Cob Re: earth floors and bee's wax

[goshawk at gnat.net]

I was checking out the cobCottage web site and was wondering about 
using bee's wax and earthen floors.  I am familiar with using linseed 
oil. How is it applied or is it mixed in with the final coat.

I've found a place where I can get earthen ready mix. Basically the 
area where we live is very near a line in Georgia where the red clay 
ends and the sand begins. There is a road near here where those two 
lines meet. (an unpaved road) and after many passes over the years 
with the grader in some attempt to keep this dirt road from being too 
bumpy, a wall of ready mix earth as been formed at this point. I 
simply stop my pickup, fill her up with the earth and it already had 
the right percentage of clay and sand. 
I am hoping this speed up the process a bit (before I was adding clay 
to sand and mixing)
I hope to be done with my first dome / room in the next month. 
  

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