Hi Verena, Greetings from India! Many thanks for sharing wonderful insights on lime plastering. They are super useful. I am planning lime plastering over a poured earth wall. Would you please advise if we should use quick lime or hydrated (high silica) lime? Best wishes, Ganesh
Hi-George from Alaska here. Thank you for sharing this with all of us! I’m an elementary art teacher, and I’m planning on building a COB chair with my students indoors this year, and I was wondering if you have any considerations around how to adhere mosaic tiles to the finished chair? THank you!
You could try pushing the tiles into the fresh cob and then rubbing a finishing mix over everything once it is all dry. Or if you are worried it won't stick because of heavy wear, you could use tile adhesive to set the tiles, and then grout with a fine earthen plaster.
I am seeing this late. Yes you can, but then it turnes into something different than earth or lime plaster. More like a hydraulic lime. It polishes up nicely if you get the mix right. But the working times are short.
Thank you for this video. Good information.
Hello, this is Daniel from Angola Indiana. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Daniel, thanks for being here.
Thank you very much for this information from South Africa.
Glad you are finding it useful. Greetings from New Zealand.
Hi Verena,
Greetings from India! Many thanks for sharing wonderful insights on lime plastering. They are super useful.
I am planning lime plastering over a poured earth wall. Would you please advise if we should use quick lime or hydrated (high silica) lime? Best wishes, Ganesh
hello from Bolivia
Hi-George from Alaska here. Thank you for sharing this with all of us! I’m an elementary art teacher, and I’m planning on building a COB chair with my students indoors this year, and I was wondering if you have any considerations around how to adhere mosaic tiles to the finished chair? THank you!
You could try pushing the tiles into the fresh cob and then rubbing a finishing mix over everything once it is all dry. Or if you are worried it won't stick because of heavy wear, you could use tile adhesive to set the tiles, and then grout with a fine earthen plaster.
can we mix lime with earth for the plaster??
I am seeing this late. Yes you can, but then it turnes into something different than earth or lime plaster. More like a hydraulic lime. It polishes up nicely if you get the mix right. But the working times are short.