DampSam Reviews DIY Damp Proofing! 

Horse hair is what I have used. Cornish lime has it pre made with coarse and fine hair. If you are not using pre made you can use NHL 5 for coastal wet areas or one NHL 2.5 - 3.5 with 2 parts sharp sand & 1 part soft samd for lime stone pointing.

You can buy different grades of lime plaster from fine too course

The scratch coat is called diamond keying and if your a purist it's done with a lath or 3 screwd together. A scratch comb does the job though

Added fine casting plaster will kill the pores. It was often added to ceilings and became more prevalent on walls post 1919.

Lime plaster has its place on houses built with pure lime mortar or common earth mortar. Houses built before 1919

The churn brush is not needed on.the inside, it is used for texture on the cosmetic pointng that ypu can see.

Great vid pal, hats off to the guy for having a go though!! Lime work is a heavy priduct to shift about and long wait times on the curing, can see sorta why its phased out, but for older buildings its a belt an braces aproach but deffo agree that you have to have peoples budgets in mind as its reet expensive stuff. He was bang on with the scratch coat, use bits of broken laths to form diamond shapes in the scratch. Have seen people use comb scratchers for lime and still make diamond shapes though 🤔

Nothing truer spoke than the last line, people have right to live in damp free houses no matter their budget

he didn't go to the bottom with the scratch as he's got 12 tubes of grip fil to put skirting boards on with , get'em nice and level no gaps 😂 , Thanks for watching these videos so we don't have to 😎

Sam, it is a very rough finish 100%.😂

You use a lathe combe with 5 mm rakes rather than.a scratcher.

Will it go through foli backed plaster board

If you were listening he said hair was left over from the first coat.

sam you being a old boy, can you do a video on burnt mastic ? it seems only the old boys know about it

Horse hair or a fit lesbians pube. Both work well

Sam, how can I damp proof my pants?

Your over thinking fibres. Also watch a video from a professional 👍

You are clueless, mate. Deffo not plasterer by trade.