tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post137235023050407441..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: GrotesqueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-41823545421876255072010-06-04T01:21:25.502-07:002010-06-04T01:21:25.502-07:00I did employ a couple of people to help me, so I c...I did employ a couple of people to help me, so I came out of the other side relatively sane (or as sane as I was before). The objective was to make it look as though it hadn't been touched, and I think that worked ok. The last thing I did was to use an icing-sugar bag to pump lime mortar into the crevices, then colour the crevices with a green to look like the rest of the algae. There were over two tons of lime mortar used in total - so that shows the tonnage of crystals, etc in the whole thing. The ceiling was badly restored in the 1970's by someone who just made the whole thing up, using cement mortar and chicken-wire. I developed a light-weight, sticky mortar of chalk dust and lime for the ceiling, but that had it's own problems. Happy days...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84513316272580641572010-06-03T21:03:00.770-07:002010-06-03T21:03:00.770-07:00And people say that the English are eccentric...And people say that the English are eccentric...Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55850031072661363602010-06-03T19:16:16.139-07:002010-06-03T19:16:16.139-07:00Bloody hell Tom!Bloody hell Tom!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18865447173997144832010-06-03T14:37:41.296-07:002010-06-03T14:37:41.296-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.com