the WHITEWASH video shows men touching hot lime with bare hands!!!!
if you wouldn't put your bare hands into wet cement to use it...... cement burns are notorius for harming skin
at the very end the poor film guy doesn't get an answer asking if harm will come if lime touches bare hands, the old codger is proud he hasn't used gloves in 30 years.. so if you like that, go right ahead.
..and pouring water INTO the hot lime...this is the exact opposite of how to do it safely.
"Do as you oughta, add acid to water.
hot lime attacks any possible moisture--from eyes, nose, wet hands and causes severe burns instantly... the need for hot lime to slake" its thirst for water overwhelms water and can and has exploded.
-- also other videos online show kids using bare hands to trowel on lime... it can be very very drying to the point of harm, an author of a strawbale book wasn't aware of this and ended up in the ER with burnt skin...even touching limewater can make hands pruney it takes days before your skin can replace the oils, and it feels weird.
just be careful folks I
love lime, I use it, mix it, play with it, put it in papercrete, and sawdustcrete , and protect my self from it too.
Charmaine Charmaine Taylor/Publishing & Elk River Press
PO Box 375 Cutten CA 95534
www.papercrete.com Michel de Montaigne: "The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness."
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