Hi, looking to render a small wall over the weekend.
I put a scratch coat on 6-8mm with ordinary cement 4-1.
Put another coat on {10mm} and floated that off, 5 sand, 1 cement, 1 hydrated lime 5-1-1.
Now I want to put on final coat, perhaps a pattern/effect.
Reading the sites on the net, someone said I can use hydrated lime with just sand, no cement and it will set in a few days, but on the rugby website it states:
Hydrated lime being non-hydraulic is not suitable for use in
mortars without cement being present.
What are your thoughts on this, as im getting conflicting information.
I am using both rugby's cement and lime. Many thanks
I put a scratch coat on 6-8mm with ordinary cement 4-1.
Put another coat on {10mm} and floated that off, 5 sand, 1 cement, 1 hydrated lime 5-1-1.
Now I want to put on final coat, perhaps a pattern/effect.
Reading the sites on the net, someone said I can use hydrated lime with just sand, no cement and it will set in a few days, but on the rugby website it states:
Hydrated lime being non-hydraulic is not suitable for use in
mortars without cement being present.
What are your thoughts on this, as im getting conflicting information.
I am using both rugby's cement and lime. Many thanks