Sentence examples for a coating of plaster from inspiring English sources

The material of the Noh mask is wood with a coating of plaster, which is lacquered and gilded.

My dad put chicken wire up and added a coat of plaster to make a rough stucco exterior.

To prepare the walls, repair any large holes with plaster filler and brush on a coat of plaster stabilising solution if the surface is powdery.

Adding to the messiness, a coating of fine plaster dust covered nearly every surface in the main building.

In the past, stone and wood carvings were often finished with a coating of gesso (plaster of paris or gypsum prepared with glue) that served both as a final modeling material for delicate surface detail and as a priming for painting.

This can be done in a number of ways - by using building materials (e.g. brick, mud, clay, wood) which do not easily pass on changes in outside temperatures to the stored grain, by keeping or building storage containers away from direct sunlight or by applying a coat of white plaster to the outside of the containers.

When he decided to fix up the wall, he spread a uniform coat of plaster over it and then painted it an unbearable blue.

After a skim coat of plaster, Mr. Imbaquingo painted the walls white.

Skimming involves putting a thin coat of plaster on top of the existing plaster and is the best way to achieve a smooth finish on walls that are generally a bit battered or have large areas of damage or uneven surface, which would be difficult to finish well using a filler.

"The plaque looked like it was solidly anchored in a concrete obelisk, but in fact it was made of 2-by-2s, chicken wire and a brown coat of plaster," Birchard said.

If drilling up, through the ceiling, expect to pass through a thin coat of plaster and 5/8" of sheet rock and ⁄ inch (1.3 cm) of strapping to which the sheet rock is secured.