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from "Phil L" contains these words: You can use gardeners lime to make mortar. They are both the same basic compound, except for gardens it has been slaked and then dried, builders (who still use it) slake their own, IE: drop it into a dustbin full of cold water, wait until it stops boiling, then use as normal...slaked means it has been added to water to take the fire out of it, after this process it can be dried and doesn't need to be slaked again before use, this is what you buy as gardeners lime. If you find a plasterer and ask him to save all the old plaster rmoved from old houses (not cement) it is a mixture of sand and lime (and horsehair)...it breaks up the soil nicely and raises the alkalinity too. HURRAH! -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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