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    Filling small areas in lime plaster

    Is there any reason why I can't use lime-based undercoat plaster to fill holes about 1" wide and 15mm deep in 100 year old lime plaster? I have approx. 50 holes where rawl plugs have been removed to sort. Am thinking it might turn into a lot of effort building the depth up in such a small area...
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    Undercoat plaster for chases with PVC oval conduit

    Hi I've got a few chases above light switches in original victorian lime plastered walls to fill. The chases look like the one shown in the photo... they're 75mm wide, 15mm deep and contain 2 bits of 25mm wide oval conduit side by side, clipped into the back of the chase. The top surface of...
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    Cleaning old PVA off brick

    Hi I know this isn't a lime specific query, but I figured lime plasterers were more likely to have come up against this... If you take a wall patch plastered with a gypsum backing coat (Thistle bonding) back to brick, how do you clean off the PVA used to seal the wall (to replaster with lime...
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