[Cob] [dorethy at centeroftherainbow.com: Re: Bathroom and kitchen]

[Horacio J. Peña]

I've uploaded Dorethy's photos to http://200.69.230.11/~horape/cob/

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 04:10:02PM -0600, Ron Becker wrote:
> Hi Dorothy, the pics didn't make it to  my email. Is there someplace I 
> could look at them. I've seen one such floor in a rammed earth home 
> here in New Mexico. It was very beautiful and the finish looked a 
> quarter inch thick. They may have waxe or buffed it with something. But 
> they said it was linseed oil an beeswax.
> 
> My question is does the linseed or trup. oil act as a solvent for the 
> beeswax. Or is it put on after heating the mix to melt the wax? Do they 
> mix readily?
> 
> Ron
> Those who question global warming have a financial or emotional 
> interest in the status quo.
> 
> 
> On Sep 6, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Horacio J. Peña wrote:
> 
> >yamabrew at aol.com said:
> >
> >>Can you provide the answer?for Horacio's question to the list serve
> >>group?? I would be very interested in reading the dialogue that did
> >>not
> >>get published to the list serve.
> >
> >----- Forwarded message from Dorethy Hancock 
> ><dorethy at centeroftherainbow.com> -----
> >
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> >Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:04:51 -0500
> >From: Dorethy Hancock <dorethy at centeroftherainbow.com>
> >To: "Horacio J. Peña" <horape at compendium.com.ar>
> >Subject: Re: [Cob] Bathroom and kitchen
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> >Hi, Horacio,
> >I put an earthen floor (poured adobe) in my cob house, 3 years ago.  
> >Top
> >layer got 3 or 4 coats of linseed oil and turpentine--mixed the way 
> >Ianto
> >Evans gives in his book--protected with a mix of linseed oil and 
> >beeswax,
> >(the latter, I repeat once a year.)  The beeswax makes water bead up, 
> >so it
> >worked well in all rooms.  I never really allowed great amounts of 
> >water to
> >stand for long periods--but no one would do that, anyway.  I used 
> >large oak
> >leaves, pressing them into the troweled surface, creating a lovely 
> >pattern
> >on the natural brown floor.  I mop with soap & water as with any other
> >floor.
> >
> >As for the walls--the earthen plaster covered with lime plaster was 
> >all I
> >ever used, both interior and exterior, applied by hand.  Lime plaster
> >lovesmoist conditions; in fact, if you get small cracks, they mend so
> >easily with
> >a little misting and burnishing with a smooth object.  I'll grant you, 
> >the
> >rough-applied lime plaster, uncoated, does continue to flake a bit,
> >especially when it thunders, but it helps one discipline themselves to 
> >a
> >daily sweeping.  If you've built small, that's really not a problem.
> >Good luck!  (I'm including some pictures for your enjoyment. Sorry I 
> >don't
> >have a good closeup of the floor.)
> >Namaste!
> >Dorethy from Kansas
> >
> >On 9/5/07, Horacio J. Peña <horape at compendium.com.ar> wrote:
> >>
> >>Hola!
> >>
> >>What can be used as floor and plasters for bathroom and kitchen? I'd
> >>like to avoid ceramic tiles.
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>--
> >>Horacio J. Peña
> >>horape at compendium.com.ar
> >>horape at uninet.edu
> >>
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> >----- End forwarded message -----
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> >Horacio J. Peña
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> >horape at uninet.edu
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Horacio J. Peña
horape at compendium.com.ar
horape at uninet.edu