Cob cement mixer cob was Off-topic Earthen Floor

[Patrick Newberry]

I've made cob with a cement mixer in this meathod.
I put the earth and water in the the cement mixer.
Mix not unlike I would do if I was mixing a plaster. 
At this point the mixture is wetter than cob.
Then I place this wet mixture on a tarp or wheel barrell etc,
then I add straw which begins to soak up the extra liquid which the creates 
a mixture which is stout enough to be called cob. 
The electic cement mixer I have does  not do a good job a mixing that last 
stage (the stout mixture with the straw)
But it still saves a lot of labor.

Pat
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> From:          GRLWYMIN at aol.com
> Date:          Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:53:57 EST
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> Is there a reason why cob cannot be mixed by a cement mixer?
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