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Forum Name: Fresco Painting (original forum)
Topic ID: 45
Message ID: 24
#24, RE: on whether it is necessary to add cement to the lime and sand mix on the rough coat
Posted by Ilia on 09-Dec-00 at 09:43 AM
In response to message #23
No, you can not, Karla, read previous posts!

<The sign of when you should
<stop painting is when plaster "locks up"
<- applied color starts to look "bleachy"
<as you apply it.

Plaster may and should appear "wet" for 2-3 days, however it has already set on the first day!
One more "trick" (for the day of painting) press plaster lightly with your finger - if it "gives" (dents) you can paint if it appears hard - should stop.
If you paint after the plaster had set, the pigment will just fall off as soon as it dries - there is no binder in fresco - pigment must be incorporated within the "lime crystal" during its formation (during the setting).

Properly plastered and painted fresco should have a little sheen of its own.