[Cob] floor finishes

[Christopher Higgo]

> 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

Hi Jill,

Could you please give us some more info on the white floor...
What were the ratios of sand to throwing clay you used?
How wet was the mixture?
Did you build up in layers, that you allowed to dry?
What was under the primary layer?

Thanks,
Christopher