Plaster Man's Q & A.(TRADENEWS)

From: Walls & Ceilings | Date: February 1, 2007 | Copyright information

How do you prepare corner beads for the plaster finish coat?

B Garrett,

Morton, Illinois

This question is asked often. The success of having the finished plaster look "right"--with either a smooth or textured finish, has much to do with how the base coat is applied and worked with on the corner beads. Most of the time I inspect homes I find that the beads were simply filled out with base coat and then the finish coat was applied over this.

With the base coat even with the corner bead, there is no place left for the finish coat. With smooth coat it is applied and ...

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