Plasterer
The Plasterer is a skilled craftsman who can spread
plastering materials over a *substrate* producing a finish as required by the
client.
Although plaster can be projected onto walls with pumps or
sprays and one-coat plasters are available, most high class work still applied
by the plasterer using hand tools in 3 coats consisting of a scratch coat to even out suction, a float
coat to give an even surface and a finishing coat to produce a smooth finish.
*The word substrate comes from the Latin sub - stratum meaning 'the level below' and refers to any material existing or extracted from beneath the topsoil, including sand, chalk and clay. The term is also used for materials used in building foundations or else incorporated into plaster, brick, ceramic and concrete components, which are sometimes called 'filler' products.
