Cob: Quiet List

[Gregori Robinson]

The most environmentally friendly and sure way to preserve wood is to
impregnate it with Hot Perifin Wax.  It is best applied in this cast by
heating up a bucket of was and soak the end of the log.  Was has an 8% less
velosity than water, so it soaks very deeply into the fibers of the wood,
and it will last as long as the mommy's.  Wax is the oldest preseritive in
the world, according to wax researcher, Willy Nelson, of Perth, Ontario.

Mr. Nelson has been to Chernobyl three times researching ways to contain
radiation in wax.


----- Original Message -----
From: Shannon C. Dealy <dealy at deatech.com>
To: Dog In The Yard <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: Cob: Quiet List


> On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Dog In The Yard wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > in contact with the ground. Two support logs, one at either end will
have to be
> > dug into the ground...so other than tamping stones around them for
drainage, I
> > don't know how to keep them from coming in contact with ground moisture.
> >
> > If anyone has read this far :-)...can you tell me if I use boiled
linseed oil on
> > the poplar (they will be stripped of bark and allowed to dry over the
winter),
> > do you think that would help to preserve them a bit?
> [snip]
>
> If I remember correctly, in "The $50 and Up Underground House Book"
> (I think that was the title), the author uses a technique where he
> uses a fire to char the end of the log that is going to be set into the
> ground, then wraps the end in plastic (garbage bags?) before setting it
> into the ground.  I think he also set them in stones as you suggest, but
> I'm not certain.
>
> Given the description of what you are doing, you might try to get a look
> at a copy of this book, since some of its ideas seem to me to be relevant
> to what you are doing.
>
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