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Stucco and earth plaster.patrick newberry goshawk at gnat.netThu Sep 26 06:20:45 CDT 1996
.snip receipes >> >>well I started on the intererior wall with (rough coat only) and it was >>great to work with. I Mean it applied much easier than the comercial >>mason/stucco mix I used for the outside. I realized that this was only a >>little different from cob. I mean cob is 20 to 30 percent clay and the rest >>sand with straw for fiber. >>Right. >>I really enjoyed working with it. >>I could see where some rubber gloves might be usefull for longer work times >>and to prevent wrinkled hands. Great, I'm glad that the recipe worked out for you! Where did you get the clay slip from? I am guessing that you got the clay from the site rather than from a bag. Pat replies: Well I get it locally but not from a bag. I have two sources. I obtained a pickup truck load from the local sand company. They refer to the balls of kaolin clay as chalk balls. I get it for about $5 ton. I can get it from the the side of the road in in couple of places as well I just have to dig it so in reality I consider the $5 the cost of l loading the stuff. My big pickup is broke and so I've been diging some on my own. because I hated to go to the sand pit with my little pickup and all those dump truck drivers looking at me. > >>The sand I used in from our road. it's very sandy here and the road gets >>plowed every so often. It's very easy to dig and free from most organic >>material. It has some (i mean only very little) dirt (loam) mixed in with >>it. I have enouph of it to make several buildings. > Always best to use the most local materials you can! > ><Snip> about lime plaster recipes > >>Well I went to a store to find this type-n lime >>all I find is some in the garden shop to be used on one's garden. >>Is this the right stuff? >>If not where should I look. >>I did find some type-n cement. >>So any way I got some garden lime >>and type-n cement, what ever type-n means. > The garden type lime definitely will *not* work! I believe most >places that sell portland cement should sell lime. I think this type of >lime might also be called mason or masonry lime. If that doesn't work, >there are masonry supply shops in bigger metro areas (like Atlanta no >doubt). There is one in St. Paul, MN that sounds like they have everything >you would ever need as far as cement and masonry supplies go. Personally, >if you are satisfied with the natural plaster, I would hold off on finding >lime until you have a little more time. Sounds like it might a bit tricky >to find this type of lime in your area. Pat replies The type-n cement has lime in it. Maybe it is used to slow the setting time.
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