Here is a cool article.
the method of coating any old fireplace with layers of real lime plaster, with beeswax polished in is much like the Moroccan Tadelakt method* which uses black olive oil soap polished in layers with lime, making it waterproof.
in this method the lime layer is also fireproof, as lime plaster is too.
it is recommended that pros do it on such a big project. but why not try a small project?
http://www.vancouversun.com/want+plastered+fireplace+Randy+your/3744733/story.html
Charmaine Taylor
www.papercrete.com
* there is a new book out by a German, translated to English about the way real waterproof Tadelakt is done... showers, sinks, outdoor walls and floors.. it is a ton of hand polishing to do it right, not the faux stuff in a can you can buy that is trendy. See the W.W. Norton publisher.
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=993
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