The lime is also designed to improve stability and raise the ph level in soil.
Hydrated lime roof coating.
Is useful to substantially increase the stability impermeability and load bearing capacity of subgrade.
Like most of it will wash off with the first good rain soluble i think that is correct with crushed barn lime however whitewash takes in the years to wash off at least as reported at builditsolar from those who have coated their roof with hydrated lime coatings have lasted 2 years without much loss of coating.
I kept the coating on my old roof for two years.
Gardner eterna kote 5 gal.
I would have kept it on there longer however my roof needed replacing and secondly my wife did not like the color.
Black jack elasto kool 1000 5 gallon elastomeric reflective roof coating 10 year limited warranty item 139941.
The txi hydrated lime 50 lb.
The difference between hydrated lime quicklime.
There are two kinds of.
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Reflective hydrated lime roof coating.
Black jack silver seal 300 4 75 gallon aluminum reflective roof coating 3 year limited warranty item 12035.
90 in addition to livestock uses hydrated lime has a long history of use in crop production as a plant disease 91 control agent and is an essential component of lime sulfur i e hydrated lime elemental sulfur and water.
The lime is able to reduce plasticity and moisture holding capacity.
He provides quite a bit of detail on 1 how he arrived at hydrated lime as the coating to use 2 applying the lime to the roof and 3.
Many people have emailed me about their interest in hydrated lime painting their roof over the past few years.
Production of lime is one of humankind s oldest chemical transformations with roots going back before recorded history.
Reduction in moisture holding capacity.
Average summer day saving of 10 kwh per day attic temperatures drop from as high as 150f to just a few degrees above ambient estimated drop in ac runtime of 40 payback period of 60 day.
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Wolfgang provides another example of successfully using hydrated lime as a highly reflective roof covering to pull down attic temperatures make the house more comfortable and reduce air conditioning costs.
Most everyone wants to know how it holds up over the years.