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;-)
Hot plaster
May 10, 2005
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^^^ bag
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.
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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That's what it is. Loverly fresh Gypsum stuff. :-)
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
I've noticed the same with bags of cement, also from Wickes.
Andrew
Or it was damp, and hhas now absorbed the mosture...
It's fresh from the manufacturer. This also happens with cement.
Its the same with dog turds too.
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