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diy lime putty
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| dunkhellserin |
Posted on 26-07-2011 10:09
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can you make your own lime putty from bags of builders lime, what type is best is it worth it, cost and effort wise |
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| harald |
Posted on 26-07-2011 21:46
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We do our own Lime putty. yes it's worth it,money and effort wise but you need time and space to store your drums so the putty can mature. We use hydrated lime for slacking. less dangerous, readily available and delivers satisfactory Lime Putty.
Good luck |
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| dunkhellserin |
Posted on 27-07-2011 10:18
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thanks for that harald. do you have any preferance on brands, I have tryed Marvel lime and think it looks good. is hydrated lime just the stuff you buy from the local hardware as builders lime |
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| harald |
Posted on 27-07-2011 18:12
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dunkhellserin wrote:
thanks for that harald. do you have any preferance on brands, I have tryed Marvel lime and think it looks good. is hydrated lime just the stuff you buy from the local hardware as builders lime
It is possible that hydrated lime is sold as builders lime. I have not heard of Marvel as a brand. Here in the Blue Mountains they sell Blue Circle or Cement Australia.
I reckon brand won't matter to much though. |
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| shelley |
Posted on 10-04-2012 10:45
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I'm interesting in making my own lime putty, with powdered hydrated lime. Do I need to do it in drums? I don't have any at present. Would a wheelie bin suffice? |
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| harald |
Posted on 11-04-2012 16:29
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I'd say only just because of the safety aspect involved. Lime putty is a reasonably dangerous substance and it is best to be able to secure the lid firmly to prevent access by children and avoid spillage. The material, plastic , though is fine |
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| pennymilburn |
Posted on 15-04-2012 08:20
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We've found old steel baths from the tip to be most suitable as they are easy to get the putty out of - when there's not much putty left in a drum or wheelie bin, you need to lean your body into the lime to get the last few buckets out... yucky |
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| steve |
Posted on 16-04-2012 21:44
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Ditto to what Pennymilburn suggests - we used steel bath, short handled spade, paint tin & conc mixer. Should get 5-6 20kg
bags hydrated lime in each mix to top of bath.
- half fill the bath with water, open bag sprinkle in over whole surface to avoid big clumps- mix/chop/stir at with spade
- should get 3-4 bags in before needing to add more water for final bags - mix/chop/stir
-top up level to top, cover and let stand overnight
We found good mix to able to be nicely sliced away with spade into 20l paint tin and into mixer. 1 part putty:2.5 washed white sand
But def put secure/weighty cover over and dust mask when emptying bags.
We got 10-15 mixes out of each bath batch of 6x20kg which lasted us 1-2 days
Have fun |
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