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08-12-2009, 08:44 PM
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I've always noticed around here in older homes, (mixed in the plaster), is horse hair. I see it in Richmond done in the fan district alot,,,,,but I'm curious,,,,was that a common practice everywhere or just in the south?
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08-12-2009, 08:46 PM
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Everywhere. P&L is what was typically used before drywall.
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08-12-2009, 08:47 PM
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I've always noticed around here in older homes, (mixed in the plaster), is horse hair. I see it in Richmond done in the fan district alot,,,,,but I'm curious,,,,was that a common practice everywhere or just in the south?
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Not all plaster had horse hair in it, but it makes the plaster stronger, like rebar or wire mesh in concrete. I have seen it both with and without hair.
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yep, it makes it stronger like fiber in concrete.
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08-12-2009, 08:50 PM
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Horse hair plaster dates plaster to a certain vintage. In my experience, it's usually the poorer districts that had horse-hair plaster over plaster with some portland in it. The horse-hair plaster was typically only lime plaster. A real treat to work with, particularly if the home ever went unheated for a winter or two.
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08-12-2009, 08:59 PM
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I see a lot of it around here too.
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08-12-2009, 09:54 PM
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Horse hair plaster dates plaster to a certain vintage. In my experience, it's usually the poorer districts that had horse-hair plaster over plaster with some portland in it. The horse-hair plaster was typically only lime plaster. A real treat to work with, particularly if the home ever went unheated for a winter or two.
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Oh man I had the pleasure of working in a home like that. Went to cut in a 2 gang box and half the wall broke off. I had to sheet rock it and mud it myself. And the whole time Im working in this house I keep telling myself "man there is something really weird about this plaster" "it almost seems sandy"
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08-12-2009, 09:56 PM
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...man there is something really weird about this plaster" "it almost seems sandy"
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Yes, that "sandy" plaster is the stuff I dread. It's just like you say... cut in a box and half the wall falls out. It's nearly always a home in a poor area, and it's nearly always a home that went without heat for one or several winters.
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