[Strawbale] Lime Plaster, The Magic Numbers

[Rob Tom]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:56:03 -0400, Athena & Bill Steen  
<absteen at dakotacom.net> wrote:

> I guess the one thing that I would add is that once you've made your
> best calculations add another chunk for the straw bale walls.

Uh uh. Not going to let you get away that easy, Black Bean Beel.

I've never made lime plaster by mixing sand and lime out of a bag the  
night before, let alone from a Murrican bag so I had no idea what Debbie  
was talking about when she mentioned the "1 part lime to 2 parts sand "  
recipe.

It did however, sound like a lot of lime.
A 1:4 ratio seemed more reasonable, but I would have been talking out of  
my hat (if I wore one)
if I had said that and felt it would be better if someone who actually  
knew something about it (like the aforementioned Beel) commented on that.


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