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[Jerry Frost]

You know what burnt lime is. Yes?

First step is anhydrous lime as used to make concrete, 
the next step is (I believe) lye. All are rather harsh 
but you do have to get limestone hot enough and I don't 
know how hot that is.

Scrounge is good, I like to think of it as being a 
material opportunist. Recycler is just so trite 
anymore. <yawn>

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Wes Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>


> around here most of the field stone is limestone... 
> and we do have a quarry
> right in town... perhaps the best idea would be to 
> use some of the cut slab
> pieces and set it up as a dry stone wall... I do also 
> have about a gazillion
> pounds of salvaged brick here in the yard... maybe 
> that might be the
> answer...  but I do know a couple masons in the 
> area... think I'll have to
> get together with them soon.
>
> -- I just realized... I sound like a scrounger! 
> (Actually I <am> one)
>
> -Wes
>