With the finish coat on the ceiling done, next up is getting one of two plaster coats on the walls. Since I’m wallpapering the walls I’m only shooting to do two coats of plaster on the walls rather than the glassy third finish coat. My goal here is to just level out the lumps from the plaster washers and repairs around the outlets.

I stir up the plaster and apply it on the walls using a trowel. This work is a lot easier since I’m not working above my head like the ceiling. The trickiest part is just working around all of the window and door molding.

It takes a few hours but I get all of the plaster on and spritz it with water. It’s off to some wood work since the plaster will now cure for at least a week before the next coat. I do some more work on the replacement hinges I bought for the closet door. The hinges have been dyed black and clear coated. I give a few more coats of clear coat and then I’ll wait till next week before I apply a final wax finish.

The doors had coat of shellac. I think they look pretty good, but I go with a coat of glaze stain to keep darkening things up and smooth out more imperfections. The glaze is a stain that works on top of a finish. I put on a coat of glaze and then after a few minutes wipe off the excess using a paper towel. After that I take a dry brush to smooth out any blotches and give a light graining look. I wait a few hours and then apply another coat of shellac. This coat is a heavier cut compared to the first coat. I let that dry and then give another coat of diluted shellac. I’m going with multiple thin coats of shellac rather than a few heavy coats. Next weekend I’ll bump up to a 1lb cut shellac coat and see how that looks before moving on to buffing things down with sand paper/steel wool.