I purchased an American Clay Primer sand additive and mixed it into one of their approved primers, Kilz. I used Rx35 to seal everything and finally we were ready to prime. If you mess this step up like I did and use an all purpose pre-mixed (light weight) joint compound you need to add an additional step and use a sealing primer. Setting joint compound, aka hot mud, is recommended. I used a metal scraper to get mine as even as possible and within their 1/16 of an inch requirement.Īny dust must be vacuumed or wiped clean with a cloth. The company had very specific guidelines for the levels of joint compound that are acceptable. The joint compound should be scraped wherever it is uneven and not sanded. Below is my quick guide to plastering and what I personally learned along the way! When I called to order, still having no idea how I was going to do it, the President of the company spent 20 minutes on the phone with me very patiently walking through everything I would need and even tips on exactly how to do it.Ī couple of weeks later when I realized in a panic we wouldn’t be able to plaster straight onto the wood frame we had created for our bookcase, he again walked me through everything in a series of emails.Īmerican Clay has so many great resources on their website including workshop videos and PDF guides for just about everything you can imagine to do with plaster. I’m so glad we found American Clay (not sponsored, just love them) to supply our plaster. Be as thorough as possible.As soon as we decided on this plaster project and I started researching how to actually do it I knew I would need to create a basic how-to guide because for some reason all the steps and specific requirements really intimidated me.
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