How to mix lime putty mortar.

Just me showing you how to do a basic lime putty mortar mix using sharp sand and putty from Chalk Down Lime.

[@samarshi539]

Michael, good to see you back with new videos. I quite liked your empty buckets and the postman example. What a great sense of humour .

[@TerryTerryTerry]

Love the rambling monologue!

[@michaeljamesdesign]

Terry I'm so sorry. I know I ramble. I'll never make a TV presenter.

[@JustTis]

I’ve been working with lime for around 8 years. I’m in my late 20s and very much enjoy your content 👍

[@michaeljamesdesign]

Very kind of you to say. Thank you. Good luck with the lime.

[@jamiemclaughlin4270]

Great stuff

[@amyntas97jones29]

I was a teacher for 25 years. I totally agree with your comment that teachers are no longer allowed to teach.

[@michaeljamesdesign]

25 years is a long time.

[@DRJMF1]

Also, which is the best heavy dry mortar paddle mixer; thinking that the one with the 90 degree head design is best to 'knock up' dense lime mortars (want to knock large volumes of mortar without adding much water to make the mortar workable again after storage in sealed drum...release the calcium fats to make it spreadable.

[@roymichaeldeanable]

Its over 50 years ago since I left school and I wish I could have a word with all those teachers I used to have who told me practically zilch about everything.. Luckily we now have the Internet where no one can tell me that everything is on a " need to know " basis.... Personally...if someone asks me a question on some subject I overload the person with knowledge as I am a believer in the idea that the more information you have on a certain subject the better the decision making process Ignorance is not bliss

[@ianlaccohee7180]

After 54 years, I got my worst ever hair cut from a Turkish barber.

[@readoryx373]

Can't soak up enough about lime(s), but this is a fun ride in the mudpark nonetheless

[@JohnDoe-wo6hl]

Great video. Would this mortar be suitable to build with? As in a stone rubble wall etc? Thanks

[@michaeljamesdesign]

Yes it would be fine. But it wouldn’t be the most economical option.

[@amyntas97jones29]

Hi Mike, Can you tell me how much water should be added when making a hot mix? Someone said for each bucket of quicklime, one should add two buckets of water. Is this correct? I have now converted to hotmixes.

[@michaeljamesdesign]

Depends on a lot of variables such as what you're mixing in, what brand, how much sand and how wet it is but as rule of thumb you add a gauge to begin with.

[@dannyboy7715]

The water on top of the lime putty in the buckets has some very useful properties. Never throw it away, it's liquid gold!

[@michaeljamesdesign]

If you want 'liquid gold' then all you have to do is mix a little putty with some water and you can have as much as you like.

[@dannyboy7715]

@@michaeljamesdesign Sort of but you'd need to wait for the water to separate before the magic effects can be exhumed!

[@plummetplum]

Useful for what?

[@dannyboy7715]

@@plummetplum We don't give everything away!

[@plummetplum]

@@dannyboy7715 🤣🤣 fair play

[@DRJMF1]

big plastering job ahead of me, dry brick wall, would like to use non hydraulic lime plaster. Any sources of good information to follow to de-risk the project please ? Great video.

[@michaeljamesdesign]

Are you trade or is it your property?

[@DRJMF1]

Own house.

[@michaeljamesdesign]

@@DRJMF1 OK, in which case you could use bulk bags of premixed haired putty available from many of the main suppliers and it won't matter how long it takes to dry out sufficiently to lay on your coats.

[@DRJMF1]

@@michaeljamesdesignThank you, I will try that approach. However, have you tried slaking quicklime and aggregate to make hot lime in your roller pan mixer and then applying the mortar hot direct onto the wall as a plaster. Does this have the advantage that the product stickier and more workable, thus taking less effort to flatten the plaster on the wall ? Its a 80 square metre job. Also, hot lime is said to be more breathable than lime putty, correct, so a better plaster ? Dam also told that compression mixing a roller pan mixer gives a better plaster product too, agree ?

[@michaeljamesdesign]

@@DRJMF1 That IMER forced action mixer is only powerful enough for putty and NHL. It can't power through a hot mix unfortunately. You'd need a Baron or Soroto. Preferably a Baron. And a decent size one. Which are expensive to buy and hard to hire. But I'm a hot lime plasterer any day of the week. Far easier because of workability but you need to add piles of horsehair to help control shrinkage. Easy for me as I live next door to a stable. If I were you I'd knock up my mud with a powerful whisk then bank it so you're not having to mix piles when you start.

[@florentinalily]

sound is faint.. thanks for the vlog x

[@Southpoint2019]

A lime artist from 1775?

[@michaeljamesdesign]

Want some onions?

[@Southpoint2019]

@@michaeljamesdesign very good video indeed. In this line of work you don’t have to give too much away for it to be good content 👍🏻

[@adamt5867]

If you're going to have a strong argument you gotta play a strong hat game

[@michaeljamesdesign]

@@adamt5867 You have to bring your A-game.

[@plummetplum]

Mike you need a lapel mic

[@michaeljamesdesign]

I know. I'll see if I can hunt one down.

[@plummetplum]

@@michaeljamesdesign Wooo 🙂

[@henrytwigger2245]

Don't give the A.I. algorithms your face pics.