Re: SB: RE: Lime Plaster Tint Suggestions?

[gary dorn <garydorn@eepo.com.au>]

>On lime plaster formulation, I read in a slim volume about restoring
>an old farmhouse in South Texas about the addition of crushed marble
>to lime plaster to make a more durable and even washable surface.  Is
>this so?  How much crushed marble is normally used, and does it
>replace some or all of the sand?



refer to vitruvius for an explanation particularly chapter 3
http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/V 
itruvius/7.html

Gary Dorn
Permaculture architect
gary.dorn@eepo.com.au
Australia
integrating Permaculture, Organic Solar architecture,
Straw Bale construction and solar & wind power systems

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