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Best plaster wall repair tape1/30/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet because it is both labor- and material-intensive, it can be prohibitively expensive. The advantages remain, as it’s durable, adds significantly to soundproofing, and, in the opinion of many people, has more character. The three-coat method, which requires strips of wood or metal lath for reinforcement, is relatively rare today. I have to do about 8 rooms in the oldest home in town beginning in March thus cracking all the walls and ceilings, they give you a video to explain,but if you can paint than you can handle this- and I found that for a smooth finish go over it with their finish or 1 skim of USG PLUS 3. ![]() Havent been checking in much guys-busy- heres my advice- I live in an old New England town with plenty of homes that are 200yrs old plus- when the plaster is no longer sound thats when you determine to remove or overlay- when still sound but cracked- you can very well go the durabond route of course after taping all bad cracks- then proceed with usually 3 skims of green top usg mud and sand with a PC, your best alternative is to check into a system called NU-WALL ,Ive done this in Libraries,schools, commercial bldgs, and dozens of residential homes with excellent results. Again one of these days I,ll videotape or add photos ,really I really don't have to do any prep work other then vaccuming the cracks etc? Dont' need to wet the wall? I can't tape the cracks with fibre tape and durabond and then skim coat with more durabond? How can I tape after the durabond is on and dried and the cracks are no longer visable? :blink: I'm a little suspicious of his instructions. Then I asked about sanding in case I can't get a decent enough finish and he said I could then skim coat another product over top and sand and if I did that I could tape over top of the Durabond with fibre tape and this second layer of joint compoind or whatever it was (can't remember the name of it off hand). In fact I think he said that I can't put tape down with Durabond. I asked him if I should wet the wall or tape anything and he said no. I went to the hardware store the guy their told me that Durabond 90 will work great and to just fill the cracks with it and skim coat. (maybe it has a differen't name in other countries?). I was told that Durabond 90 is the best for plaster even though I don't see a lot of youtube videos showing Durabond being spread on a plaster wall. Also a couple of the corners had crumbled and are now dug out with trenches about an inch wide. ![]() The walls are plaster and there are some cracks some hairline and some an inch wide with a few places that open up to about the size of a mouse pad. I'm rennovating an old Victorian house and have just scraped off wallpaper in one of the rooms. ![]()
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