[Strawbale] Lime Plaster, The Magic Numbers

[Athena & Bill Steen]

Hokay, hokay, I was only addressing the issue of volume.
For lime I would think that 1 to 3 would be more than fine if used as  
a powder out of the bag. However, if it is a putty then it could  
creep up to 1 to 4 depending upon the lime being used.  I've found  
significant differences in bagged lime over the years when it comes  
to quality.  Some are richer than others. So in other words 1 to 2  
with a very poor quality lime might be good and yet 1 to 4 could be  
good with an excellent putty.

However, for the finish coats, a 1 to 2 ratio with a good quality  
lime could be preferable in that it will be thinner.

B...

On Sep 15, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Rob Tom wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> -- 
> === * ===
> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
> < A r c h i L o g i c  at chaffY a h o o  dot  c a >
> manually winnow the chaff from my edress in your reply
>

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