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| Outside of arch was done with a metal corner bead. This one was made especially for plaster arches. They aren't made anymore. On the inside, I didn't want that metal bead look, but the historic look. | We cut a strip of masonite and set it to the wall thickness. Here the
finish plaster is
troweled on and allowed to set before removing the masonite. |
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| Profile of bullnose is shown in this sheet metal
"knife" that I made. |
Knife is then screwed onto wood backup,
that was cut with a jigsaw. The template is then screwed onto this wood slider. Note in the background: I made two templates. This allowed us to run two noses at the same time. |
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| Wood strip is screwed to wall. Wood strip is positioned by using the mold template and a framing square. | Top of wood strip is positioned by using a level. |
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| Outside corner is filled with moulding plaster and lime and run by sliding the template up. | After a few times filling and passing the
template, my nose is shaping up. |
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| Straight areas are made by nailing a strip to one side and the filling in. | Cast plaster corbels are stuck on using moulding plaster. These nice casts are from Italy. I bought them at a craft store for about $ 8 apiece. |
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| Lamb's tongue is carved into the green mortar.
Here, the 45 on the miter rod is used to mark off the triangle. |
Looks like 1890 in my dining room. |