Plaster Work

	Hydraulic Lime Chimmney This masonry chimmney was plastered with hydraulic lime plaster in a 3-coat process. This is a picture of the work in progress.
	Detail of Lime Chimmney The plaster was textured to match the plaster walls and ceiling.
	Detail of Lime Chimmney
	Detail of Lime Chimmney
	Lime Chimmney The texture is very noticeable before the paint is applied.
	Finished Chimmney The finish coat was painted with a natural clay paint. The surround is bluestone.
	Plaster Ceiling For the look of plaster, but with an easier installation and lower cost, one coat of lime plaster can be installed over a drywall-like board specifically designed for plaster.
	Before ceiling installation The original plaster and lath on this ceiling had completely failed and had to be removed.
	New plaster walls, Urbana This sunroom had to be demoed down to clay block and studs before receiving new lime mortar walls over expanded metal lath. As the ceiling was removed, it was discovered that the ceiling joists were too small and the roof overhead leaked. These problems were corrected and the ceiling was drywalled. The original trim was painted and reinstalled.
	New plaster walls, Urbana The walls were painted with clay paint.
	Orpheum Children's Science Museum New Prairie Construction recreated the missing or damaged plaster moldings that decorated the interior of this turn-of-the-century downtown theater. In order to make new moldings, some of the originals had to be removed for use as "mother" molds. After cleaning and prepping the originals, a flexible latex compound and gypsum plaster were applied to form casts. A very fine layer of plaster of paris was poured into the cast to form the mold. A thicker layer of plaster and a jute backing (to provide structural stability) rounded out the process. The molds were allowed to cure for several weeks before painting and installation.
	Orpheum Molding Detail
	Orpheum Molding Detail