An Amazing Lime Conference - BLF 2024

We just attended an amazing lime conference this weekend at Brighton University. Three days absolutely jam packed with exciting and useful information about about everything lime related! Technical presentations, case studies, old buildings visits, live practical demonstrations, fun dinners with plenty of networking opportunities and discussions and a lot more.

Some highlight topics from the conference:

• Lime surface coatings
• Seamless Venetian Cocciopesto floors, a completed project
• Hot mixed and hot applied lime washes
• Replicating medieval wall painting plasters
• Latest findings on lime carbonation and frost resistance
• Hot-mixed traditional cocciopesto plasters
• Pozzolanic lime mortars
• Traditional organic (plant, animal) additives to lime mortars, their role
• Black ash lime mortars: what are, where and when they have been used
• Araaish traditonal Indian "marble like" lime finishes (a.k.a. Venetian Marmorino finishes)

plus

• Building visits
• Lots of practical demonstrations, including Moroccan Tadelakt waterproof lime finishes

and lots more. One of the best conferences ever attended.

Here are some photos of the conference.