If there’s no lath, the angle of the nail and the ... You can’t beat the immediate gratification of paint, but painting plaster requires some considerations you don’t encounter with drywall.

Plaster sags from ceilings or bulges from walls when the plaster keys embedded around the wood lath break loose ... and it's approved for lead paint encapsulation on interior walls.

FOR some time past I have been observing the streaks which occur upon lath-and-plaster walls. I have made a survey of the literature and find no adequate treatment of the phenomenon. For that ...