It is specifically made to a traditional heritage lime putty mixture dating back well over 100 plus years. Ready-Mix Lime Putty ingredients are suitable for authentic heritage tuckpointing! Our Ready-Mix Lime Putty is a mixture of rocklime and fine sand dating back to how it was originally made in the rocklime furnaces of 18th century England. Tuckpointed lines are commonly white but they can be various shades red, grey, browns, yellows and almond colour. It is best to remove a small portion of lime putty into a second container and then add and mix to this small portion a small amount of coloured oxide to first see how the colour comes out first, before doing the whole mix. We also supply colour oxides in red and black. If you desire a particular colour to your lime putty in order to match an existing home, then you can add coloured oxides to the putty according to your requirement. Ready-Mix Tuckpointing Lime Putty is available only in standard white natural lime colour. Some professionals prefer lime putty to sit for a number of weeks prior to use to allow better bonding and general infusion of the lime putty into the sand, so please note that aging of our Ready-Mix Lime Putty will not be a problem as long as the lime putty is kept covered in a sealant of water. Our Ready-Mix Lime Putty can be used straight away. As long as you add a small amount of water afterwards to cover over the top of the lime putty to prevent it from drying out in the atmosphere and then reseal the lid tightly, it is possible to store the product for a long time and reuse when required. ![]() And you dont have to use all of it in one go. No mess! Our Ready Mix Tuckpointing Lime Putty will save you alot time and effort. Just open the lid and drain out the top sealant layer of water and then stir putty. This is a natural process - please see very bottom of this page for more information on "chemistry" behind Ready-Mix Tuckpointing Lime Putty. Please note Ready-Mix Tuckpointing Lime Putty sets by reacting with carbon dioxide in air to form limestone. Ready-Mix Lime Putty does not set underwater as it is regarding as Non-Hydraulic Lime so if you cover in a small sealant layer of water it should last a very long time. Our Speedex Ready-Mix Lime Putty has a very long shelf life of 10 years plus if bucket sealed and stored in a cool place and not allowed to dry out. What is the Shelf life of Ready-Mix Lime Putty? And you do not have to add any additional sand when simply filling in small gaps in mortar. So you do not have to add any sand for normal tuckpointing. our Ready-Mix Lime Putty already contain sand. ![]() We sell Ready-Mix Tuckpointing Lime Putty! Just open the lid and you can use straight away!
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