Sometimes roof thatching turns into slightly more.
Lime putty. Sand. And a cottage in need of lime plaster. And plenty of whitewash.
It ain't White O'Morn Cottage but I'm sure Mary Kate Danaher and Sean Thornton would approve.
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A guy at work blew my mind when he explained that old lime mortar (any age) can be scraped out of a wall, put in a bucket with some new mortar and it turns back into fresh mortar.
It's completely recyclable!! Old tech isn't necessarily bad tech. He gave me a further 15-20mins on how great lime is (e.g. breathable, adapts to ground settling & loads of other things I've forgotten).
Anyhow, that cottage looks beautiful / brand new. Impressed at your skills.
2 types of lime. NHL, naturally hydraulic lime, which has a chemical set, and Pure Lime (non-hydraulic lime) which sets by carbonation, a very slow process. If you were to reuse the latter it would need to be burnt at high temperature. The former not reuseable, technically.
What your friend may be referring to is when you are initially using Pure Lime mortar, and it has not had time to set, it can be reused, knocked up again. If you use pure lime it will never set if you keep it away from the air. So in a bucket covered in water. It will stay like that forever as long as the water does not evaporate. NHL will set under water. You are right in saying some old tech isn't bad. Some are great. Just ask the Romans....Off to work I go. Have a great day.
