quick and dirty adobe floor.

[patrick newberry]

I'm searching for a quick and cheap floor but down here in Georgia I don't
have the time for a true adobe floor to dry. First of all I have laid a ton
(several tons) of crush and run gravel to be the floor. It's ok and all but
still I was thinking initially of packing it down and then placing a layer
of cement.  I figured it might crack a bit but it would be less dusty then
the gravel alone. Now I am thinking that I could do the same thing with
clay. I could take my wonderful Kaolin clay and water it down to a paste and
put about an inch and it would dry and bond with the packed crushed gravel
forming a gravel adobe floor.  Some of the rock might show through giving
some charactor to the floor.   After it drys I would coat it with the
linseed oil. (I can't remember if you put sand in the clay for a floor??) I
think I have a old email on this but if anyone knows  please respond because
I hope to do this next week.

also I am placing stucco cement on the outside walls of the clay (5 inches
thick) clay coated straw (I hope it will be strong enouph. but  any way I
was thinking of coating the inside with a clay adobe. What I was wondering
was what can I do to keep make the walls so the clay doesn't rub off when
you touch the walls with your cloths. (more linseed oil??)  or some kind of
coating???  again portions of sand??? and how thick maybe an inch?


Take care
pat...