Ruth: Check out my articles in back issues of Old-House Journal (OHJ) and Journal of Light Construction (JLC): "High-tech help for Primitive Plaster" OHJ 9/93 (traditional and modern materials and methods to repair and stabilize clay soil plaster(works on lime plaster, too!)) "Replacing Old Plaster" JLC 11/91 "Saving Irreplaceable Plaster" OHJ 11/87 (Injected adhesive bonding of detached keys) Can I stop by your old house too? What is your new town? John by hammer and hand great works do stand by pen and thought best words are wrought -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>