More plaster

[leucothea]

Is this more nice old plaster to reveal, patch, fill and wash/distemper in the traditional way?

Does anyone know what the blue is?

 

[DaveG]

Interesting to see this because our hallway walls recently got stripped of their wall paper and lining paper to reveal the lime plaster and the exact same sort of colour all be it a little more faded/washed out on our walls.
I could be completely wrong but I had concluded it may have been some sort of lime wash applied as a colour in the distant past?

 

[leucothea]

That’s interesting.

It does seem like lime wash or similar, though the bright blue pigment is a little unexpected. Still, it seems Prussian blue and indigo were used.

Mine is like a cerulean blue.

What are you going to do with your wall?

 

[Kearn]

Think it was one of those colours that was quite common… we have a couple of rooms in a very bright pale blue. It will be a distemper with that much suspended pigment.

 

[DaveG]

That’s interesting.

It does seem like lime wash or similar, though the bright blue pigment is a little unexpected. Still, it seems Prussian blue and indigo were used.

Mine is like a cerulean blue.

What are you going to do with your wall?

It’s definitely a work in progress. We painted the wall with a white clay paint. I like the texture.
The wall in the background needs to be stripped of the dreaded gypsum and concrete, hence why it’s still bare:

 

[lizziecupcakes]

It’s definitely a work in progress. We painted the wall with a white clay paint. I like the texture.
The wall in the background needs to be stripped of the dreaded gypsum and concrete, hence why it’s still bare:

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What a beautiful finish!!
How did you prep your lime plastered walls for clay paint? Thank you

 

[DaveG]

I guess we were fortunate in as much as that section was pretty well preserved, no big holes or cracks. I can’t take the credit, the wife did it but she just treated it like any other wall. A bit of normal filler here and there, a light going over with some sand paper, a bit of sugar soap on a damp cloth and that’s about it.
The clay paint is quite thick as I understand it so that helps. Think she may have applied 2 coats

 

[lizziecupcakes]

I guess we were fortunate in as much as that section was pretty well preserved, no big holes or cracks. I can’t take the credit, the wife did it but she just treated it like any other wall. A bit of normal filler here and there, a light going over with some sand paper, a bit of sugar soap on a damp cloth and that’s about it.
The clay paint is quite thick as I understand it so that helps. Think she may have applied 2 coats

It’s gorgeous, well done to your wife! May i ask if she also prepped the wall with mist coat?

 

[DaveG]

I will let her know! No mist coat, just straight on with it. I think the paint was from earthborn