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Posted by MiamiCuse on September 7, 2007, 9:06 pm
> MiamiCuse wrote:
>>> Looks like plaster over sheetrock lath or drywall. The thin top
>>> coat is either the finish skim-coat that gives the surface a smooth
>>> finish, or a thick texture paint, can't really tell from the
>>> picture, but if it is soft and flexible it is probably paint. Stiff
>>> and brittle it's a skim coat.
>> It's stiff and brittle, but a skim coat over the entire wall board?
>>
>> I have removed a section of the soffit and now need to patch a two
>> feet strip all the way across the top of the wall and ceiling. I
>> don't know if regular sheet rock will match, I will have to try 3/8"
>> sheet rock and try to match it I hope the thickness will be even.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
> Yup that's the way it was done, a skim coat over the entire room.
> In my house in order to match the thickness, 5/8 wallboard was the
> closest, kinda a happy medium because the corners tend to be thicker etc,
> Good luck.
>
> Clark
>
Thanks!
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