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Cob: Re: Clay what is IZ

Gabriel Everhart darusaiden at intafrica.com
Tue Apr 16 23:34:43 CDT 2002


"Adding lime CHEMICALLY breaks the conds of water, this is why lime is
used to dry up muddy job sites and pooling areas.
When water evaporates the clay shrinks and cracks, or swells in rain.
BUT with lime added the  reaction to water is PERMANENTLY stopped."

Then why do some cobbers add lime to the mix?  wouldn't that negatively
affect the bonding ability?  -Gabriel Everhart