Stucco and earth plaster.

[patrick newberry]

.snip receipes
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>>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.

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>>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.