Hello,
I am in the process of renovating our chimney breast (brick wall) which is supposed to decorate the wall behind our cast iron stove. We have just plastered the flue, so now we just need to sort out the wall behind the stove so that the chimney sweep is satisfied and we avoid a fire ;-)
I think I started a little wrong (I've read up afterwards and realized this), so now I need advice on how to continue to make the final result look nice...
The house is from 1925. Since the joints in the brick chimney breast have crumbled, I have now learned that it was probably built with lime plaster (it crumbles between my fingers) and is white. Before I realized it was lime plaster, I filled the joints with mortar C. It seems to hold well (it's only to make it look nice, no durability requirements). But now I want the mortar, which is gray, to be as white and nice as the old lime plaster was.
What should I do?
Paint with lime paint? Does it look fake? Apply a thin layer of lime plaster??
All advice is welcome!
