This is how we mixed the white coat back in my day as a plasterer. However we used a much larger mortar board, as a rule 4 to 5 feet square. We also mixed much larger batches. We would use quick set gauging plaster, but also used a retarder in order to slow the set long enough to allow or using the large amount mixed. We would mix enough to do the entire ceiling of the room, and about half way down the walls. A scaffold would be built for the entire area. There would as a rule be enough mixed to do the bottom sections of the walls from the previous mix after the scaffolding had been removed. We used both the hawks and the trowels for the mixing.
You’re legit old school plasterer! A lotta journeyman plasterers now don’t have a clue about what you just described. I can remember gaugings big enough to keep five or six plasterers moving! They don’t know the mixes or nothing 🤷🏻♂️ . Everything comes pre mixed in a bag now just add water. Even the stucco.
I used to help my father and grandfather many years ago . By the time I started plastering my dad switched over to the diamond and the smooth kote. So I have little actual experience with lime and I want to go back to it. Would going less than 50/50 change the integrity of the finish or just the set time? Thanks
This is how we mixed the white coat back in my day as a plasterer.
However we used a much larger mortar board, as a rule 4 to 5 feet square.
We also mixed much larger batches.
We would use quick set gauging plaster, but also used a retarder in order to slow the set long enough to allow or using the large amount mixed.
We would mix enough to do the entire ceiling of the room, and about half way down the walls.
A scaffold would be built for the entire area.
There would as a rule be enough mixed to do the bottom sections of the walls from the previous mix after the scaffolding had been removed.
We used both the hawks and the trowels for the mixing.
You’re legit old school plasterer! A lotta journeyman plasterers now don’t have a clue about what you just described. I can remember gaugings big enough to keep five or six plasterers moving! They don’t know the mixes or nothing 🤷🏻♂️ . Everything comes pre mixed in a bag now just add water. Even the stucco.
What would be the minimum ratio of moulding/gauging plaster you would mix?
I always go 50 50
I used to help my father and grandfather many years ago . By the time I started plastering my dad switched over to the diamond and the smooth kote. So I have little actual experience with lime and I want to go back to it. Would going less than 50/50 change the integrity of the finish or just the set time? Thanks
Or use a mixing drill 😊😊
No. This is far better mortar