Has anyone ever tried to, or know if it’s possible to savage ceiling cornice? Some of it adjoins brick walls, cedar panelling and plaster sheet. Am I dreaming?
we salvaged plaster cornices to patch missing sections in other rooms...builder said "plasterers could do it they just wouldn't like it!!" ...removing the old cornice was tedious but not difficult and we did it ourselves using long thin blades (like an old bread knife to cut through behind the cornice and carefully remove, starting with small sections to work out the easiest technique and you'll need several pairs of hands and a scaffold for longer sections ...well worth it to keep matching cornice throughout the house and avoid having to replace all the cornice in whole rooms where we only needed a patch to hide where a chimney was removed...nothing wasted except your time and your cornice looks excellent and would be a shame to waste...best of luck
We have just joined this forum, so just looking through some older posts. We have replicated many old plaster (and other) coving sections, and once painted, you can't see the difference.
So I would first try to remove the existing without damaging, but if you do have an accident, then we should be able to help.
Just be careful with plaster coving, it is sometimes quite thin and can crack / fold in more than one direction.
oklouise
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