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Cob: Re: horse hairBill&Julie wbates at mn.rr.comSat Mar 29 10:49:16 PST 2003
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C2F5F1.9BAB1840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hidare,,,, Hair is used in Plaster, the same way that Straw is used in = clay to make COB... And if you are doing a COB house,, you will nodoubt want to = plaster(lime) the finish coat,,, and that is how we tie Hair into COB, both Literally,,, and = Literally... =F4=BF=F4 bill ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mary Hooper=20 To: coblist at deatech.com=20 Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: Cob: horse hair A lurker here....... Human hair was used as the crosshairs in rifle scopes, according to my = memories....=20 I'm late in this discussion....so would someone tell me what function = the hair served in the plaster?=20 I use hair in my compost.......I cut my honey's hair so he has = contributed 10 years worth of it to the piles.... I just spread an 8 = year pile on my garden and it showed no hairs at all.....=20 My question has to do with insects....might hair not attract unwanted = insects? Or does the lime used in the mix make it unattractive....????=20 Mary, in NC mtns where winter returns tomorrow=20 ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C2F5F1.9BAB1840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>Hidare,,,, Hair is used in = Plaster, the=20 same way that Straw is used in clay to make COB...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>And if you are doing a COB house,, you = will nodoubt=20 want to plaster(lime) the finish</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>coat,,, and that is how we tie Hair = into COB, both=20 Literally,,, and Literally... =F4=BF=F4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>bill</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dmjhooper at trccomputing.com=20 href=3D"mailto:mjhooper at trccomputing.com">Mary Hooper</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dcoblist at deatech.com=20 href=3D"mailto:coblist at deatech.com">coblist at deatech.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 29, 2003 = 11:00=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cob: horse hair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A lurker here.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Human hair was used as the crosshairs = in rifle=20 scopes, according to my memories.... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm late in this discussion....so = would someone=20 tell me what function the hair served in the plaster? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I use hair in my compost.......I cut = my honey's=20 hair so he has contributed 10 years worth of it to the piles.... = I just=20 spread an 8 year pile on my garden and it showed no hairs at all.....=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My question has to do with = insects....might hair=20 not attract unwanted insects? Or does the lime used in the mix make it = unattractive....???? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mary, in NC mtns where winter returns = tomorrow</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C2F5F1.9BAB1840--
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