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Traditional Lime Plastering for Professionals

10 May: a fast-paced, practical lime plastering course designed for plasterers, plastering tutors, building contractors and craftspeople seeking to learn about working with traditional lime plaster.

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If you want to build your confidence in working with solid lime plaster, this course will provide practical experience and tested advice. Our tutors designed this one-day course as essential CPD training.

By the end of the course, you'll know an introduction to the Lime Cycle and slaking; which sands to select, and how to prepare and mix a backing coat; how to fix laths; how to prepare the plastering surface and apply a harling coat; how to apply traditional lime plaster scratch and floating coats; how to appy a traditional lime plaster finishing coat; and how to limewash.

Tutors Sean Wheatley and Michal Wolf are both Master Craftsmen of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, with many years of experience in traditional plastering techniques.

We keep our classes small, so you’ll have plenty of attention from our team. You’ll have your very own plastering bay to practice throughout the course.

Subsidised places available. If you are an early career plasterer, apprentice, plastering tutor or student, and require this financial assistance, please contact us before booking: education@spab.org.uk

Traditional Lime Plastering for Professionals takes places on 10 May, 9am-4.30pm. Lunch and refreshments provided. Please bring your own plastering tools to use on the course.

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Prices

Event ticket prices

Ticket typeTicket category
All £245.00

The basics

Booking details

Call 020 7377 1644

Meeting point

Heritage & Rural Skills Centre in Coleshill Village, Buscot and Coleshill Estate, SN6 7PT

What to bring and wear

Warm clothing that can get dirty/damaged. Sturdy footwear, ideally steel-toe capped boots. Protective equipment provided. Please bring your own plastering tools.

Accessibility

Please contact us if there are any adaptations we can make that would make the course more accessible for you. We would be happy to have an informal chat about the course and possible access issues before you book.

Other

Refreshments and lunch are provided. Head to https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/courses/traditional-lime-plastering-professionals to book your place.

Contact info

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

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