From: Mary Fisher ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) message
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>> Cement pointing, gypsum plaster, cement based renders, and
non-porous
> paint all prevent evaporation.
>You shouldn't have gypsum plaster in that list. Moisture passes
>through it very easily. Prolonged contact with moisture will
>eventually wreck gypsum plaster though.
>
>Andrew Gabriel
Included because it reduces evaporation from brickwork, maybe prevent was the wrong word. Lime is more porous.
Its probably moot anyway, since one need not normally go as far as removing the plaster to enable a wall to dry out enough.
NT