"Rick Hughes" wrote in message ...

You don't need plasticiser with lime. I'm not sure if using both
together is counter-productive.


What I said was lime if you had it - plasticiser will still make it more
workable, as it acts as an air entrainer.
But not so important with Lime.

Although I worked as a labourer on sites while through college and Lime was
only ever used when finnings or dashing were going on - never used on
bricking.


Rick

I wasn't contradicting you. I seem to remember rendering with both and
it all went like soap suds until I stopped using the Feb. "If it goes
pear shaped read the instructions." I just don't remember what it said
on the side of the tin.

It was like working with blancmange and we cobbed two mixes and had
problems with the wall we'd already coated. The penny pinching # we
did it for made us use the stuff up with the rest of the job. All his
walls had tiny cracks in all over. It looked like those tiny mosaic
sheets of tiles.

(Ha! Ha!)