Finishing a new wall or room with plaster or joint compound takes practice. If you have no experience with plaster or its near relative, joint compound, don’t learn in your living room. Experiment ...

A modern repair/patching approach utilizes modern gypsum-based material. You cut a drywall patch, screw it to the lath, and apply a plaster bonding agent like Plaster Weld to prep the surface. You may ...