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All through the autumn and winter months I was busy lime plastering, rendering and pointing. but did find time for some of painting. I had been lucky enough to get into the RNLI art exhibition in Instow and even luckier … Continue reading →

Occasionally an interesting job comes along; in this instance just a little limewash order but the colour had to match a rather bright green nylon fabric, the colour is close to a bright green apple. It was certainly not within … Continue reading →

http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/mythmix/mythmix.htm This article by Gerard Lynch was published in 2007. It’s been ten years and still the ready mixed lime mortar producers haven’t fully taken it on board. The most enlightening statement for me is this: “under analysis, the majority … Continue reading →

start with a bare wall, loose material removed, brushed down and lightly wetted . apply plaster around the edge like a frame ; i got the left hand one flat then some horizontal ribs to project the levels to the … Continue reading →

These are the only plastering trowels I use.  Starting at 9 on the clock: a medium sized Jigane laying on trowel,  next a little really flexible polishing trowel, at the top a larger jigane, recently used for laying on the … Continue reading →

This intriguing little tool I purchased from  Arford enterprises – www. Arfordenterprises.co.uk. it is manufactured for the rubber industry apparently I bought it because I have had occasion to apply lime plaster to plasterboard. you will wonder how it applies … Continue reading →