Use hair and lime as a plaster

Along with the decreasing number of cow fur, the supply does not meet the demand. Paula Sunshine, a British builder, came up with a great method, which is to use human hair to replace cow fur to create a mixed mortar for plastering.

Paula Sunshine, 45, is a professional builder, often teaching construction techniques to construction workers and construction enthusiasts.

DailyMail cited Sunshine's words on September 3: ' In the past, people used beef bristles mixed with gypsum to form a plaster wall. But the cows here are very few, the number of cows is not enough to use, so I used hair instead of cow fur. '

She explained: 'The hair is really good, can increase the intensity, the fineness of lime, and it is also a great insulating material . moreover, the hair is not as rough as cow's hair, people can replenish Add more to lime. I do not think that hair and hair are different, it is all fibers, which can make lime bond. '

' I told masons, hair and cow hair have the same effect. After listening, they laughed and thought I was crazy. 'She said,' but some professional builders once praised my masterpiece. '

Sunshine and her husband Barry Harber Lawshall live in a house at the Suffolk village farm. Over the years, Sunshine has renovated a 4-bedroom house built in the 16th century.

She used lime to fill the slots on the walls of the house, then reinforced with straw and mud to reinforce the door, finally using mortar mixed with hair and lime plastered on the inside and outside walls.

In the two Sunshine's repair room books wrote: ' The project is completed 2 years, the wall has never appeared even though it is a crack. Now I will renovate the northern room, using a mixture of hair and lime mortar to replace the cement wall. '

In addition, she also revealed: 'The secret of mixing this mixed mortar is 1 lime, 3 limestone and adding a quantity of hair. It can ensure adhesion to the walls of old houses. Even if the old wooden frame is not stable, the wall surface does not crack.

Sunshine said: ' We can easily get the hair from the barbershop, they will please provide our hair. Everyone thinks that the taste of those hair puffs is terrible, but the truth is not so. This is why I often go to the female barber shops to collect them. Because she has a habit of washing her head before cutting her hair, so the hair collected at these barber shops will be very clean . "

Sunshine also took her pet's hair and hair off with lime to make the plaster.

Viv Cawston - the barber shop owner there said: ' The hairs that are so useful to use are so clever. No one has ever used hair removal before. Sunshine is really smart. '