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[Cob] Wisconsin cob?

Janet Standeford janet.standeford at gmail.com
Sun Jul 11 13:19:32 CDT 2010


Hi evveryone,
I had a chance to work on some cob that went over straw bales down the 
road and the finish before earth plaster is lime soaked straw, chopped 
fine first. I this how everyone else done this?

First they soaked 8 gal chopped straw for 1/2 hr (when taken out- barely 
dripping) in 10 oz lime plaster to 4 gal water.
Then they mixed 3/4 gal lime plaster slurry with 2 gal clay slurry then 
added 2 gal packed sand and then added the wet straw.
This was mixed in a mixer.


Janet Standeford OR
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On 7/11/2010 10:10 AM, Tys Sniffen wrote:
> Hey folks,
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> I'm headed back to my home state of Wisconsin the 2nd week in August. Would
> there be any cob homes to look at somewhere between Oshkosh and Minneapolis?
> We're in plaster prep stage, and I'd love to put my hands on some finished
> walls to know what I'm trying to go for.
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> Sorry to all those international folks on the list, but I had to ask.
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> Tys
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