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Horsehair is the long hair growing on the manes and tails of horses. It is used for various purposes, including upholstery , brushes , the bows of musical instruments, a hard-wearing fabric called haircloth , and for horsehair plaster , a wallcovering material formerly used in the construction industry and now found only in older buildings.
Lime plaster is a type of plaster composed of sand, water, and lime, usually non-hydraulic hydrated lime (also known as slaked lime, high calcium lime or air lime). Ancient lime plaster often contained horse hair for reinforcement and pozzolan additives to reduce the working time.
Lath seen from the back with white plaster coat oozing through. Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior dividing walls and ceilings. It consists of narrow strips of wood which are nailed horizontally across the wall studs or ceiling joists and then coated in plaster.
Hair is used in plaster as a binding medium, and gives tenacity to the material. Traditionally horsehair was the most commonly used binder, as it was easily available before the development of the motor-car.
A traditional coarse plaster mix also had horse hair added for reinforcing and control of shrinkage, important when plastering to wooden laths and for base (or dubbing) coats onto uneven surfaces such as stone walls where the mortar is often applied in thicker coats to compensate for the irregular surface levels.
As many pet parents know firsthand, grooming our furry friends can be one of the most challenging parts of raising an animal. Each pet has their own unique needs, from trimming hair to filing ...
A wattle and daub house as used by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture. The wattle and daub technique has been used since the Neolithic period. It was common for houses of Linear pottery and Rössen cultures of middle Europe, but is also found in Western Asia (Çatalhöyük, Shillourokambos) as well as in North America (Mississippian culture) and South America ().
This 10-bed, nine-bath, 8,400-square-foot, Gothic Revival-style home in St. Matthews was built in 1853. Take a peek inside the Inn at Woodhaven.