Cob: Verbal comment & Lime was Earth Floor!

[Charmaine R Taylor]

Ocean, Frankly, I was annoyed.  I  do reserve the right to respond to
specific comments that ARE an odd mix of telling and asking, or
challenging. Anyone can criticize and comment, but if they can back up
the suggestion with anecdotal evidence & hard facts then it is much more
useful, and respected.

Because a person speaks directly, or bluntly, (me) does not mean they
are condescending.  

Darel suggested I confuse others, which is not his claim to make, he can
say I confused him.   He also told someone who referred to God that
their beliefs were a waste of time.   He, and anyone can also be more
sensitive to how they say things..it goes both ways.

 Adding water to lime is extremely dangerous!! People have been blinded
by the strong attraction to lime for moisture in the eyes and nose, and
any skin exposed.

The adage from high school " Do as you outta- add acid to water" stands
true for lime.

You are the first person besides the Steens who has ever said they have
access to quick lime..and look how much you had to do AFTER the simple
internet search to find it.  I sure have not been able to get my hands
on any. It concerns me that you DID get quick lime but did not know how
to handle it safely...who told you to use quicklime and did they not
explain use?

Conversely,  hydrated lime delivered and not sitting about for a long
time is good to use by the average person wanting to experiment.   3
months or less is best, over that, no.  I am very aware to soak hydrated
lime, and have been saying so for 4 years on this list. it gets very
buttery the longer you mature it.  Fresh quicklime is used in high
volumes in many industries, and is sold to the builder trades as both
pebble (lump) hot lime, or slaked,  & kept wet ( not let to dry into
hydrate) and
sold in buckets.

There is a difference in fresh quicklime use, and  hydrated lime use.
But aging any lime for plasters and mortars is a very good thing.

Charmaine Taylor
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com