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American Clay Launches U.S.-Sourced Lime Putty
by aleida, on January 8th, 2010
Image courtesy of American Clay.
American Clay Enterprises http://www.americanclay.com/, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company that offers earth plasters for interior walls and ceilings, kicks off 2010 with a major addition to their line: the company is introducing their own Lime Putty. This lime putty can be used for gauging (or adding to) American Clay’s Earth Plasters and can also be mixed to make limewash. We saw application samples at Greenbuild 2010 and can say without reserve that this is a very cool new product. I particularly loved how it felt – it’s almost silky to the touch.
American Clay has been in business for seven years, combining clays found in the southern and western United States with recycled and/or reclaimed materials sourced in Arizona and the Gulf Coast. All of their plasters release zero VOCs, are non-flammable, are mold resistant, and provide temperature and humidity buffering (read Kevin’s quick overview of their recently-announced findings here http://threadcollaborative.com/threadpost/2009/11/greenbuild-2009-day-2/).
The company has long wanted a Lime Putty to augment the breadth of their interior clay plasters, but it was important to them to be able to source the lime in the United States. “Staying true to local sourcing for the main products has been key,” says CEO and Co-Founder Croft Elseasser. “We always knew the benefits of adding lime to the clay. The main issue was that most of the available putty was coming from overseas.” That is, until recently, when American Clay was finally able to secure locally-sourced lime. The raw material for this new launch comes from the western part of Texas.
While many of the American Clay products can be used by a wide range of professionals and do-it-yourselfers, the Lime Putty is primarily a professional product, used to ‘gauge’, or harden, a plaster. Lime Putty is ‘slaked’ lime forming putty, processed to provide additional hardness when added to and used with American Clay Plasters. The addition of Lime Putty to the original earth plasters lowers the working time of the plaster, but the end result is a harder finish, achieving near maximum hardness in six months. Lime Putty was designed to work with both the two-coat process original American Clay plasters (Loma, Porcelina or Marittimo) or the commercial, single-coat Enjarre plaster. All application procedures remain the same as without the putty. American Clay recommends adding 10 lbs. of Lime Putty to every 80 lbs. of Enjarre, and 5 lbs. to every 50 lbs. of Loma, Porcelina or Marittimo.
When used as limewash, Lime Putty can cover 200-400 square feet of wall space, per gallon per coat. American Clay’s website already has a couple of how-to videos http://www.americanclay.com/online-training for proper limewash application.
The Lime Putty product is packaged in 1-gallon buckets that retail for $42.00 plus shipping.
Congratulations to American Clay on this great new addition!
American Clay Enterprises, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company that offers earth plasters for interior walls and ceilings, kicks off 2010 with a major addition to their line: the company is introducing their own Lime Putty. This lime putty can be used for gauging (or adding to) American Clay’s Earth Plasters and can also be mixed to make limewash. We saw application samples at Greenbuild 2010 and can say without reserve that this is a very cool new product. I particularly loved how it felt – it’s almost silky to the touch.
American Clay has been in business for seven years, combining clays found in the southern and western United States with recycled and/or reclaimed materials sourced in Arizona and the Gulf Coast. All of their plasters release zero VOCs, are non-flammable, are mold resistant, and provide temperature and humidity buffering (read Kevin’s quick overview of their recently-announced findings here).
The company has long wanted a Lime Putty to augment the breadth of their interior clay plasters, but it was important to them to be able to source the lime in the United States. “Staying true to local sourcing for the main products has been key,” says CEO and Co-Founder Croft Elseasser. “We always knew the benefits of adding lime to the clay. The main issue was that most of the available putty was coming from overseas.” That is, until recently, when American Clay was finally able to secure locally-sourced lime. The raw material for this new launch comes from the western part of Texas.
Images courtesy of American Clay web site.
While many of the American Clay products can be used by a wide range of professionals and do-it-yourselfers, the Lime Putty is primarily a professional product, used to ‘gauge’, or harden, a plaster. Lime Putty is ‘slaked’ lime forming putty, processed to provide additional hardness when added to and used with American Clay Plasters. The addition of Lime Putty to the original earth plasters lowers the working time of the plaster, but the end result is a harder finish, achieving near maximum hardness in six months. Lime Putty was designed to work with both the two-coat process original American Clay plasters (Loma, Porcelina or Marittimo) or the commercial, single-coat Enjarre plaster. All application procedures remain the same as without the putty. American Clay recommends adding 10 lbs. of Lime Putty to every 80 lbs. of Enjarre, and 5 lbs. to every 50 lbs. of Loma, Porcelina or Marittimo.
When used as limewash, Lime Putty can cover 200-400 square feet of wall space, per gallon per coat. American Clay’s website already has a couple of how-to videos for proper limewash application. See them below.
The Lime Putty product is packaged in 1-gallon buckets that retail for $42.00 plus shipping.
Congratulations to American Clay on this great new addition!
by aleida, on January 8th, 2010
