Lime Surface Finish: Polished Floors

[@vi683a]

I would like to see more about the lime itself and how one would make it if not available in a ready to purchase package.

[@miguelduarte7398]

Really very pretty and very simple to maintain...good job...thanks.

[@farmaanandaa]

Thank you so much 😊

[@junkingraj]

thanks so much for this video ! boosts the confidence to use lime for flooring.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@junkingraj]

@@farmaanandaa - Was the wax the regular Wax (Mansion Wax Polish thats applied on oxide floors) or bee wax ?

[@farmaanandaa]

Beeswax

[@dineshtamrakar1910]

I hav been waiting for this

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad!

[@yathishnaikt5032]

Can you make an video about wireing work&plumbing in this construction

[@contextenglish]

Nice floor❤

[@bellyfiore1]

Thanks from Italy. Can you explain further the use of Stearic acid…. . .? Did I hear right. I have edited this as I have further understanding of the fats in soap combining with lime during the carbonisation.

[@dr.iqbalmustafa1493]

Great malvika

[@biswanathpradhan7549]

My father built our house in lime mortar 70 years ago. Both the plaster and the floor are still good though the outside plaster has peeled of at places. I don't find any masons doing any work on lime mortar. So the repairs have not been done though the house needs it.

[@farmaanandaa]

How wonderful to hear this. You can contact MLIME for your repairs is you wish

[@MassimoCastelli]

You might want to have that sorted, even learning to do it yourself as you don't want to have water getting into your wall.

[@ranaawan1918]

pleade your contct nmber.....i also want make it....please

[@ranaawan1918]

your nmbr please

[@shilpanarayan6076]

Can this be used with oxide flooring traditionally done using cement

[@homescienced.a.v.collegefo3576]

From where we can get the material and work done

[@mibrahimalvi3530]

Really loved the idea, are there ways nowadays to get it dried earlier?

[@farmaanandaa]

Dont think so. Only patience

[@arunmishra2382]

What about the cost factor? In comparison with marble or tiles for example.

[@farmaanandaa]

Would be comparable but you'll pay more for labour and less for material

[@hedhadjapan]

Is anything used to stop moisture rising up through the floor?

[@farmaanandaa]

Not really. With lime floors, mosture gets absorbed and the released

[@hedhadjapan]

@@farmaanandaa thank you for answering my question. You have a beautiful channel & I look forward to seeing more of your posts.

[@ArnoldZhang-xl3ts]

What an amazing job. I wish I could visit India sometime. One question I would like to ask is about hardness of the floor. It looks like 5mm sharp stones are enough to cause damage to the floor. Will a polished lime floor hold up to slippers and stones and dust?

[@farmaanandaa]

Thank you. Slippers and dust of course. But initial years the floor is still setting, so hard stones or sharp objects can damage it.

[@kittylink4]

Any soap? Or a specific type of soap a brand?

[@farmaanandaa]

Lux International White

[@OlePedersen-u8d]

Hi. Beautiful work. I am considering lime floor in a bathroom renovation. Are the floors very slippery when wet?

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes they are. Wouldn't recommend it in wet spaces. We put some stone in the shower area. Rest of the dry bathroom has a lime floor.

[@OlePedersen-u8d]

@@farmaanandaa Thank you so much. Good that I asked :-) May I ask what you did with the walls in the shower area? My apologies for now including that question the first time around.

[@farmaanandaa]

@OlePedersen-u8d the walls are all lime plaster. If you see the video called Sustainable House on the Down to Earth YT channel you'll get to see our bathrooms too. You'll also find that video in the playlist Independent Coverage on our channel

[@OlePedersen-u8d]

@@farmaanandaa Thank you. I will do so now 🙂

[@soiledspot]

Thank you for the series. Do the lime floors have insulation properties ? as cement, stone & tiled floors always stay cold and behave as heat sinks.

[@farmaanandaa]

Lime floors are very cool in summer. In winter they may be a bit warmer than stone or tiles, but we are not sure. Our floors are 16 deg C in peak of winter without the room being heated.

[@soiledspot]

Thank you for the prompt reply. Summers would be nice then. However, the issue of cold floors is more of a concern in the winter months. May I ask what was the outside floor temp. with respect to the 16degC inside floor? And what is the peak winter temp. around you?

[@shahithashafeeq7643]

❤

[@Clip7heApex]

Can it be used with underfloor heating and also can it be patch repaired if necessary?

[@farmaanandaa]

Patch repair yes. Heating, I don't know

[@Dodadedededadodo]

I have hydronic floor heating (pipes with heated water flowing all through the house right under the floor) and I came to the comments to ask this too. It seems like you would want to start the layering of the lime base and top coats right on top of the plywood sub-floor. Whether or not this is a good application depends on how conductive the new polished floors would be. You want the heat to penetrate the same way it does with tile, rather than have the floor act as an insulator. That’s the part I’m still not clear on either.

[@junkingraj]

Did he apply linseed oil to the floor to make is shine ? can we use coconut oil instead ?

[@farmaanandaa]

It's beeswax. You can use coconut oil but keep it to the minimum. Too much oil makes the floor sticky and dull

[@junkingraj]

thank you @@farmaanandaa

[@ArgentLuiza]

@@farmaanandaa sealing with what acid ? with beeswax doesn't lose it's antibacterial and breathlessness characteristics of the lime ; than to clean it , can't use hot steamer because of the beeswax. How to popper clean it, other than only water on this surface?

[@anjusoorej8860]

Hi Manisha, I am a big fan of yours. I have seen almost all your videos. I am planning to construct a house of course eco friendly to my budget. I am taking help from mlime after seeing your lime series. I want to know whether the yellow / blue floors are having patchy look like this grey. Somehow kids are not allowing for this look. if possible could you post photos or videos of coloured floors current look. I would love to have a call with you if possible. Just to get the confidence to go forward the concepts you follow.

[@farmaanandaa]

Hello, you can book a consultation with Manisha on aanandaa.teachable.com/p/permaculture-consultation

[@deepalikudva9263]

Can polished lime work for outdoor gazebo floors

[@farmaanandaa]

It can. But these floors can get slippery when wet. So watch out for that

[@jrssoundharaaj7062]

MLIME FAT lime can be used for top coat ?

[@farmaanandaa]

No. For top coat you have to use MLIME Play series

[@ahanamajumder6195]

How to handle the heavy furniture movement on lime floor?

[@farmaanandaa]

Use furniture pads

[@nirmalsingh9933]

i want to make sustainable house with lime and earth

[@arunmishra2382]

Quick lime, is it easy to get? But slacked lime is.

[@farmaanandaa]

If you straight away have slaked lime, then even better

[@durbinito]

ok. For lime textured walls there was one layer and for lime polished there are actually four layers? Right? My second question is, when you finished a part of the floor and start building the next part what do you put in between? Or new lime part easily makes a bond with old part?

[@farmaanandaa]

The floors are partitioned with aluminium strips to allow for expansion contraction. These joints are what separates one part from the other

[@farmaanandaa]

And yes polished lime are four layers within the 4 mm thickness

[@raaina_devi]

What is the machine you used for polishing called?

[@farmaanandaa]

There is no machine.

[@raaina_devi]

​@@farmaanandaa at 5:25 there is a worker using a machine to polish the floor. What is the name of it please?

[@msparmar2124]

अपना एक यूट्यूब चैनल हिंदी में भी बनाये

[@eugeniotapia6765]

Does walking barefoot on lime floors feel nice and soft like walking on plain earthern floors OR harder like walking on cement ??

[@farmaanandaa]

softer than cement - more like earthern floors

[@ShivaniSingh-xd1rx]

How much it cost to make alime floor for 30*25 feet home

[@farmaanandaa]

Pls contact MLIME for those details

[@Truth2.00]

Please हिंदी में भी videos बना दिजिए .

[@abhijeetborgaonkar712]

I am also looking for MAKING Wash Basins of LIME in our house. Can you kindly help me to get it done. I am based in Kalaburagi District - Karnataka State.

[@farmaanandaa]

PLs contact the MLIME team

[@homescienced.a.v.collegefo3576]

I am in yamunanagar haryana

[@roshanchoudhary9909]

Do we have lime plaster Masons in yamunanagar.

[@nirmalsingh9933]

i am from Chandigarh mam i have 2.5 canal land kindly guide me please please

[@abinari]

[@NarshiKashyap-xx8rh]

Mam please Hindi mein video lekar aao na

[@farmaanandaa]

अभी नया हिंदी वीडियो डाला है। उसको दिखिए

[@binodekka8918]

Hindi mein banaya karo mem sab koi ko samajh mei ayga

[@farmaanandaa]

I decide the language based on the content. Yeh content English speaking audience ke liye zyada suitable hai

[@suhridchaudhary1791]

6 weeeks :O zzzzzzzz

[@abhijeetborgaonkar712]

I want to do LIME FLOORING in my house. Can you kindly contact me soon. Urgent please.

[@farmaanandaa]

Pls contact the MLIME team

[@ishrataliali6255]

Mujhe iske bare mein jankari chahie contact number

[@farmaanandaa]

MLIME ko contact kariye