本指南提供了有关抹灰过程的信息，包括材料资格预审、抹灰工具和设备建议、混合比例、应用程序、饰面类型以及故障排除和维修。本指南适用于建筑师、工程师、设计师、规范编写者、承包商、抹灰工、实验室人员和公共机构。波特兰水泥基抹灰工艺和性能在许多方面与混凝土行业中使用的不同。用于混合灰泥的设备、养护方法、基底制备、混合物设计成分、材料应用、饰面技术和控制裂缝的方法仅适用于灰泥，不适用于混凝土。 同样，混凝土行业惯例的特定文献不应被视为可交换或适用于普通抹灰行业惯例。抹灰术语的差异至关重要，因此，本指南中提供了一个广泛的列表。

This guide provides information on the plastering process, including prequalification of materials, plaster tool and equipment suggestions, mixture proportions, application procedures, finish types, and troubleshooting and repair. This guide is intended for architects, engineers, designers, specification writers, contractors, plasterers, laboratory personnel, and public authorities. Portland cement-based plastering processes and properties differ in many ways from those used in the concrete trade. The equipment used to mix plaster, the methods of curing, preparation of substrates, mixture design components, material application, finishing techniques, and methods of controlling cracking are only applicable to plaster and are not appropriate for concrete. Likewise, literature specific to concrete trade practice should not be assumed exchangeable or applicable to common plastering trade practice. Differences in plastering terminology are of key importance and, therefore, an extensive list of them is provided in this guide.