[Cob] 2. Re: floor finishes (Christopher Higgo)

[Dulane]

Here's a recipe for a lime floor I ran across while I was working on my
floor recipe.

"From The Truth About Cottages, John Woodforde 1979 ...the cottage builders
who bothered to be deliberately picturesque were a minority; most stuck to
basic practicalities. In the matter of floors, for example, smart pattern
books might call for certain types of stone or tile, but one could always
follow John Mordant, author of 'The Compleat Steward' (1761) who said that
earth floors were perfectly all right. Such floors were made of one third
lime, one third coal ashes well sifted and one third loamy clay and horse
dung made from grass, these last two in equal proportions. Another sort
could be made of loamy clay with one=third new soft horse dung with a small
quantity of coal ashes. the material was tempered, rested for ten days,
again tempered and rested for three days, then laid upon the ground. Making
floors like this was a well-established practice; they were known as lime
ash floors."

And here is an interesting link. Look at the bottom of the page for Lime
floor hot mix.pdf
http://sites.google.com/site/netiv7/Home/lime-floor 


-----Original Message-----
From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com [mailto:coblist-bounces at deatech.com] On
Behalf Of Jill Hogan
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Cob] 2. Re: floor finishes (Christopher Higgo)

No linseed stains the floor white. So we used cobra floor polish thinned 
out with turps.


On 2011/02/23 10:39 PM, Sukita wrote:
> I am wondering if the white floor that Jill speaks of was sealed with 
> linseed oil then Cobra Polish or only Cobra Polish?
> Sukita
>


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