I am removing wallpaper in an 80 year old house. Underneath the wallpaper is plater walls. In many areas, the top coat is cracking, or buldging away from the horsehair base. The base is still solid and intact.
I had a guy over to see about restoring the walls. He said he will hammer out the buldges, tape cracks and then go over the walls with two coats of joint compound and sand.
Is this a standard procedure? I was just reading an article on line saying that joint compound is meant for drywall, and the real way of dealing with plaster repair is to use plaster products.
The thing is, I asked him this, and he said that he doesn't have experience with plaster, all he knows is that a plaster person is alot more expensive than he is, and a plaster project is not a DIY project. but, his procedure will still work..