Cob earthen plaster on wood

[Keith Breuker]

Thanks for all the suggestions for earthen plastering on wood.  Being a
little bull headed sometines I used my original idea anyway.  

It was to mix 6 parts clay, 6 parts fine silica sand and one part Elmers
glue diluted to a paint like consistancy.  We swabed this on with a long
handled brush as a primer.  It took very little time and dried quickly.
When it was dry we plastered over it with our regular plaster mix.

The reason I'm telling you this is that I had to remove a small section
of this plaster on wood due to poor planning.  I found that it had stuck
very well and wouldn't come off without removing some wood also.

-- 
Keith Breuker 
Engineer
SB Owner/Builder
Flyfishing Author
Beulah, MI