on saturday after i applied fiberglass mesh tape to the cracks in the walls, mathew applied a skim-coat, painted the wall with pink “plaster-weld” and then we got to work with plastering the first wall.
(left) mathew burnishing the wall after 2 layers of plaster were applied. (right) on sunday i started with some paint stripping.
and then it was time for plaster on the second wall, this batch was a good consistency and mathew was quite happy with how it turned out. while mathew was burnishing i cut out some “recycled” gypboard to fill in some of the spaces where i’d removed old loose plaster.
(left) i did the best with what i had. adding the gypboard cuts down on the amount of plaster we’ll need to layer in to fill those spaces. (right) mathew starting on the built-in cabinet in the hall, removing even more of that weird paneling the previous owners liked to use all over the house. behind it the plaster was really ugly and water damaged.
this is how those two walls look as the plaster is drying.