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Original Message "RE: making lime paint..." Posted by metameme on 04-Mar-03 at 04:40 AM that wasn't the point. context is to determine the quality of the limewash that mitchell is going to use. he has expressed his reservations about so called limepaints. but in fact is seems likely that 5-10% polymer in a limewash is not the worst thing in the world. my understanding is that in the united states there are some rather poor products calling themselves limepaints as well as other products that might be equivalent to the description i have given of the limewash i use. perhaps it is all predicated on availibility of 7 year old lime putty. the small addition of polymer does have other 'benefits' , it enables reception of deep rich colour into the material.....which is a dead give-away that it carries some polymer. so look at the % ingrediants in the product - MSDS - and pay less attention to shop/sales hype. the gear i use is the same composition of their stucco antiqua which is essentially VP......to return the compliment - obviously i would not import from america,but i might _need rivesto, novacolor is next,and ard . these latter two also contain polymer.....perhaps 2% so my gear stacks up quite well. if mitchell wants to be super-safe let him get rivesto VP and dilute down to make a wonderful limewash. similarly,novacolor or ard VP's will perform well. VP=venetian plaster.

Go back     FAQ       Conferences Post form Your Message Name*: Subject*: Message*:   HTML Ok Use [] in place of <> HTML Reference   Images Ok   Click on a smilie to add it to your message.   >that wasn't the point. >context is to determine the quality of the >limewash that mitchell >is going to use. he has expressed his >reservations about >so called limepaints. >but in fact is seems likely that 5-10% polymer >in a limewash >is not the worst thing in the world. >my understanding is that in the united states >there are some >rather poor products calling themselves >limepaints as well >as other products that might be equivalent to >the description >i have given of the limewash i use. >perhaps it is all predicated on availibility of >7 year old lime putty. >the small addition of polymer does have other >'benefits' , it enables reception of deep rich >colour into the material.....which is a dead >give-away that it carries some polymer. >so look at the % ingrediants in the product - >MSDS - and pay less attention to shop/sales >hype. > >the gear i use is the same composition of their >stucco antiqua >which is essentially VP......to return the >compliment - obviously >i would not import from america,but i might >_need rivesto, >novacolor is next,and ard . these latter two >also contain >polymer.....perhaps 2% so my gear stacks up >quite well. >if mitchell wants to be super-safe let him get >rivesto VP >and dilute down to make a wonderful limewash. >similarly,novacolor or ard VP's will perform >well. >VP=venetian plaster. Check if you DO NOT wish to use emotion icons in your message

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