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Cob: light clay ratios

Robert B Krueger rob_cheryl at juno.com
Sat Apr 28 07:55:55 CDT 2001


Why would you chop the straw when making cob.  The whole purpose of cob
is to have long strands of straw to assist in reinforcing the clay and
sand mixture.  Then when sewing this together, the straw is forced into
the underlying cob wall making a nice tight bond.  

Rob