Description
Book SynopsisA veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes
Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes. Fun to work with, low-impact, and allowing infinite creativity, they are high performance and provide proven, centuries-long durability.
Yet until now there''s been no resource that has pulled together the best North American plaster recipes and how-to into one place. Essential Natural Plasters covers it all:
- Sourcing and selecting materials, including site-soils
- Clay, lime, and gypsum plasters as well as fibers and amendments
- Interior and exterior use and specialty plasters such as tadelakt for bathrooms
- Preparing substrates, from straw bales and cob to lath and Sheetrock
- How to set up a safe, efficient worksite
- Mixing, testing, tinting, repairing, and applying plasters
- Coveted recipes from leading plasterers in Ontario, Vermont, New Mexico, France, and New Zealand.
Richly illustrated and deeply researched, Essential Natural Plasters is the must-have resource for owner-builders and professionals alike.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Natural Plaster Ingredients
Chapter 3: Planning and Preparation
Chapter 4: Mixing and Application
Chapter 5: Earth Plaster Base Coats
Recipe: Project Karyne Base Coat from Site Soil
Recipe: Easily Workable Base Coat Using Bagged Clay
Recipe: Straw-Clay Mud
Recipe: Lime-Stabilized Base Coat Using Bagged Clay or Site Clay
Recipe: Straworks' Baseball Diamond Mix
Recipe: La Couche de Corps
Recipe: Super Sticky Upside-Down Mix
Chapter 6: Earth Plaster Finish Coats
Recipe: All-Purpose Finish Plaster
Recipe: Pigmented Finish Plaster with Fiber
Recipe: Silty Subsoil Dolomite Sand Top Coat
Recipe: Fat Plaster
Recipe: Finish Coat with "Mayonnaise"
Recipe: Finish Coat Using Bagged Clay
Recipe: Glen's Wet-Burnish Plaster
Recipe: Finish Clay Plaster with Shredded Paper or Cellulose
Recipe: Polishing Clay Plaster
Recipe: Starch Paste
Recipe: Rice or Corn Starch Paste
Chapter 7: Lime Plasters
Lime Recipe: Simple Hydrated Lime Plaster
Lime Recipe: Traditional Lime Putty-Based Scratch Coat with Hair Reinforcement
Lime Recipe: Multi-Functional Hemp Lime Coating
Lime Recipe: Lime Plaster with Manure
Lime Recipe: Lime Plaster with Paper Pulp
Lime Recipe: Tadelakt
Lime Recipe: Stuc/Chevy Tadelakt
Lime Recipe: Hot Mixed Lime Mortars
Lime Recipe: Harling, Rough Cast, and Pebble Dash as External Lime Plastering Finishes
Lime Recipe: Homemade Hydraulic Lime Base Coat
Chapter 8: More Binders
Chapter 9: Finishes and Aftercare
Recipe: Carole Crews' Favorite Alis
Appendix 1: Coverage Estimates and Conversions
Appendix 2: Resources
Contributors
Index
About the Authors
A Note About the Publisher
