey Mike

This is about the picture of the sw corner. Am I correct in saying...

On the right is one coat, sprayed on then lightly troweled

On the left is two coats, with the second being more heavily troweled, then scratched. Did you spray on coat 2? What about the final coat...did you spray it as well?
Thanks for the info!