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# What should the surface be like for Terrastone?

The surface must be clean, stable, dry and evenly absorbent, free of dust and surface laitance and must be free of non-adhering old coatings.

The surface quality of plaster and gypsum board should be at least between Q2 and Q3.

In addition, the surface must be primed with a [**quartz-containing plaster primer**](https://www.meinewand.com/en/pufas-putzgrund-weiss-p32) before applying Terrastone.

**Old clay plaster:** On sound old clay plaster, prime in two steps (e.g. for Terrastone Earth: TerraBase 3G gel deep primer, then TerraBase 2 bonding primer or TerraBase 8 rapid bonding primer). Do not roll the primer on; apply it generously with a brush in a cross pattern – otherwise the roller tracks will later show through the surface as stripes.

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