Artisanal production

Artisanal production

Artisanal lime production

Lime production in artisanal kilns

We work hard to enhance this type of activity and product derived from it, as it is fundamental and of great importance, in order to reverse the disappearance trend, the recognition of this product in economic and cultural terms, due to its real characteristics that make it versatile and incomparable.

Artisanal lime production

Artisanal Kiln

How it works?

1

Limestone

Selection of raw material

1

Limestone

Selection of raw material

2

Kiln Preparation

Preparation of kilns with limestone

2

Kiln Preparation

Preparation of kilns with limestone

3

Calcination

Process of baking the limestones

3

Calcination

Process of baking the limestones

4

Removing Lime

Removal of Lime from the Kiln

4

Removing Lime

Removal of Lime from the Kiln

Aplicações

In stone

After erasing, transformed into Hydrated or Erased Lime, dry or paste, “Calcium Hydroxide”:

Lime or whitewash painting;
Base on industrial paint production;
Civil construction, restoration, rehabilitation, rehabilitation and new construction;
With binder or base for mortars or renders of Aerial Lime, produced on site or in pre-dosed industrial processes: laying mortars, masonry, plaster, renders, fine renders, slabs, adobes, slabs, etc.
Decorative arts: highly decorated paintings, stucco, frescoes, etc.

Paste lime

Aerial lime or whitewash paintings, allowing the addition of natural pigments;
Base on industrial paint production;
Civil construction, “restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction and new construction”;
As a binder and base for mortars or renders of aerial lime, produced on site or in a pre-dosed industrial process: (laying mortars, masonry, plaster, renders, fine renders, bars, adobes, slabs, etc.);
Decorative arts (highly decorated paintings, stucco, frescoes and others);
Ph regulator for water, sludge or other waste
In livestock stables (aviaries, livestock, stables, dairy, etc.), as a disinfectant, bactericide, humidity regulator, free from risk for animals and people;
Properly diluted, it can be applied with sprayers to whiten walls, ceilings, where a high level of hygiene is required (animal breeding spaces, drugs, cellars, greenhouses, attics, cellars, etc.)

Lime in aged paste

Aerial lime or whitewash paintings, allowing the addition of natural pigments;
Base on industrial paint production;
Civil construction (restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction and new construction);
As a binder and base for mortars or aerial lime renders, produced on site or in pre-dosed industrial processes (fine renders, busbars, etc.);
Decorative arts (highly decorated paintings, stucco, frescoes and others).

Lime Water

Dilution of lime in paste;
Pigment dilution;
Added in the production of mortars on site or in the factory;
Wetting of supports;
Erasing or extinction of quicklime;
Consolidating and natural waterproofing;
Bio construction;