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Applying Veneer Plaster to the Stairway Walls

Bob talks to John Galvin who is applying veneer plaster to walls in a stairway.

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Applying Veneer Plaster to the Stairway Walls

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" This is always an exciting moment, John Galvin, our plastering contractor, is well covering up the corner beads there and that of course is a metal bead, which ensures that we have a nice hard finish on the corner. John, I am not going to interrupt 'cause I know you gotta go fast when you are doing this, but what you are using Unical, right?"

" Yeah, Unical and Excalibur."

" You mix the two together?"

" Yeah."

" And what is the point of that?"

" Well, one is the faster setting plaster than the other and it also heads for the angles. It is easier to keep straight all angles with it, especially in the heat."

" Especially in the heat down here in the Carolina?"

" Yeah."

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