Hydrated lime mortars have been used since the beginning of history. Using Artisan Stucco Mortars Lime putty, marble sands and natural pigments, you now have the possibility to enjoy the exact same plasters and masonry mortars used for centuries in palaces and temples around the world. Using the same ingredients and application techniques as the artisans of old, your walls will differ in nothing from world famous and age old plasters in the Sistine chapel, the frescoes of Pompeii or the walls of The Alhambra palace except of course for their age.