[GSBN] Fwd: Lime on Clay plaster

[Rikki Nitzkin]

Rikki Jennifer Nitzkin
Coordinadora de la Red de Construcción con Balas de Paja

www.casasdepaja.org
casasdepaja at yahoo.es
http://casasdepaja.blogspot.com/




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> De: Rikki Nitzkin <casasdepaja at yahoo.es>
> Fecha: 19 de septiembre de 2008 19:41:07 GMT+02:00
> Para: GSBN <GSBN at lists.greenbuilder.com>
> Asunto: Lime on Clay plaster
>
> HI all!
>
> I assume the long silence on the listserve is do to the busy  
> building season...which (at least for me) is finally winding down. I  
> hope all went well for everyone.
>
> I have a couple of topics to open debates if people are up for it. I  
> will write seperate emails so responses don't get mixed up in the  
> archives.
>
> The first is thoughts about plastering with lime on Clay. I  
> understand that it sometimes works quite well and others not.  
> Debating this topic with friends we were thinking that this success/ 
> failure could be due to various factors:
> -type of clay
> -application process
> -type of lime
> -climate (dry/humid)
>
> So I would like to solicite thoughts: In the cases of success/ 
> failure what type of lime was used? Maybe plasters with lime putty  
> work better that hidraulic lime (if so 2, 3.5, or 5?)? or bagged  
> hidrated lime doesn't work? Maybe a coat of lime slurry is necessary  
> as a bridge between clay and lime? or maybe...In one case I know  
> that the lime stuck well to all the walls except the one most  
> exposed to driving rains...on the wall most needed it failed.
>
> I wonder if between us all we could do a type of survey responding  
> to the questions:
> 1) Failure or Success
> 2) Type of lime
> 3) Climate
> 4) application process
> 5) thoughts or comments.
>
> It would be great if we could figure out why it fails when it does!
>
> thanks!
> Rikki Jennifer Nitzkin
> Coordinadora de la Red de Construcción con Balas de Paja
>
> www.casasdepaja.org
> casasdepaja at yahoo.es
> http://casasdepaja.blogspot.com/
>
>
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