Fat

Unctuous character of a mortar.

Fat Lime

See Aerial lime.

Fines

Smallest particles of sand, often from clay, origins of the crazing of some coating.

Fixative

Adjuvant contributing to fixing and binding a lime milk pigments.

Frescoes

Mural paintings realized with the application of pigments mixed with water on a fresh coating. This technique require the use of the most aerial lime possible, with fine pigments and carefully chosen aggregates.

Gobetis

First layer of a lime plaster, its role is to ensure the grip of the support.

Granularity

Proportions of various sized sand grain.

Granulats

See aggregates.

Granulometry

Physical measure of the granularity. Express itself under the form of a mini-maxi for the sizes of aggregates.

Grout

Execution of the joint of a stone or brick masonry.

Gypsum

Sedimentary stone, composed of sulfate and calcium.

Hourder

Maçonner.

Hydratation

Wetting of the support

Hydrated Lime

See Slaked lime.

Hydraulic

Term used for a lime taking with water.

Hydraulic Lime

Lime with the particularity of taking with water.

Hydrofuge

Adjuvant used to decrease the absorbtion of humidity.

Lean Lime

See natural hydraulic lime.

Lime Flower

See slaked aerial lime.

Lime Hydrates

See slaked lime

Lime Hydroxide

See slaked lime.

Lime Milk

Mix of water and lime, colored or not, applied with a brush on parements. See liming, whitewash, etching.

Lime Pasta

Slaked lime with an excess of water, forming a pasta. This term is used to designate slaked aerial lime with an excess of water and conserved in pits.

Lime Tempera

See etching.

Lime Water

Water including dissolved lime (less than 1,5g per liter). More than that and the lime forms a lime milk.

Lime Whitewash

Colored lime milk, applied on coating, sometimes on stone parements. Composition : 2 to 3 volumes of lime for 1 volume of water.

Limestone

General name for sedimentary stones containing calcium carbonate.

Liming

Thick lime milk, generaly white. Composed of 1 volume of lime for 1 volume of water.