Scratch and Brown Coats For External Stucco Over Traditional
 Wood Lath or Wire Mesh, Straw Bale, Adobe and Cob using Natural Hydraulic Lime



A thrown on Stucco finish, called Harling, using St. Astier Natural Hydraulic Lime, sand and Gravel.
Private residence, Bar Harbor, Maine.

           Private residence, Napa Valley, California                  Private residence, Sonoma County, California


          Private residence, Santa Rosa, California                         Live/Works Units, Berkeley, California


            Private residence, Woodside, California                   Private residence, Sonoma County, California

Private residence, Petaluma, California


Southwest Community College
San Diego, California

St. Gregory Old Sinai Monestary
Lake County, California

         Petaluma Public Library, Petaluma, California                      Private residence, Richmond, California



Before and After: Visitors Complex, Roma National Historic Landmarks, City of Roma, Texas



Before and After: Garnier Building of the Los Encinos State Park, California



Before and After: Central Park Fence, San Mateo, California



Private Historical Residence, Salt Lake City, Utah

Pie Strawbale Hermitage in Junction City, California



              Private residence, Auburn, California                     Three-coat NHL on strawbale, interior/exterior,
                                                                                               lime paint on interior walls


   Private residence, Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park         Located in the largest park of the National Park,
                 McCarthy, Alaska Service                              this large strawbale structure has been finished
                                                                                 with a three-coat lime plaster (NHL 5 and NHL 3.5)
                                                                                 on all interior and exterior walls. Natural Hydraulic
                                                                                 Lime was considered the most appropriate and
                                                                                 durable finish product for this harsh environment


            Private residence, Hood River, Oregon                     Three-coat NHL on earth plaster on strawbale
Using Limestone sand with straight Natural Hydraulic limes along with embedded abalone shells or a cut-away Nautilus shell, as viewed here, will allow you to polish the plaster beautifully as the limestones and binder all evenly wear together to a fine finish during the polishing technique. Regular silica sand grains may pop out and pit a surface which in some cases may be a desired effect as well
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