Horsehair plaster is usually on wood lath, narrow strips of wood applied ... I mentioned two hangers because the art usually has a wire on the back that hangs most level on two hangers.

If there’s no lath, the angle of the nail and the ... You can’t beat the immediate gratification of paint, but painting ...

The plasterer embeds the lath with three layers of wet plaster. The plaster dries to a hard, smooth surface suitable for finishing, first with primer, then with interior paint or wallpaper.

replacing the lath, and then coated with layers of finish plaster. This practice largely faded by the 1960s, leading to today’s practice of finishing the seams of the wallboard and painting the ...

Use adhesive that will bond the plaster to the lath. Adhesive should come in a tube to be applied with a caulking gun. Check out the local paint store for its recommendation, and follow the ...

A: Old lath and plaster walls are prone to cracking ... underlying problem — you’re just covering up the wound with paint. Wallpaper would give you the same result. You need to repair the ...

You find the right spot, hammer in your nail and sit back and admire your art. But when ... that until the 1940s, plaster was the most popular choice for interior walls. Lath and plaster walls ...

Q: The walls of our 1938 San Francisco home are lath and plaster, with a canvas-like fabric over the plaster. There are cracks in the plaster, which can be seen through the paint as raised creases ...

A lath and plaster wall, with wallpaper applied over ... Drywall after installation, prior to paint. Note the white vertical lines, where paper tape and jointing plaster has been applied to ...