one more "other thought"

[patrick newberry]

At 09:13 AM 10/14/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Sorry, I forgot to add this in my last post.
>

Wow this sounds great I will be trying it soon!!!!
god I love  this alternative building stuff.




>Yesterday I was rereading the ingredients on my usual brand of kitty 
>litter, "Natural Choice" (prior to dumping in the box, wise-guys, I *do* 
>have better reading material at home!:) ). This stuff is made with 
>bentonite clay instead of concrete (which a cat-fancier publication told me 
>was in most clumping litters). There's usually a strawbale debate about 
>using concrete in plaster coats, with most opinion holding against because 
>of its unbreathing nature.
>
>In know bentonite clay can be used as a waterproof underlayment to living 
>roofs, but what would it do powdered in the finish coat of plaster? Would 
>there be any advantages, or would this just have all the problems of 
>concrete in another medium?
>
>Becky Myton
>