Hello
I have a chimney breast in the living room with a built-in stove, and I think it's quite ugly, especially since it's not completely even and bulges inward at the horizontal joints between the stones. It's quite glossy, the house was built in the 60s, don't know if the plaster is from that time, I get an 80s vibe from its glossiness. I'm attaching 2 pictures so you can see how it looks. I would be very happy for tips on how I can easily apply a new, finer, more even plaster. The current plaster is intact, so I don't want to remove it, but I want to apply a new plaster on top, is it possible with some type of lime plaster directly on it? Maybe with some primer in between?
Hire a stonemason if you have the money, I don't think it needs to cost that much, but achieving a perfect result yourself without huge commitment is probably difficult and very time-consuming.
Few things in the construction field are as complicated as plaster. I agree with Kapten_Haddock, hire a mason. Judging by the pictures, it looks like the chimney breast is lime-rendered and then painted with acrylic paint, which is an absolute no-no. Everything will probably need to be knocked down.
In Arga snickaren tonight, they plastered a brick fireplace with a special mortar for painted surfaces, they never said what it was called but it was from Weber and it wasn't gypsum plaster. They said it was available in regular hardware stores.
In Arga snickaren tonight they plastered a brick stove with a special mortar for painted surfaces, they never mentioned the name but it was from Weber and it was not gypsum plaster. They said it was available at regular hardware stores.
Either you prime it with Gypsumprimer and plaster with Gypsum or you use Weber's Designputs.
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