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   Guest_ | May 16, 2000 04:04am | #1

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   Maybe like over in cookstalk, that frosting bag only filled with plaster. The original caulk gun. That's all I could come up with.

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   Guest_ | May 16, 2000 04:51am | #2

   *calvin man, please don't tell me you're goin' over there with Beckman and Cadioli now. This is gettin' bad.

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   Guest_ | May 16, 2000 07:19am | #3

   *Bill, I agree with Calvin's definition, but the real icing on the cake would be a call to that architect and then a posting of his genuine definition.

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   Guest_ | May 16, 2000 12:39pm | #4

   *Jim,I know it sounds goofy, but some of em don't wear any underwear under those aprons. No joke.Can't see it from my house, but damn tryin'

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   Guest_ | May 17, 2000 05:48am | #5

   *well, er, you mean the guys, or the gals?

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   Guest_ | May 17, 2000 10:31pm | #6

   *Bill, don't take any notice of the ragging these jokers are giving about bagging.Bagging is applying a thin slurry coat of plaster over brick, render etc. It was applied with a piece of hessian bag originally , hence the term bagging, however these days most use a sponge. Wet your substrate down first to avoid too much suction.

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   Guest_ | May 18, 2000 12:09pm | #7

   *The ladies Jim, the ladies.

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   Bill_DeBell | May 22, 2000 11:14pm | #8

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   Mark,
   Do you have any more history on the term? It is supposedly in common usage in masonry/plasterer circles in New York City but here in upstate NY, I get shrugs when I ask professionals to give me an definition.

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   Brewskie | May 31, 2000 11:50pm | #9

   *It just goes to show you that there is no tried and true deffinitions for a lot of plastering terms.In Cal. bagging was the practice of using burlap to float out a brown coat.....obviously meaning low-quality.....A plasterer that was called a bagger was a very low quality plasterer.BrewOldHouseForums.network

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   Bill_DeBell | May 31, 2000 11:50pm | #10

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   I was at a job meeting last week about an exterior masonry facade restoration project at Mills Mansion State Historic Site in Staatsburg, NY and the architect used the term "bagging" to describe a very thin application of a "plaster" material to fill cracks in a fluted pilaster. I later asked a local plasterer if he had heard the term used in this context. This was new to both of us. Is this in common usage in the northeast? Does anyone have a definition of the term?