On 6 Aug, 15:48, "George" wrote:
"CJC" wrote in message

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Hi, I was hoping for some advice on a crack I have in my bedroom. I
had my room plastered a few months ago and a crack has re-appeared so
I chipped out the loose plaster and filled it but it doesn't seem to
go away. The house is over 100 years old so my question is not about
should I be worried by the crack but simply some advice on what you
would do if you have a crack in your room which you wanted to hide so
that the finish looks better.

I was thinking of putting a unit in the corner with something like a
mirror on top, but was also of thinking about turning the corner of
the room into a focal point by put a couple of strips of patterned
paper or something along those lines up covering the cracks.

So really there is two questions, is there a way to definitely get rid
of a crack, if not what would you suggest to hide it so the rooms
finish is not spoiled by it??

When I'm plastering over old plaster ie 100 years old I tend to use
plasteres scrm tape I run it vertically and horizontaly over the whole wall
and it works a treat.

What you have is probably foundation movement or the old plaster has blown
if you had it plastered over it?

Squeeze a rubber silicon in there and wipe off excess immediatly...filla
over cracks doesn't work. :-)

Thanks for the reply George,

I know the plasterer did use tape underneath maybe he didn't put
enough. I used flexi-filler, and the flexible polyfiller? But didn't
think of using a rubber silicon, is there one you could recommend as
rather go for word of mouth.

Thanks