Michael

Nobody has said it yet, not that they could say it
better than you.

As one of those down under monkeys (who thought about
trying to get there but decided that flying for 26-30
hours each way was just a little excessive), I'd
really like to hear some more details about the lime
conference.

We're sitting down here listening to all this noise in
the US and the UK about lime and nobody is really
coming out and saying in simple words of one (or maybe
two) syllables just what they think we should all do.

I've got three jobs at the moment where I'm trying to
decide what to spec for repointing, and it's so damned
hard when every little stonemason seems to have the
best solution and all of them involve cement!

Cheers
david

 --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > If no one has said it
the Lime conference)
> was one of the best conferences I have been to .
> Its  a great story too about a country brick mason
> with a southern drawl
> who couldn't get anywhere with  the experts here (
> Yankees have a hard time
> with drawls they  have seen too many movies)
> He decided to buck the system and  build his own
> wood burning Kiln for the
> pure  Lime putty on a commercial level  nationally;
> then to tweak the experts
> a little more he invited   the top guns of  English
> Heritage ; and  Historic
> Scotland to join him to help launch an American Lime
> association  this
> includes the  the French ( spec standards) St.
> Astier lime producers.
> Historic lime mortars are what was used so why not
> put them back?
>  ......It was fun; informative and had me on the
> edge of my chair most of the
> week -end...Bravo  Michael


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