> At 2:07 PM -0400 9/2/10,[log in to unmask]  wrote:
> Anyone have a supplier of horsehair for plaster restoration, other than
> Trigger?

On a past project we used Acryloid B72 to stabilize clay-soil plaster. 
On that project and about 15 others over the years we have analyzed 
plaster to determine what type of hair it contained. It has been cattle 
hair or goat hair, never horse hair, once salt marsh grass, once flax 
fiber. On the project mentioned above we recreated the plaster digging 
the clay from the same river bank as the original was but we used hair 
from the dog grooming parlor (spaniel I think it was), because it was 
closer to the site than the horse farm.


Take care, work safe and keep in touch.

John
by hammer and hand great works do stand
by pen and thought best words are wrought

John Leeke, American Preservationeer
26 Higgins St.
Portland, ME  04103
207 773-2306
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www.HistoricHomeWorks.com

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