J.B. Taylor, Plastering

This is the best book on traditional plastering methods since Millars, Plastering Plain & Decorative, and that was published over a hundred years ago. It has been at my fingertips for the past thirty years.

This book takes you from the basics right through to complex set ups and includes much information on making tooling and describing techniques.

Before I bought this book I'd heard it described as the plasterers' bible, and I can see why. It takes you from the basics right through to the methods used for complex restoration work and includes descriptions of how to make up tooling for every type of work you're likely to encounter.

This book takes you from the basics to the most advanced plastering techniques, I saved fortune learning how to make my own cornice, and then made a lot more money doing cornice restoration workery informative book for anyone wanting to improve their skills

J.B. Taylor, Plastering is interesting for those working in old buildings and with plastering experience. Cornice casting and barrel vault ceiling plastering is too far for most, even full-time plasterers, so don't buy it if you're not into the nutless and boltlessness of it all.