« Vitr. 7.1 | Vitr. 7.2 | Vitr. 7.3 | About This Work »
2Having given the necessary directions in respect of pavement, we shall explain the method of stuccoing. This requires that the lime should be of the best quality, and tempered a long time before it is wanted for use; so that if any of it be not burnt enough, the length of time employed in slaking it may bring the whole mass to the same consistence. If the lime be not thoroughly slaked, but used fresh, it will when spread throw out blisters, from the crude particles it contains, which, in execution, break and destroy the smoothness of the stucco.
« Vitr. 7.1 | Vitr. 7.2 | Vitr. 7.3 | About This Work »