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to paint after one hour and continue until two hours before the drying time--giving seven to nine hours' working time. Once a giornata is dried, no more buon fresco can be done, and the unpainted intonaco must be removed with a tool before starting again the next day. If mistakes have been made, it may also be necessary to remove the whole intonaco for that area--or to change them later, a secco. An indispensable component of this process is the carbonatation of the lime, which fixes the colour in the

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