My Blog

Once the Bathtub or shower drain is installed  (shower value is roughed @1 ¼ inch)* then a hot-mopped or vinyl pan liner is installed, it is ready for lath.

Super shower finish is a beautiful, smooth water-repellent cementitious plaster alternative to tile and stone. Although there are a few different ways to approach this process, the following application is proven to be durable, lasting, and low to no maintenance. This stunning finish will complement any bathroom, kitchen, and laundry room. I’ve been plastering for thirty-eight years and did my first super shower finish about eighteen years ago, since then I have done more super shower finishes than you can shake a stick at and have three of my own. One of them is ten years old and looks as good as the day it was done.

Double sixty-minute paper, bitchathane where necessary, will need to be tacked on walls. Nail or staple 2.5 or 3.4 diamond wire is preferred; however, other wire may be ok, but thicker wire gives wall's rigidity value. Calk all nail and staple penetrations with polyurethane. Do not call roughed-in shower value or shower head stub outs*.

Plastic cement is ok. But we use and recommend Eisen wall cement by Rapid set with fiber added, it gains a high strength psi quickly, a stronger overall cement cracking less than plastic cement, and allows the brown coat to be applied without the forty-eight-hour cure time (recommended with plastic cement).

We then skim with Merlex poly prep and embed mesh over the brown coat, approximately thickness ⅛ inch or slightly greater; this step is a (crack isolation system) Yes, it is necessary and recommended for all fine finishes.