Wattle & Daub: Craft, Conservation & Wiltshire Case Study
Contents 2 History
3 Craft
3.3 Panel Types
3.4 Staves
3.6 Daub
3.7 Decoration
4.1 Soils
4.1.1 Constituents
4.1.2 Plasticity
4.1.3 Strength
4.1.4 Field Testing
4.1.5 Selection
4.2 Dung
4.2.2 Lignin
4.2.3 Urine
4.2.4 Microbial Debris
4.2.5 The Role of Dung
4.3 Fibre
5.2.3 Maintenance
5.3 Repair
5.3.1 Partial Renewal
5.4 Replacement
5.4.1 Brick Infill
5.4.2 Renewal
6.3 Fieldwork
6.5 Evaluation
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5.3.2 Removal of Impermeable Paints and CoatingsIt is often found that wattle and daub panels have been
covered with impervious coatings such as exterior emulsions, masonry paints and
high-build ‘construction paints’. This may cause rapid decay of
wattle and daub and it is therefore desirable to remove them and replace with
limewash.
Modern paints will often delaminate after approximately five to ten years after application. They may then be removed by carefully lifting off with a small trowel or scraper. Where modern paint remain firmly bonded to the plaster or daub, the choices are either to leave the paint and attempt to monitor the condition of the wattle and daub or to use a more aggressive method of removal. Latterly, there has been much research into the removal of paint for the conservation of stone and brick. The industry has developed its experience in the use of chemicals, dry abrasives and poultice strippers. Unfortunately, there is very little experience in paint removal from earth materials such as wattle and daub and cob.[96]
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There is no published reference to active paint removal from wattle and daub.
Enquiries to well-established operators dealing with chemical and dry-abrasive
solutions indicated they had no experience of wattle and daub.
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