dear gary encyclopedia, i just found your article on the lime you buy and slake yourself...how does this compare to what i've been ordering from the pigment companies....direct from italy, for $100 a bucket??? i mean, besides the cost? and what's the whole story as far as it being supposed to slake for 10 years, etc.?

the other question is.....for this big piece i am doing.....is the only reason not to do it onto a piece of mdf with metal lath tacked onto it vs just onto the reinforced hy rib method because of weight?

these questions could go forever!!!!

thanks again!!!
karla