[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21

[Emidio Cantalupo]

Janet, what part of Oregon are you in? And when will you "break" ground?

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>   1. Re: floor finishes (Benjamin Brownell)
>   2. Re: Permit Imminent (Janet Standeford)
>   3. Re: cob mold (Tys Sniffen)
>   4. Re: floor finishes (Jill Hogan)
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> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:39:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Benjamin Brownell <benpbrown at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cob] floor finishes
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> Doni Kiffmeyer was experimenting with it (or planning to) a couple years
> ago when he helped me with a large adobe floor in Utah. I haven't heard
> reports. I imagine it would still need to be well sealed to keep from
> flaking and releasing dust (caustic) over time. In our case, we worked a
> patchy thin skin of Kaolin clay into the finish plaster as it was drying for
> a nice marbled effect that also lightened the final color tone considerably
> (even after oil/wax coats). There's always the time-tested, globally
> approved dung-slip technique...
>
> --- On Fri, 2/18/11, coblist-request at deatech.com <
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> Has anyone done a cob floor with lime plaster as a finish? Seems to?
> me it would be better than beeswax and linseed oil, but I'm just?
> guessing.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:22:58 -0800
> From: Janet Standeford <janet.standeford at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Permit Imminent
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> Hi,
> I just want to share the tension. lol
>
> I believe that I will be receiving a call from Building Dept next week
> to give me the first cob residence approval in Oregon if not a larger area!
>
> My daughter wants to help with the financial end of this so if all goes
> well, the house will be all but finished by next winter.
>
> At the least, the foundation will go in this year and the balance next
> year. If anyone wants to participate, please let me know. There may be a
> lot of digging to do if it turns out the house can be built on the rock
> terrace.
>
> We would need someone skilled in rigging up motor operated pulley
> systems to move all the materials to the terrace, if that is in fact
> where I build. Have to wait for the snow to melt to do the ground
> testing to make sure there is enough dirt there. Just got an additional
> 20 inches over the last week!
>
> We also need people skilled with draw knives to prep the logs. Most had
> a stripe for the winter so the bark will come off easier.
>
> If you come, there is no workshop charge, just make sure you can fend
> for yourself. There is a septic system and I haul water.
>
> Janet
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:40:20 -0800
> From: "Tys Sniffen" <tys at ideamountain.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cob] cob mold
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> Alex,
>
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> While I wouldn't want to say 'don't worry about it' at all, our experience,
> here in N California, with a roof built first, was that during the wet
> season, I was seeing some white moldy-ish stuff on the inside of the walls.
> Interestingly, it was mostly about face height, as the lower stuff probably
> dried before the wet season fully started.
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> This was a year ago, I think. no more than 2 years for sure.  I got all
> worried and I believe emailed this group, and got some different opinions
> (see if you can find archives) but basically, when it was drier again, I
> just took a stiff broom to the area, taking off some cob dust along with
> any
> traces of the mold.
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> We then did a discovery coat, and then a finish earth plaster, and then 6
> coats of lime wash.  Looks great as of now.  Of course, ask me again in 10
> years.
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>
> Tys
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:43:30 +0200
> From: Jill Hogan <jill.hogan at mat.org.za>
> Subject: Re: [Cob] floor finishes
> To: coblist at deatech.com
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> My one floor is over 6 years old and looks like the day we finished
> sealing it. Being basically lazy have never got round to resealing it. I
> know they say once a year for life time. One of the restorations we did
> the client wanted a white floor so we used the whitest building sand we
> could find plus white  throwing clay from a local pottery supply
> company. The client took floor polish, here in SA it is called cobra
> polish and sealed it with that, and it came out just off white and a
> couple of years down the line is still beautiful and unchipped. A couple
> here put in a dung floor and maybe it is just the nature of Africa but
> every bug and insect moved into the floor and sadly they lifted it and
> put down a cement floor which doesn't have the same charm.
> Jill
>
>
> On 2011/02/19 09:39 PM, Benjamin Brownell wrote:
> > Doni Kiffmeyer was experimenting with it (or planning to) a couple years
> ago when he helped me with a large adobe floor in Utah. I haven't heard
> reports. I imagine it would still need to be well sealed to keep from
> flaking and releasing dust (caustic) over time. In our case, we worked a
> patchy thin skin of Kaolin clay into the finish plaster as it was drying for
> a nice marbled effect that also lightened the final color tone considerably
> (even after oil/wax coats). There's always the time-tested, globally
> approved dung-slip technique...
> >
> > --- On Fri, 2/18/11, coblist-request at deatech.com<
> coblist-request at deatech.com>  wrote:
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> >
> > Has anyone done a cob floor with lime plaster as a finish? Seems to
> > me it would be better than beeswax and linseed oil, but I'm just
> > guessing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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