Hot plaster

[Andrew Gabriel]

Went into Wickes and bought a bad of Thistle Multifinish. As I picked it up off the pallet which had been delivered sometime in the previous couple of hours (wasn't there when I went in earlier), I noticed it was warm. Initially I thought it might have been standing in the sun, but on further investigation, the bags in the middle of the pallet were actually much hotter. I guess it must have been delivered very shortly after coming out of the kiln (or it's all got wet and is going off, but it was bone dry;-)

[Andrew Gabriel]

^^^ bag

[BigWallop]

Does this Multi-Finish Plaster contain Lime? Is it true that if you compress lime hard enough, it gets hot? Some kind of reaction with pressure and chemicals I think.

[Anna Kettle]

I doubt it

I suppose so on a cosmic scale, but not on this scale

Yes its the chemical reaction of production which I don't know the details of but it means that you have lovely fresh gypsum

Anna

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[BigWallop]

That's what it is. Loverly fresh Gypsum stuff. :-)

[nick smith]

I occasionally see warm plaster etc in out B and Q.

If its warmer in the middle, then its very fresh and not yet cooled down from manufacture.

Nick

[google]

I've noticed the same with bags of cement, also from Wickes.

Andrew

[The Natural Philosopher]

Or it was damp, and hhas now absorbed the mosture...

[Chris Bacon]

It's fresh from the manufacturer. This also happens with cement.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its the same with dog turds too.