Wm McVey Plasterers

Dining Room Lime Plasterwork

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Lime plasterwork started in April 2000

Front parlour1 t.jpg (13755 bytes)         The lath brushed clean and wetted down

Mixing hair through the lime mortar t.jpg (16291 bytes)    Mixing hair through the lime3 t.jpg (16005 bytes)    

Hand mixing the horse hair through the lime mortar

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First coat of haired lime is applied

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This is scratched to provide a mechanical key for the second coat     

Straightening the Dining room T.jpg (6655 bytes)   Dining Room 2 ct t.jpg (13610 bytes)

The second coat is straightened and the surface worked with a devil float in preparation for the finishing