Have you ever tapped on a plastered wall with your knuckle? It feels like solid rock, right? Well that’s because plaster is, essentially, rock… pulverized rock, reconstituted and spread on to walls and ceilings. Of course, you can’t just grab a wheelbarrow full of gravel from your driveway, grind it to dust, add water and… Read the rest of this post

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Plaster has been around a long long time. Before the Pilgrims landed in America, before Rome fell, before the Egyptians built their towering pyramids… home builders were using variations of plaster to sheath their abodes. To date, the earliest evidence of plaster was found in portions of southern Turkey and northern Syria. Plaster was applied… Read the rest of this post

Category : Blog &History &Plaster Knowledge