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So, this whole quarantine thing has me a little on edge at home, bored to damn death is more like it...but there are numerous projects...I finished my yard, garden, so forth...and sat at the computer and looked at the crack in my plaster...and then bam cracked paint...so I go get the scraper...and here we are a few hours later...so ....how do I get it to the bare wood? Would you strip it to the raw wood and then sand and stain or should I just paint it again? I added the exterior so that you can get an idea of the style of the home. My home was built in 1890
The plaster is cracking because it is old as hell so yes, I made a hole in the wall around the crack in order to fix it....I don't want to replace with sheetrock, because it has a historical designation...so I have to do it the hard way and repair it with plaster again....then the color for my mantle.....(the mantle I did some time back...so no, I didn't strip it down in a few hours..just the one wall of the wainscoting. Any advise?? My husband is in Charleston for the rest of the week..I would like to suprise him when he gets home...so I don't want to call him for what to do...he would just say, I will do it when I get home...takes all the fun out of a suprise.
The plaster is cracking because it is old as hell so yes, I made a hole in the wall around the crack in order to fix it....I don't want to replace with sheetrock, because it has a historical designation...so I have to do it the hard way and repair it with plaster again....then the color for my mantle.....(the mantle I did some time back...so no, I didn't strip it down in a few hours..just the one wall of the wainscoting. Any advise?? My husband is in Charleston for the rest of the week..I would like to suprise him when he gets home...so I don't want to call him for what to do...he would just say, I will do it when I get home...takes all the fun out of a suprise.