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How soon can fresh plaster be painted?

August 13, 2013July 31, 2019 preservationscience

The type of paint to be used affects the time until painting after installing lime mortar. Switching to an historic paint like casein can get you painting right away despite the high pH of freshly-installed lime mortar

Posted in Mortars, PaintTagged can casein paint be applied to fresh lime plaster, casein paint, lime mortar weathering, milk paint, Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co, painting fresh plaster

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