Thank you so much Ilia and Gary. I am going to try the idea of spreading a thin layer of pure lime over the top to fill the craters tonight. Just a quick question. I just inherited a big bag of LimeStone Screenings from a job i was doing. I was just wondering if it would be usefull at all as a sand substitute or for anything whatsoever? I havn't gotten a good look at it yet but it looks pretty brown.. anyways, i was just wondering if that has ever been attempted or if its just plain nonsense.

Another question. There is this home i know of, a new home but a nice and well built home, though its completely dry wall.. When you first walk in, as you look above there is a small (100 sq feet at the most) shallow barrel vaulted ceiling. Actually now that i think of it maybe its not a drywall cieling being vaulted and all.. im not sure if you can do that.. hmmm.. anyways, supposing it was, is it completely out of the question to suppose one could put a fresco up there without completely remodeling the whole place? I j ust thought if it were dry wall, and 100 sq feet x 7-8 pounds per sq foot equals a lot of weight for dry wall to support. What we were thinking was getting a very good craftsman I know of in carpentry to make an insert for the vault out of wood that would fit in two peices and fit snugly into place, so that if they ever moved or what not they could at least take it with them in some form or another, and then i could use the wooden vault as my surface rather than the actual wall. Anywyas, they just got back from italy and there all pumped up on fresco and it seems no other medium will do for them. Is this possible, i mean, would reinforcing it simply with steel beams be enough, or is this a bad idea all together? I know its alot to ask, and i don't requitre much, maybe simply rather its just crazy or quite possible? Anyways.. i have a ton more questions but i will save them for when i have some more time.. Thanks again, once again.

Ryan Van Dijk