Do you have the details on the conference?  Dates and contact info?

Thanks.

Mark
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Subject: Re: Edison Coatings Update


> Now we are talking. I attended a US Heritage workshop last year and John
> Speweik briefly discussed lime putty versus hydrated lime, but never
really
> went into detail as to why lime putty is better than hydrated lime. I also
> attended a workshop with Virginia Lime Works, and Jimmy Price was not the
> least bit concerned with adding hydrated lime to your lime putty to
"stretch
> out" your putty, or even using hydrated lime mortar to fill in any out of
> site voids so as to not interfere with the matching of the original
mortar.
>
> Virginia Lime Works is hosting the American Lime Conference in Amherst,
> Virginia. There are plans for six lime experts to attend the conference
and
> this is one question that I will be asking each one of them. I will inform
> all of you the feed back that I receive when I return.
>
> Steven Elkins
> Savannah Grey Restoration