My house was built in 1958 and has real plaster ceilings and walls. The
finish is what's called "sanded plaster". There is course sand mixed
into the plaster and the plaster is applied in large, random swirls
which makes a less obvious texture than the "fish scale" pattern we saw.
I had a lot of remodeling done before we moved into this house in 2007
and wherever an entire wall was changed (extensive remodeling of the
master bath and kitchen, for example) we tore out the plaster and
replaced it with smooth sheet rock. But when I enlarged the entrance to
the kitchen from the dining room I had sheet rock in the kitchen and
sanded plaster in the dining room. The dining room wall was only being
slightly modified so I had to find a repair person familiar with sanded
plaster.
Fortunately, there are lots of Italians around here dating back to the
1920s and lots of tile guys and plaster masons. My Italian tile guy
(Gino Roma Jr) says "Hey, my dad (Gino Roma Sr.) is an old-school
plaster guy." I hired both and now have excellent tile work and my
dining room wall at the entrance to the kitchen looks like it was
originally built that way. It was interesting to watch the repair
process and matching the finish which took a fair amount of time. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/27/2012 11:17 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> You are absolutely right Chuck. My New York In-Laws have the exact
> same pattern in the ceiling of their house outside of Buffalo. My
> Father-in-law built the house around 1962 but brought in some people
> to do specialty work like the plaster. He would mix up the plaster and
> hand it off to the plasterer as he applied it to the walls and
> ceilings. The walls are of course smooth but the ceilings all have the
> same "fish scale" pattern.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It appears to be plaster with a brushed-in swirl applied by the plaster
>> mason while the plaster was still wet. A common ceiling treatment in
>> the US before the days of sheetrock walls and ceilings. The swirl is
>> more apparent in this photo than normal due to the angle and brightness
>> of the light.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 9/17/2012 9:11 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>>> Interesting, what is the ceiling made from ?
>>>
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