Cob: staying on topic & PEM

[terry]

Charmaine  do you put dry lime in the wet mix or do you add lime that has
been soaked in water?  If so how much?  I use 5-6 ,31/2 gallon buckets of
clay to 3-4 31/2 gallon buckets of shredded wet paper, in a large mortar
mixer.  Terry
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From: "Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder" <tms at northcoast.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: Cob: staying on topic & PEM


> I vote for staying topic, I've noticed no one who usually comments is
> taking the time to do so.
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> my mailbox  for the cob list is full from  just one person's
> comments...this seems to happen when new people join and are overly
> enthusiastic.
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> on topic-- cordwood builder Alan Stankowitz has been experimenting with
> paper and clay together, and decided to name it PEM, "paper enhanced
> mortar",  and also "paper cob/paper adobe" when he uses it like a cob
> mortar for his cordwood. for some reason he does not want to say
> papercrete- possibly because he uses no cement in it, but I have seen
> more and more people  talking about experimenting with paper slurry- and
> lots of clay.  There is room for lots of experimentation, and of course,
> I vote for adding lime for a much stronger, water resistant plaster or
> fill material.
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> Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
> PO Box 375, Cutten (Eureka) CA 95534 707-441-1632
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