One advantage of plastering is that is can be repainted as often as you choose.
The Egyptians used a plaster that made from calcined gypsum, very similar to the plaster of Paris of today. Their method of plastering onto reed very much resembles our lath, plaster, float and set work.
Plastering is both a skilled craft and an art.
Within the building trades, plastering is one of the oldest crafts.
Plastering is enjoying resurgence in popularity due to the introduction of new techniques and cheaper materials.
Plasterers tape is used to cover plasterboard joins prior to plastering.
A highly specialised form of plastering called Venetian Polished Plaster has rapidly grown in popularity.
It’s important to know what sort of plasterer you are looking for as plasterers will tend to specialise in certain areas of the trade.
Plastering requires very few tools and materials compared to other trades.
Because of the skill required in plastering it is not often carried out by the standard home owner.